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...Monday a new committee called the Electrification Coalition was announced. Its 12 members include a utility, PG&E, but also members of industry, including Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn as well as FedEx chairman Frederick Smith. The coalition's goal is to have electricity account for 75% of light-duty vehicle miles traveled by the year 2040. It also envisions a network of "fast-charging" stations, which would be capable of recharging a car in minutes. If that sounds expensive, it is. The coalition is calling for roughly $120 billion to be spent by the U.S. government over the next eight...
Flibanserin, however, does not act on hormones, and the new data suggest that it works in premenopausal women. "We don't yet understand the pathways. What we think is that in women with HSDD, there is likely an imbalance of serotonin, and that flibanserin is balancing the imbalance in these neurotransmitters," Sand says...
...emergency “climate congress” charged with finding solutions to local environmental problems and recommending new government programs will convene in Cambridge...
Early in January, world leaders had hoped that the Copenhagen summit would lead to a new climate accord. But climate legislation has lost momentum in Congress. Leaders said this week that no agreement would be reached in Copenhagen...
Last Thursday, the Federal Reserve approved a host of new regulations intended to eliminate the unfair practice of unannounced debit and ATM card overcharge fees. This decision, slated to take effect next summer, is a long overdue measure that will undoubtedly protect customers—many of whom are college students—who would be otherwise unaware of fine-print loan policies...