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FROM Chuck Squatriglia
Chevy Volt's Sticker Shock and Range Anxiety When in 2003 General Motors killed the electrically powered EV1 , the auto-maker was accused of conspiring with the oil industry and Washington politicians. Now, to the applause of environmentalists — and with the promise of tax rebates — GM is unveiling another electric car, the Chevy Volt , with a price tag of $41.000. Chuck Squatriglia is editor of Wired.com's Autopia blog.
Will California kill the electric car – again? in 1990, California’s Air Resources Board demanded that, by 2003, 10% of the automobiles in the state be zero emission vehicles. That would have meant 100,000 cars per year running on electric batteries or hydrogen cells. Since then, the mandate has been pushed back 4 times, down to 25,000 cars per year by 2012. Today, the CARB, as it’s called, was looking at a staff recommendation to reduce that by 90%--down to 2500 a year.
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The art and science of fixing faulty genes UC Berkeley biochemist Jennifer Doudna and her colleagues say they can edit any organism’s DNA using an RNA-guided protein found in bacteria. This technology, called CRISPR-Cas9, could redefine the possibilities for editing human and non-human genes, opening the door to societal and ethical implications.
Sessions is adjourned Jeff Sessions is out as President Trump’s attorney general.
Measure B and municipal banking After the 2008 financial crisis, an activist movement rose up in opposition to the big Wall Street banks that caused the subprime mortgage collapse. They camped out in a park at the base of Wall Street, called themselves Occupy Wall street and eventually the movement spread to other cities. And here in LA there is a measure on the ballot for this Tuesday that has its roots in the Occupy LA movement.