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Jan 12, 2015 rebekah fitzgerald, program manager for energy and environmental policy, outlines the top five issues in energy and environmental policy for 2015, including new proposed federal air and water regulations, grid reliability, the endangered species act, and the use of sciencebased decision making. University of guelph20152016 undergraduate calendar. Background, trends, and economic issues, 2015 edition. The main problem with switching over to cng is the difficulty.
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