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NRC Suggests Regulators Develop Separate Standards For Natural Gas Vehicles

The report also recommended that federal agencies adopt a regulation requiring that all new 53-foot or longer dry-van and refrigerated-van trailers meet performance standards that will reduce fuel consumption and CO2 emissions.

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Plug Power Acquires ReliOn for Fuel Cell Stack Technology

ReliOn proton exchange membrane (PEM) cell technology will provide fuel cell stacks for Plug Power's GenDrive Class 3 units.

Ocean Ports & Carriers

FMC Gives The Go-Ahead To G6 Alliance

Federal Maritime Commission (FMC)

U.S. approval will allow the carriers APL, Hapag-Lloyd, Hyundai Merchant Marine, MOL, NYK and OOCL to better compete with the massive vessel-sharing agreement sought by the three largest global container lines P3 Network.

U.S. Wine Exports Are Treatened By Union Talks Of Strikes

International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU)

Negotiations between the International Longshore and Warehouse Union, dockers' union and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers with the Pacific Maritime Assocation could bring shipping across the Pacific Ocean to a stnadstill.

Important House Reps Ask For New Evaluation Of HOS Rules

Two leaders of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee have requested that the Government Accountability Office evaluate the studies used to support the 34-hour restart provision in the federal hours-of-service rule.

Mutant Wheat Fungus Continues To Frustrate Food Experts

Outbreaks of a deadly fungal disease in wheat crops in Germany and Ethiopia in 2013 continue to threaten global food security and stump scientists trying to stop its expansion.

Thinfilm, PakSense To Partner On Smart Labels For Perishables

PakSense will distribute Thinfilm Smart Labels to food suppliers and retailers of produce, meat and seafood in North America, South America and Central America.

Yum! Brands, Interapt Debut Google Glass Tech At KFC

Interapt and Yum! Brands release new Google Glass training platform for restaurant workers at a KFC in Louisville, Ky.

Risk/Compliance

FMCSA Announces Pilot Program For Wireless Inspections

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA)

Drivers will be able to stay at speed while the commercial mobile radio service technology actually does the inspections.

Waste Reduction

UK Restaurants Using High-Tech To Tackle Food Waste

Restaurants are turning to high-tech solutions like "talking" garbage cans and waste auditing systems in order to save money and reduce food waste.

A List Of 2014 Top 10 Most Innovative Food Companies

From innovative and newly engineered foods to farming practices that reduce greenhouse gases, these companies are cooking up new ideas and changing how we think about our food.

Carbon Footprint

Village Farms Announces Launch Of Renewable Energy Project

The renewable energy quad-generation energy project is a collaboration with Quadrogen Power Systems Inc. and FuelCell Energy Inc., and will enable Village Farms to commercially produce renewable heat and food-grade carbon dioxide for its vegetable greenhouse in Delta, British Columbia.

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