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Emissions Drop Not Due To Cap And Trade — Study November 15, 2017 By Debra Kahn, CLIMATE WIRE https://www.eenews.net/climatewire/stories/1060066583 As California Gov.…
Nov 15, 2017Google’s Missouri Problem Mirrors Woes In EU By Julie Charpentrat, AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE (AFP) November 15, 2017 https://sg.news.yahoo.com/googles-missouri-problem-mirrors-woes-eu-035239439.html As an aggressive antitrust…
Nov 15, 2017Carmakers Grapple With Robot-Car Hacking Fears By Keith Laing, THE DETROIT NEWS 11/15/17 http://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/autos/mobility/2017/11/15/carmakers-stuggle-robot-car-hacking-fears/107696450/ Washington — Automakers are working to put self-driving…
Nov 15, 2017New Reports Expose Racial and Economic Injustice, Ineffectiveness of Pollution Trading by Dan Bacher, INDYBAY MEDIA Tuesday Nov 14th, 2017 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2017/11/14/18804541.php Wenonah…
Nov 14, 2017Wyden Tries to Stop Momentum Behind Bipartisan Sex-Trafficking Bill 11/13/2017 By Susan Crabtree, WASHINGTON FREE BEACON http://freebeacon.com/politics/wyden-tries-stop-momentum-behind-bipartisan-sex-trafficking-bill Sen. Ron Wyden (D., Ore.)…
Nov 13, 2017Is Your Vehicle Under A Recall? Some Ideas For Getting The Word Out To Millions Of Owners 11/13/2017 By Eric D. Lawrence,…
Nov 13, 2017Jerry Brown Tells Indigenous Protesters In Bonn, ‘Let’s Put You In The Ground’ 11/13/2017 By Dan Bacher, INTERCONTINENTAL CRY BLOG https://intercontinentalcry.org/jerry-brown-tells-indigenous-protesters-bonn-lets-put-ground/ Governor…
Nov 13, 2017
Chart of the Day: California’s Mysteriously High Gasoline Prices 11/12/2017 By Kevin Drum, MOTHER JONES http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2017/11/chart-of-the-day-californias-mysteriously-high-gasoline-prices/# This chart illustrates a mystery: Because…
Nov 12, 2017Waymo Trials Take Humans Out Of The Driver’s Seat 11/10/2017 By Hailey Desormeaux, AMERICAN SHIPPER https://www.americanshipper.com/main/news/waymo-trials-take-humans-out-of-the-drivers-seat-69664.aspx?source=Little4 The automated car subsidiary of Google…
Nov 10, 2017Waymo to Give Phoenix Riders a Lift in Driverless Minivans 11/8/2017 By Paul A. Eisenstein, THE DETROIT BUREAU http://www.thedetroitbureau.com/2017/11/waymo-to-give-phoenix-riders-a-lift-in-driverless-minivans/ Pilot program just…
Nov 8, 2017Waymo Taxis First To Ditch Drivers 11/7/2017 By Nora Naughton, THE DETROIT NEWS http://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/autos/mobility/2017/11/07/driver-will-take-back-seat-google-waymo-shuttles/107431458/ Google’s self-driving car spinoff, Waymo, will be the…
Nov 8, 2017Waymo’s Autonomous Cars Cut Out Human Drivers In Road Tests By Daisuke Wakabayashi, THE NEW YORK TIMES https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/07/technology/waymo-autonomous-cars.html SAN FRANCISCO — The…
Nov 7, 2017Look, Ma, No Driver! Waymo Robot Cars In Arizona Go Fully Autonomous By Carolyn Said, THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE November 7, 2017…
Nov 7, 2017Look, Ma, No Anything Whatsoever: Waymo Begins Operating Fully Driverless Test Cars on Public Roads 11/7/2017 By Pete Bigelow, CAR AND…
Nov 7, 2017Internet Companies Drop Opposition To Bill Targeting Online Sex Trafficking By Tom Jackman – THE WASHINGTON POST https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/true-crime/wp/2017/11/07/internet-companies-drop-opposition-to-bill-targeting-online-sex-trafficking/?utm_term=.67209bebd050 When Congress launched an…
Nov 7, 2017Harris, Feinstein Back Anti-Sex Trafficking Bill After Months of Silence By Susan Crabtree, WASHINGTON FREE BEACON http://freebeacon.com/politics/harris-feinstein-back-anti-sex-trafficking-bill-months-silence/ California Sen. Kamala Harris (D.)…
Nov 6, 2017Self-Driving Cars Could Save Lives Even Before They’re Perfected, Report Says By Carolyn Said, THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE November 6, 2017 http://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/Self-driving-cars-could-save-lives-even-before-12336374.php…
Nov 6, 2017In Reversal, Tech Giants Back Sex Trafficking Bill By Cecilia Kang, THE NEW YORK TIMES WASHINGTON — After a bruising week before…
Nov 4, 2017