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2011 Ford F-150 Gets Impressive Mileage
KickingTiresFord has announced some big fuel-economy improvements for its new V-6 and V-8 engines equipped on the 2011 Ford F-150. The new 302-horsepower, 3.7-liter V-6 is expected to achieve 16/23 mpg city/highway, and the new 360-hp, 5.0-liter V-8 should get......Tags: Hybrid Vehicles, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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Everglades land deal celebrated, but restoration hurdles loom large
Palm Beach Politics | Sun Sentinel blogsSheet cake and the ceremonial handing off of deeds for 26,800 acres of farmland marked the celebration Thursday of a newly completed Everglades restoration land deal with U.S. Sugar Corp. The South Florida Water Management District on Tuesday finalized...Tags: Lake Okeechobee, Health and Medical Professionals, Politics, Health, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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EPA Proposes Nation's First-Ever Emissions, Fuel Efficiency Standards for Trucks and Buses
KickingTiresThe Obama administration and federal agencies have proposed the first emissions and fuel-efficiency standards for heavy duty trucks and buses. The proposed rules ??? which come from the U.S. Department of Transportation, the National Highway Traffic...Tags: Ford, Transportation, U.S. Department of Transportation, Politics, Barack Obama
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EPA's Top 10 Most Fuel-Efficient Cars
KickingTiresEvery year, the Environmental Protection Agency complies a list of the top 10 overall most fuel-efficient cars in the country. For 2011, the Toyota Prius remains on top, but the new 2011 Honda CR-Z enters the fray, displacing the popular......Tags: Ford, Mercury, Nissan, Politics, SUVs and Crossovers
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Firsts for women: Clinton through Clinton
The Swampby Mark Silva In another decade of firsts for women, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York - the first woman elected to the Senate from New York, and the first and only former first lady elected to public office......Tags: New Hampshire, Environmental Issues, Politics, Democratic Party, Barack Obama
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Off-shore oil: Florida's 'third rail?'
The Swampby Mark Silva and updated The threat of off-shore oil derricks on the horizon once made for great political campaign theater in Florida, where an aversion to near Gulf-shore drilling runs deep and where 27 Electoral votes are nothing to......Tags: Environmental Issues, Florida, Disasters, Politics, Democratic Party
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Pentagon, EPA at odds
The SwampBy Josh Mitchell and wire reports The Pentagon and the Environmental Protection Agency are mired in a dispute over the pace of environmental cleanups at Maryland's Fort Meade and Fort Detrick, where contamination from fuels and munitions for years seeped....Tags: Environmental Issues, Florida, John Dingell, Politics, University of Maryland, College Park
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Schwarzenegger on global warming
The Swampby Katie Fretland and updated How does California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger feel about global warming in 12 words or less? At a 2007 luncheon in honor of Florida Gov. Charlie Crist's efforts to combat climate change, Schwarzenegger pulled out a......Tags: Florida, Environmental Issues, Weather, Politics, Diplomacy
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The Nose Knows
MotherproofMy nose is under attack from my toddler and the family dog. So I jumped at the chance to try OdorZout, a line of products that purport to eliminate odors — no matter the odor issue....Tags: Environmental Issues, Vehicles, New Products, Services and Shopping
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Bush at-risk species shift irks Dingell
The SwampHouse Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman John Dingell. Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) by Frank James There's been no let up in the criticism by environmentalists of the Bush Administration's changes, announced yesterday, to the Endangered Species...Tags: Wildlife, Environmental Issues, Endangered Species, John Dingell, Energy Resources
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Polar bears: Too bad, Sarah
Spin CycleSarah Palin as governor has campaigned to remove polar bears from the endangered species list -- at least in part because the listing complicates development efforts in some parts of Alaska -- and has sued the Interior Department to......Tags: Wildlife, Endangered Species, Environmental Issues, George H.W. Bush, Politics
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Hurricane Ike: Feds outline preparations
The Swampby Frank James The Feds have issued a press release outlining the preparations they've made for Hurricane Ike. The release has some useful information. For instance, there are more than 1,000 high-water vehicles at the ready to conduct search-and-rescue.....Tags: Transportation, Environmental Issues, Hurricane Preparedness, Politics, NASA
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