Cash for Clunkers in my area

So after seeing what was going on online, I decided to take a drive to my local auto row. What I discovered, was that only the Honda, Hyundai and Kia had a number of Cash for Clunkers cars. I went to both the Ford and Chevy, Ford had a couple, but I was not able to get into the gated area, and the Chevy Lot had zero. What does this say about our government program desinged to: Lower green house gases Increase gas mileage Spur the auto industry… What do I think? How much energy (translated to greenhouse gases) will it take to recycle/crush all the cars traded in? The fuel mileage increase will be negligable, based on cars on the road vs cars traded in. It apears to be spuring the Foreign makes more than our own. FAIL

Area Students Honor Local Veterans

Challenges for Muscat in the Urban Millenium – “Space is the only component of building a city that cannot be imported”
14 November 2010 MUSCAT Sustainable urban development will be one of the challenges mankind will face in the next centuries.

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A retreat in privacy in Boca Grande
With its big, impossibly picturesque, white-columned porch dotted with wicker rocking chairs,

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Santa Rosa art blast
Santa Rosa’s art hub brought an eclectic mix of sofa parade, street performance and gallery showings to the sixth annual Winter Blast festival on Saturday night.

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Heart of Treasure Valley: Father and Son visit bond in new ways after trip to Cameroon
Tony Boatman and his son, Duvonté, went to Cameroon, where Tony had been a Peace Corps volunteer more than four decades ago. Besides deepening the father –and-son bond, the connection to Cameroon is now one Duvonté shares.

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Area Students Honor Local Veterans
Annually upon the eleventh day of the eleventh month at the eleventh hour Sapulpanâs remember the sacrifices of military personnel living and dead.

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Local news: Pupils’ litter posters not a waste of time
PRIMARY school pupils have taken a stand against waste in a competition to design the best anti-litter poster.

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Leather knobs, leather floors, leather for walls, leather furniture and other leather accessories for the home
Home designs put hide in plain sight

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“Climate Change in China” exhibition held in Tianjin
Photo taken on Oct. 5, 2010 shows the Tianjin exhibiting area during the UN Climate Change Conference held in north China’s Tianjin Municipality, Oct. 5, 2010. The development in building a eco-friendly city with new energy in Tianjin was shown in the area.

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FTC: General green claims don’t wash
Stricter rules aim to clarify environmental benefits Green marketing is in fashion but it’s got to be more rooted in fact than the current deluge of “eco” advertising aimed at consumers, the government said Wednesday.

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Good Times: Bay Area entertainment guid for the week of Oct. 8-14
MusicMama M.I.A.M.I.A. has crafted a long and impressive resume in a relatively short time. Since releasing 2005′s debut CD “Arular,” the Londoner has been nominated for an Academy Award, two Grammy Awards and Britain’s prestigious Mercury Prize.

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Recycling taking hold in Myrtle Beach area

Roads shut after recycling fire
Fire crews continue to work at the scene in the aftermath of dramatic blaze at a recycling plant in Flintshire.

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Vail column: Where do all the leaves go?
Error on line 12 position 2: Connection failure Copyright 2010 Vail Daily. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Vail Daily Vail column: Where do all the leaves go? September, 27 2010 12:00 am MST

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Help raise funds by donating preloved items
SUBANG JAYA: If you are spring cleaning your house and planning to throw away unwanted items, why not donate them to Beautiful Gate Foundation for the Disabled instead?

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Garnet Nuggets
Where did the summer go, we all ask. How can our life be slipping away so fast?

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Recycling taking hold in Myrtle Beach area
Like Kermit the Frog once said, it ain’t easy being green.

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Bay Area native creates eco-friendly, Oakland-centric line of T-shirts

Bangladesh exports soar: industry
Bangladesh said Wednesday exports leapt more than 25 percent year on year in July, with manufacturers linking the jump to a shift in orders from China to the low-cost South Asian country.

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Around Town
This week will be an exciting one, with cool parties to celebrate Hari Raya and gorge on delicious mooncakes and fresh Pacific Saury! A new look, veteran journos talking about chasing terrorists, and our annual 20 Under 40 list! All that and more in our September 2010 issue!

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Jollibee Foods Donates P1 Million for Marikina Watershed Reforestation
Jollibee Foods Corporation (JFC) recently donated P1 million for the Marikina Watershed reforestation initiative spearheaded by the Philippine Disaster Recovery Foundation (PDRF).The donation will cover the costs of acquiring seedlings, preparing the land, actual tree planting and maintenance for a period of three years.

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Getting closer to realistic potential of mobile booking apps
A report by Reuters has highlighted that travel industry is targeting a new breed of travellers who “rely more on their mobile smart phones — the iPhone, BlackBerry or Android — to negotiate, book and manage trips they have already begun”.

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Bay Area native creates eco-friendly, Oakland-centric line of T-shirts
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Most area residents ‘greener’

Think green before driving
Keeping your car properly tuned, your tire pressures checked, and turning down the air conditioning are some of the ways to make your driving more efficient and cut your fuel consumption, according to the Chamber of Automotive Manufacturers of the Philippines, Inc. (CAMPI).

