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prepare and respond.
 Vehicle fuel economy
remains steady Jul 17 - Model year 2006 cars
and light trucks are the fastest and heaviest since
1975, yet they average 21.0 mpg -- the same as last
year. Fleet-average fuel economy peaked at 22.1 mpg in
1987-1988. Recent technology, such as hybrid vehicles or
clean diesel, holds promise for improved fuel economy in
the future.
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release | Fuel
economy trends 1975-2006
Pitching sun safety at Fenway
Park Jul 14 - Boston Red Sox fans learn sun
safety at the game on Sunday July 16 and proper ways to
protect themselves from excessive sun exposure, the
cause of most skin cancers. In 2006 over 1 million cases
of skin cancer are expected.
News
release | Are
you Sunwise?
EPA strengthens clean air rules for
dry cleaners Jul 14 - EPA is tightening rules for
all dry cleaners that use the chemical perchloroethylene
(perc), including a phase-out of the chemical in dry
cleaners located in residential buildings. Approximately
28,000 U.S. dry cleaners use perc, which is the only air
toxic emitted from the dry cleaning process.
News
release | Comunicado
de prensa | Dry
cleaning emissions standards
Thousands of illegal gas-powered
imports seized Jul 14 - EPA and U.S. Customs have
seized over 11,000 illegal gas-powered vehicles and
equipment in the past nine months and fined the
importers a total of over $798,000. Such illegal
equipment fails to meet US emissions standards,
increasing air pollution and health problems such as
asthma.
News
release | Report
illegal imports
 Pittsburgh All-Stars
homer for recycling Jul 11 - Fans at the All Star
baseball game "Recycle On The Go" by depositing their
cans and bottles in stadium area bins. Recycling
partners such as the City of Pittsburgh encourage people
to recycle wherever they go by making recycling easy and
convenient.
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release | Recycle
On The Go
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