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Sierra Club Nebraska Statement on Forced Outage at Aging OPPD Coal Plant

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Omaha, Nebraska — Reports of a steam tube failure at OPPD’s North Omaha coal plant once again raise reliability, health, and safety concerns. As a result of the failure, one of the two remaining coal units was taken offline last week. The forced outage follows a recent OPPD board vote to … [continued]

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BYD Launching Product Updates at the Speed of Cell Phones

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Prior to CES, I noticed that BYD was in the process of preparing for another major wave of product updates. Beyond the typical yearly models, BYD has started to launch major increases in capability and technology multiple times a year. In conversations at the show, several different people mentioned specifically … [continued]

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Waymo Hiccup — Paying People $20 To Close Doors — To Get A Real Fix

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With a new technology comes issues people haven’t adequately foreseen and prepared for. I’ve seen readers highlight potential problems with robotaxis like customers needing help with their luggage, but I don’t recall seeing anyone bring this one up: passengers not closing the door properly and then walking away. Apparently, Waymo … [continued]

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