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CORRECTING and REPLACING SolarReserve Gets Green Light on Nevada Solar Thermal Project
SANTA MONICA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Please replace the release with the following corrected version due to multiple revisions. The corrected release reads: SOLARRESERVE GETS GREEN LIGHT ON NEVADA SOLAR THERMAL PROJECT SolarReserve’s 100 megawatt power contract with NV Energy will utilize innovative energy storage technology developed and manufactured in the United States SolarReserve, a …

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PTT launched campaign on the use of bioplastic bag at Samed Island in establishing a sustainable “Green Island …
PTT Public Company Limited, represented by Mr. Prajya Phinyawat, Chief Operating Officer, Downstream Petroleum Business Group, in cooperation with the National Innovation Agency (NIA), the Department

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Hugh Muir’s diary
The planet is in big trouble. But so are those trying to save it It’s no secret that green types have a beef with Saudi Arabia, and with g• ood reason. All those cars, all that air conditioning and not a little crude oil. And thus no surprise that, sighting officials from the kingdom at a United Nations climate meeting in Bonn last month, activists would want to show their displeasure. But come …

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Most area residents ‘greener’
Tribune/WGN poll: 77 percent said they made changes to their daily routines to be more ‘environmentally conscious’ A Tribune/WGN poll shows three-quarters of residents across the city and suburbs have taken steps in the past five years to become more green.

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Bridgenorth area couple’s green oasis earns green leader designation from Trees Ontario

Go green: Sports world picks up environmental pace
Chris Dickerson remembered cringing as he looked at the excess of empty, discarded plastic bottles by his Triple-A teammates in Louisville.

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Bridgenorth area couple’s green oasis earns green leader designation from Trees Ontario
BRIDGENORTH — A Bridgenorth area retired couple that planted 13,500 trees near their home has been named Trees Ontario green leaders. Gordon and Ann McArthur, who grew up in Peterborough, planted white pine, maple, oak and spruce trees on a 20-acre nearby property over the course of two years.[...]

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Go green: Sports world picks up environmental pace
Chris Dickerson remembered cringing as he looked at the excess of empty, discarded plastic bottles by his Triple-A teammates in Louisville.

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Go green: Sports world picks up environmental pace
MINNEAPOLIS — Chris Dickerson remembered cringing as he looked at the excess of empty, discarded plastic bottles by his Triple-A teammates in Louisville.

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Bridgenorth area couple’s green oasis earns green leader designation from Trees Ontario
BRIDGENORTH — A Bridgenorth area retired couple that planted 13,500 trees near their home has been named Trees Ontario green leaders. Gordon and Ann McArthur, who grew up in Peterborough, planted white pine, maple, oak and spruce trees on a 20-acre nearby property over the course of two years.[...]

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Adventurous things to do in Myrtle Beach area

Creating a Fuel Benchmark
Some comparisons are easily made, others not so much. Let’s say you want to compare the average fleet fuel efficiency of truckload freight carriers operating entirely within the American Southeast.

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No Immediate Incentive to Buy GM, Chrysler
A lack of incentives and resale value should cool consumers to current offerings.

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Kia’s Sorento gets softer
The 2011 Kia Sorento is the most stylish looking Sorento sport utility vehicle ever. It’s also the first Sorento built in a U.S. factory, the first Sorento with unibody construction like that used for cars and it’s the first offered in this country with a four-cylinder engine.

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Honda builds another hybrid Honda builds another hybrid
Honda is at it again – building a fuel-sipping, two-seat gasoline-electric hybrid car. This time, though, the car is not just thrifty, it’s comfortable and lively.With a starting retail price of $19,950, the new-for-2011 Honda CR-Z, coming to showrooms in August, is slated to have the lowest starting price for a hybrid in the United States from a major automaker.

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Adventurous things to do in Myrtle Beach area
Some folks are more than happy to spend their days baking away in the sun, just relaxing and trying to do as little as possible while in Myrtle Beach. We think those folks are nuts.

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I have an area of concrete stained from grass/plants, do you know of a eco friendly solution to remove stains?

The concrete is red and I would prefer to have the stains taken out with a solution that is cheap and eco friendly.

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Demystifying green IT – seeding advantage
09 May 2010 – As public and private organisations around the world seek to limit their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and other environmental impacts as part of “the sustainabil ity agenda,” information technology (IT) stands to make a significant contribution.

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County electronics recycling program expands
GREEN COVE SPRINGS — The Clay County Department of Environmental Services says it has added two places where Clay County residents can drop off unwanted electronics.

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Sweet on saving bees
With this week’s inclusion of our Live Green section, we’d like to create a little buzz about environmental canaries not many consider: bees. A recent article said bees are like biological geiger counters.

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Expo leading the way to a greener, cleaner future
The World Expo will boost the concept of ecology and environmental protection and stimulate scientific research and technology development, officials from Shanghai Science and Technology Commission said yesterday. And they said the green and cutting-edge technologies used or showcased at the Expo would be widely introduced into real life. New technologies such as a TD-LTE (time division-long …

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Stimulus funds Asheville area green jobs training
ASHEVILLE — Gregory Lynch has watched his work in the construction industry vanish in the past year.

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