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New type of food truck cruising Denver, offering help to the hungry	13.5.2013	Denver Post: News: Local
Most of Denver's food trucks serve cupcakes, tacos or sandwiches, and most of them are actually trucks.
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Living History: Emigration railway an escape to vistas and fresh air	12.5.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
by Eileen Hallet Stone Special To The Tribune Published May 11, 2013 05:18PM MDT Last week driving up Emigration Canyon’s mountainous defile to catch a breath of fresh air, I thought about turn-of-the-century canyon railways and rusticators. You know, the era when Emigration Canyon was rife with migratory birds, blooms, tall grasses, scrub oak, fir trees, and rich, black soil. Its creeks ran clean. Fish and wildlife were plentiful. And boundless landscapes — rising in elevations from 4,870 feet at the canyon bed to 8,954 feet at Lookout Peak on the north ridge crest — were ... ...
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Tesla Model S gets Consumer Reports' top score	10.5.2013	azcentral.com \| business
DETROIT -- The Tesla Motors Inc. Model S electric car has tied an older Lexus for the highest score ever recorded in Consumer Reports magazine's automotive testing. The Model S, which starts at $62,400 after a federal tax credit, scored 99 points on a scale of 100 in the magazine's battery of tests.
Tesla Model S gets Consumer Reports’ top score	9.5.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
by Tom Krisher The Associated Press Published May 9, 2013 08:58AM MDT DETROIT • The Tesla Motors Inc. Model S electric car has tied an older Lexus for the highest score ever recorded in Consumer Reports magazine’s automotive testing. The Model S, which starts at $62,400 after a federal tax credit, scored 99 points on a scale of 100 in the magazine’s battery of tests. “It accelerates, handles and brakes like a sports car. It has the ride and quietness of a luxury car and is far more energy-efficient than the best hybrid cars,” Jake Fisher, the magazine’s director o... ...
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Tesla Model S gets Consumer Reports' top score	9.5.2013	Denver Post: Business
Tesla Model S gets Consumer Reports' top score
New technology propels 'old energy' boom	4.5.2013	Denver Post: Business
NEW YORK—Technology created an energy revolution over the past decade—just not the one we expected.
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Growth of renewables lags as technology finds more oil, gas	3.5.2013	azcentral.com \| business
NEW YORK Technology created an energy revolution over the past decade -- just not the one we expected. By now, cars were supposed to be running on fuel made from plant waste or algae -- or powered by hydrogen or cheap batteries that burned nothing at all. Electricity would be generated with solar panels and wind turbines. When the sun didn't shine or the wind didn't blow, power would flow from batteries the size of tractor-trailers.
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Rosen: Driving pet peeves	2.5.2013	Denver Post: Opinion
Comedian Sam Levenson once wise-cracked in the 1950s, "If your wife wants to learn to drive, don't stand in her way." That wouldn't get much of a laugh today, a couple of generations after "Mustang Sally."
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Mayors tell UTA to focus on quick, simple commuter solutions	1.5.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
by Lee Davidson The Salt Lake Tribune Published Apr 30, 2013 03:32PM MDT West Valley City • A parade of invited mayors told the Utah Transit Authority board Tuesday what they want in future transit: quicker commutes, ability to go more places, reasonable but low fares, and stations designed to attract high-density development to help take cars off the road as the population grows. But mayors also warned UTA that it may be focusing too much on grand long-term projects while overlooking some fairly easy solutions needed now — such as more old-fashioned buses. Ogden May... ...
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Longmont-based UQM continues to power forward, even through the challenges	28.4.2013	Denver Post: Business
Longmont-based UQM continues to power forward, even through the challenges
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Obama administration had advance warning on Fisker	24.4.2013	Denver Post: Business
Obama administration had advance warning on Fisker
Best route for trolley is 1100 East	20.4.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
by Kyle Lamalfa Published Apr 20, 2013 01:01AM MDT Salt Lake City should support local business growth and limit traffic congestion by extending the Sugar House streetcar line along 1100 East as soon as possible. Our community is growing and with that more people need to get more places. The Salt Lake City Council wants people to get to all the places they need and expand the choice of how to get there. The goal is to feed the city’s appetite for travel trips without increasing traffic congestion. When you simply need to be there without carryin... ...
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Toyota's hybrid vehicle sales pass 5 million	18.4.2013	azcentral.com \| business
TOKYO -- Toyota's global sales of gasoline-electric hybrid vehicles have surpassed 5 million in a milestone for a technology that was initially greeted with skepticism. The Japanese automaker, which said Wednesday it had sold 5.125 million hybrid vehicles as of the end of March, started selling the Prius, the world's first mass produced hybrid passenger car, in 1997. Gas-electric hybrids deliver fuel efficiency by switching back and forth between a gasoline engine and electric motor depending on speed and other driving conditions, and recharges as it travels.
Fisker to cut three-fourths of its work force	5.4.2013	Headlines: All Headlines
DETROIT—Troubled electric car maker Fisker Automotive Inc. has laid off about three-fourths of the workers at its California headquarters as it struggles with financial and production problems.
April Fool: 'Waste of Vail' culinary event announced	1.4.2013	Vail Colorado: Our World
VAIL - As Vail strives to become ever-so green and sustainable - although what they're trying to sustain remains a mystery - the town's Powers That Be are positively aglow about their latest sustainabilit ...
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Hot Wheels: Subaru unveils its first hybrid	29.3.2013	azcentral.com \| business
NEW YORK -- Subaru is coming out with a gas-electric hybrid crossover SUV for the crunchy granola crowd that wants to save fuel but still haul kayaks to the river. The Japanese brand, which specializes in all-wheel-drive vehicles, unveils the 2014 XV Crosstrek Hybrid on Thursday at the New York International Auto Show.
Final decision: Airport TRAX will miss early, late flights	26.3.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
by Lee Davidson The Salt Lake Tribune Published Mar 26, 2013 11:40AM MDT While passengers asked in recent public hearings for additional early and late trains on the new TRAX extension to Salt Lake City International Airport, the Utah Transit Authority has decided it cannot afford it. So when the $350 million extension opens on April 14, it will not operate early enough to deliver passengers to some early-morning flights — and will close before it can take people home from several late-night arrivals. The problem will be worse on weekends. “Unfortunately, it’s not as... ...
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Dilemma for bike-crazy Portland: Parking for cars	22.3.2013	Denver Post: National News Headlines
PORTLAND, Ore.—Though Portlanders are remarkably united when it comes to protecting the environment, a property on aptly named Southeast Division Street has provoked an unexpected backlash against the city's progressive approach to housing its burgeoning population.
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Guest Commentary: Use road taxes for our roads	22.3.2013	Denver Post: Opinion
Drivers can get more mileage from fuel taxes they already pay. But some states are considering increasing their fuel tax. It's a bad idea. Much of Colorado's existing 22 cents-per-gallon fuel tax does not maintain roads. Fuel taxes penalize less-wealthy drivers and encourage traffic congestion.
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Natural gas vehicles gain traction with fleets; less so with consumers	20.3.2013	Denver Post: Business
Natural gas vehicles gain traction with fleets; less so with consumers
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