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Is It Illegal to Use the Apple Watch While Driving?
2014-09-18 19:33:38| AutomotiveDigest.com - Automotive Industry News
In conjunction with the typical Internet feeding frenzy that goes hand in hand with the announcement of each new iPhone, Apple has been cited in countless headlines recently after its debut of its new Apple Watch on September 9. The so-called "smartwatch" is far from an industry first Samsung, Motorola and Pebble all have models on the market, and who can forget 2003's Fossil Wrist PDA? but as per usual, Apple's entry is garnering more than its fair share of media attention. The Apple Watch ("iWatch" to many) has also raised interest of a more ominous sort from certain regulatory bodies. Last week, multiple automotive outlets in the United Kingdom ran stories quoting officials from that country's Department for Transport as saying that use of an iWatch while driving would carry the same penalty as use of a mobile phone. For the Brits, then, getting nabbed checking an alert on one's wrist might mean the same 100-pound fine (about $160) that was instated last August. READ MORE The Article Is It Illegal to Use the Apple Watch While Driving? appeared first on Automotive Digest.
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Walmart Fined $100 Million Over Illegal Dumping of Hazardous Waste
2014-09-17 23:24:00| Waste Age
<a href="http://www.foodworldnews.com">Food World News</a> Walmart pleaded guilty to six counts of violating the Clean Water Act and was fined $110 million for the illegal disposing of fertilizer, bleach and pesticide compounds into the sewer system. Content Classification: Curated read more
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Illegal tropical deforestation driven globally by agro-conversion
2014-09-11 23:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Nearly 50 percent of tropical deforestation to make room for commercial agriculture between 2000 and 2012 was done so illegally. Thats a key finding of a report published by the U.S.-based nonprofit organization Forest Trends looking at the global tide of tropical forest agro-conversion. I dont think there was sufficient appreciation for the scale of this problem, said lead author Sam Lawson. The publication systematically documents abuses of national and international laws that resulted...
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ARB fines H&S Performance $1M for selling illegal aftermarket diesel performance parts in California
2014-09-11 11:30:39| Green Car Congress
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Illegal Loggers Suspected In Death Of Peruvian Activist
2014-09-10 22:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: Audie Cornish talks to geographer David Salisbury about his friend Edwin Chota. Chota the Peruvian activist who advocated that land that was being illegally logged should be given to indigenous groups was murdered deep in the Amazon jungle on Sept. 1. The murder was not reported until this week because of the remote location.
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