California ban on 2-strokes is dead-for now

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Assemblywoman Debra Bowen (D-Marina Del Rey) withdrew a bill that would ban two-stroke engine sales in California due to opposition from the boating industry. The bill would have prohibited two-stroke engines, such as outboards, from the market after 1998. The measure also sought to ban two-stroke engines starting in 2003 from waterways that also provide drinking water. The planned ban circled around the controversial gasoline additive MTBE (methyl tertiary butyl ether), a contaminant that causes taste and odor problems in drinking water. Marine industry experts said leaking underground fuel storage tanks, not the two-stroke engines, causes the contamination.

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CA: Assemblywoman Debra Bowen withdraws bill that would ban 2-stroke engine sales due to opposition from the boating industry

Government regulation, California, Article

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Silence is golden for Volvo engine manufacturers

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Volvo Penta AB is collaborating with Swedish engineering firm Trelleborg Novibra and the Institute of Technology in Kariskrona-Ronneby to reduce by 15% noise levels in Volvo's marine engines. Part of the collaboration involves installing a matrix of 12 microphones in the cockpit to register and analyze sound waves with the aid of a computer. Volvo committed two 305-hp Volvo Penta TAMD63 turbocharged diesels to the testing, and Trelleborg Novibra provided passive dampers and expertise in vibration reduction.

Sweden, AB Volvo Penta

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Garmin and Palm will collaborate

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Garmin Corp and Palm Inc in Jan 2001 signed a licensing agreement that will incorporate Garmin's global positioning system hardware and software with Palm's handheld products. Under the agreement, Garmin will develop, manufacture and market location-enabled handhelds that will be able to run the thousands of applications available for the Palm OS platform. This will diversify Palm Powered handheld products.

United States, Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing, Global Positioning Systems, Global Positioning System, Garmin International Inc.

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