"GREEN" NEWS
* USA - Sale of cleaner diesel fuel begins today - New blends promise to reduce smog, improve California's air quality
Woodland,CA,USA -The Daily Democrat/MediaNews Group, by PAUL ROGERS -2 Sep 2006: -- Ask most people about diesel fuel and a common image comes to mind: Sooty, foul-smelling black clouds pouring from the tailpipes of 18-wheel trucks and city buses... Friday marked the beginning of the end for those clouds... In a major step toward reducing smog - and public health risks from soot - all new diesel fuel sold in California starting today is a new, dramatically cleaner-burning blend, required under state and federal rules that have been in the works for more than five years...
* USA - Detroit suburb gives hybrids free parking
Detroit,MI,USA -The Bryan College Station Eagle/Wire Report -4 Sept 2006: -- Drivers of fuel-efficient hybrid vehicles can be forgiven in the Michigan town of Ferndale if they decide to motor around town just to park... After all, it's free... Ferndale, a northern suburb of Detroit, where automakers are suffering mightily for their overindulgence in fuel-hungry SUVs and pickup trucks, is the latest in a small wave of cities that have done something nice for drivers who have gone green...
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