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Legislature takes aim at urban sprawl and global warming	21.8.2008	LA Times: Most Emailed
A bill calling for financial incentives to target greenhouse gases would be the first in the nation. Will Californians drive less to reduce global warming? Maybe not on our own -- but state officials are ready to nudge us.
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Goodbye to the open road?	21.8.2008	LA Times: Opinion
V. John White says the only way we can keep our cars is to use them less and develop electric drive technologies. Jerry Taylor says only the free market should drive personal auto innovation. Today's question: What's the future of the personal automobile? Previously, White and Taylor discussed calls to build more nuclear power plants , T. Boone Pickens' alternative-energy plan and offshore drilling .
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80-minute car chase ends with man's arrest in Gardena	21.8.2008	LA Times: Top News
The CHP began pursuing the driver in West L.A., later enlisting an LAPD helicopter for help. A CHP spokesman says the driver fired shots at officers and was Tasered before being taken into custody. An 80-minute car chase through Los Angeles County ended with gunfire, beanbag rounds and a Taser gun being used on a driver, who initially shot at officers in Gardena this morning, a CHP official said.
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Bus systems lure riders with plush seats and Wi-Fi	21.8.2008	SFGate: Business & Technology
Think of the typical city bus, and you're likely to picture old vehicles with hard seats and noisy brakes that belch diesel fumes as they jerk from stop to stop. Transit agencies want you to take another look. They're rolling out more attractive and...
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Storming Sweden in the World's Wildest Prius	21.8.2008	Wired Top Stories
Three Swedish gearheads spend eight weeks and $184,275 building the most radical hybrid on the planet to prove anything can be customized.
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School system seeks fewer left turns for buses	21.8.2008	Boston Globe: Maine
Taking its cue from cargo carrier UPS, a northern Maine school system is urging its bus drivers to modify their routes by making fewer left turns, a change designed to promote efficiency and save on fuel costs.
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Wheels: Answers From Tom Vanderbilt	21.8.2008	NY Times: Automobiles
The author of “Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do (And What It Says About Us),” provided answers to readers’ questions about turn signals, stop-and-go traffic and honking.
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School system seeks fewer left turns for buses	21.8.2008	Boston Globe: Latest
Taking its cue from cargo carrier UPS, a northern Maine school system is urging its bus drivers to modify their routes by making fewer left turns, a change designed to promote efficiency and save gasoline.
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Legislature takes aim at urban sprawl and global warming	21.8.2008	LA Times: Top News
A bill calling for financial incentives to target greenhouse gases would be the first in the nation. Will Californians drive less to reduce global warming? Maybe not on our own -- but state officials are ready to nudge us.
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UK should be self-sufficient in energy by 2050, says Lib Dem leader	21.8.2008	Guardian: Environment
Nick Clegg says Britain needs 'Apollo project' on par with effort to put man on moon
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New catalyst boosts chances of hydrogen from ethanol as a green transport fuel	21.8.2008	Guardian: Science
Scientists have developed a cheaper way to make hydrogen from biofuel that could be a solution to previous difficulties with storage and transport of the gas
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Catalyst boosts hydrogen as transport fuel	21.8.2008	The Guardian -- Front Page
Scientists have developed a cheaper way to make hydrogen from biofuel that could be a solution to previous difficulties with storage and transport of the gas
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New catalyst boosts chances of hydrogen from ethanol as a green transport fuel	21.8.2008	Guardian: Environment
Scientists have developed a cheaper way to make hydrogen from biofuel that could be a solution to previous difficulties with storage and transport of the gas
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New catalyst boosts chances of hydrogen from ethanol as a green transport fuel	21.8.2008	The Guardian -- World Latest
Scientists have developed a cheaper way to make hydrogen from biofuel that could be a solution to previous difficulties with storage and transport of the gas
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Legislature takes aim at urban sprawl and global warming	21.8.2008	LA Times: Environment
A bill calling for financial incentives to target greenhouse gases would be the first in the nation. Will Californians drive less to reduce global warming? Maybe not on our own -- but state officials are ready to nudge us.
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Catalyst to convert ethanol into hydrogen fuel cheaper (Cached)	21.8.2008	New Kerala: World News

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Wheels: A Super-Efficient VW Diesel for the U.S.?	21.8.2008	NYT: Home Page
In its more than 30 years of existence, the Volkswagen Polo has never been sold in the United States -- but more than 300,000 are sold each year in Europe, Asia, South America and Africa. There might be compelling reasons to bring Polos over here, especially the diesel versions. Why? Because they get incredible fuel economy, better than most hybrids.
Cars with a green conscience	21.8.2008	Guardian: Science
A technology that uses hydrogen to reduce motor emissions could be on the market in three years, writes Michael Fitzpatrick
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Cars with a green conscience	21.8.2008	Guardian: Environment
A technology that uses hydrogen to reduce motor emissions could be on the market in three years, writes Michael Fitzpatrick
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Two Wheels, Zero Emissions and Loads of Fun	21.8.2008	Wired Top Stories
Zero Motorcycles has built an all-electric motocrosser that looks and rides like a real bike, even if it costs a whole lot more. Next up? A street version.
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