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Changes to California’s Electric Truck Proposal Could Reap Huge Climate and Air Quality Gains

Union of Concerned Scientists

In this entry, I propose two key changes CARB could make to supercharge the effectiveness of the ACF and create beneficial, short-term results for freight-adjacent communities , places that have been historically and disproportionately impacted by air pollution. pollution from California vehicles.

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Senate Hearing: Wholesale Electricity Prices Too Low To Support Coal, Natural Gas Power Plants In Market; Natural Gas Reliability Issues Will Continue

PA Environment Daily

It is also likely the reliability problems of natural gas-fired power plants during events like Winter Storm Elliot in December will continue. PJM projects 20% of its existing capacity will retire between now and 2030, approximately 40 GW. -- Replacement capacity is not of the quality/quantity necessary to sustain reliability.

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Wind Energy Development in the Gulf of Mexico

The Energy Law Blog

That task force, made up of federal, state, and local officials, and other stakeholders, first met in June 2021 to discuss preliminary issues, such as the governmental authorities that regulate the various components of offshore wind energy and the technical and economic feasibility data that has been developed related to wind energy in the GOM.

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A “Capitol” Offense: Third District Holds State Capitol Building Annex/Visitor Center Project EIR Violated CEQA Due To Inadequate Project Description And Analyses Of Historical Cultural Impacts, Aesthetics, And Project Alternatives

CEQA Developments

collectively, “DGS”) proposed to demolish the Historic Capitol’s 325,000 square-foot Annex, replace it with a larger 525,000 square-foot Annex building, construct a 40,000 square-foot underground visitor center attached to the Historic Capitol’s west side, and construct a 150-space underground parking garage east of the new Annex.

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The Turing Test 2.0

Physics World

The game was therefore designed to test a machine’s ability to produce the most human-like answers possible and potentially demonstrate its ability to think. However, the test is no longer the barometer of AI success it once was. It seems the closer we get to truly intelligent machines, the fuzzier the lines of the Turing Test become.

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A Deep Dive on the Senate’s Farm Bill Proposal: the Rural Prosperity and Food Security Act of 2024

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

Expands the types of “new or innovative conservation approaches” funded through On-Farm Conservation Innovation Trials to include on-farm nutrient recycling, perennial production systems including agroforestry and perennial forages and grain crops, and livestock-related practices that reduce GHG emissions including enteric methane emissions.

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UK Economic Crime Group: Enforcement Update

Arnold Porter

The FCA publishing decision notices against Carillion and three of its former directors. million for misleading its regulator, the FRC. This included the introduction of £28 billion in public spending cuts, which will impact almost every aspect of public services in the UK, including its enforcement agencies.