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  • May 2008

    • Hybrid Owners Put the Pedal to Fuel Efficiency

      Washington Post  |  May 26, 08 8:29 AM CDT

      Hybrid Owners Put the Pedal to Fuel Efficiency

      (Newser) - Leaving the bad old days of drag-racing in the dust, greenies are now engaging in their own race for fuel efficiency, reports the Washington Post. With hybrid vehicles such as the Toyota Prius giving up-to-the-second feedback on just how much gas passing that little old lady in the right lane is guzzling, many drivers are adjusting their habits to max out their MPGs. More »

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      energy  • gas  • hybrid car  • Toyota Prius  • energy consumption  • gas mileage  • mpg

  • April 2008

    • Cars Must Get 35.7mpg by 2015

      CNNMoney  |  Apr 22, 08 9:03 PM CDT

      Cars Must Get 35.7mpg by 2015

      (Newser) - Cars will have to get 35.7 miles per gallon by 2015, and trucks will have to get 28.6 under new standards issued by the federal government today. That means a combined average of 31.6mpg, an increase of 25% from current standards, CNN reports. The feds require automakers to meet a combined 35mpg by 2020 under last year's energy bill, and today's standards are a step toward that goal. More »

    • Car Talk Bros Get Animated, Dis Gas-Guzzling Heaps

      Newsweek  |  Apr 20, 08 4:50 AM CDT

      Car Talk Bros Get Animated, Dis Gas-Guzzling Heaps

      (Newser) - NPR’s chuckling Car Talk guys Tom and Ray Magliozzi are about to become even more animated—with a new cartoon series of themselves on PBS. But their view on the heaps they've helped drivers patch up for the past 30 years isn't so funny, Newsweek reports. Click and Clack's other new PBS project is a Nova special packed with alarming statistics about cars' devastating impact on the environment. More »

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      television  • gas  • hybrid car  • green energy  • vehicle emissions  • PBS  • auto  • mpg  • NPR

  • July 2007

    • Eco-Vandals Trash Hummer

      Washington Post  |  Jul 18, 07 2:46 PM CDT

      Eco-Vandals Trash Hummer

      (Newser) - A 32-year-old man in Northwest DC woke to find his dream car—a $38,000 Hummer—with slashed tires, smashed windows, and a message carved into its body: "FOR THE ENVIRON." In a green-friendly neighborhood dominated by hybrids, two masked eco-extremists decided to punish Gareth Groves by mutilating his favorite possession. More »

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      environment  • environmentalism  • car  • gas  • Washington DC  • hybrid car  • extremists  • vandalism  • mpg  • vandals  • miles per gallon  • hummer  • prius

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