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		<title>Standards for Mercury Pollution from Power Plants</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards, the first national standards to protect American families from power plant emissions of mercury and toxic air pollution like arsenic, acid gas, nickel, selenium, and cyanide. The standards will slash emissions of these dangerous pollutants by relying on widely available, proven [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.helpfultechnologies.com/discussions/first-national-standards-for-mercury-pollution-from-power-plants.html</link>
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		<title>Chicago proposes taxi safety reform</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Chicago cabbies would drive newer, more fuel-efficient vehicles, get the hook more quickly for dangerous driving and spend no more than 12 hours on the road, under sweeping reforms proposed Monday with one glaring exception: a fare increase. Instead of raising fares for the first time since 2005, Mayor Emanuel wants to put more money [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.helpfultechnologies.com/discussions/oct-10-2011.html</link>
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		<title>Oil will remain the most widely used fuel in 2040</title>
		<description><![CDATA[New Outlook for Energy: A View to 2040 released by Exxon Mobil Corporation last week projects that global energy demand in 2040 will be about 30% higher than it was in 2010 as population grows to 9 billion and global GDP doubles. The growth is led by developing regions such as China, India, Africa and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.helpfultechnologies.com/discussions/oil-will-remain-the-most-widely-used-fuel-in-2040.html</link>
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		<title>Proposed fuel efficiency policy for passenger cars</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) has released a draft policy on Friday that proposes to improve fuel mileage for passenger cars. Cars will have to be labelled for their fuel efficiency and these government certifications will help consumers decide their future purchases. But experts believe the new standards are much lower than what the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.helpfultechnologies.com/press-releases/proposed-fuel-efficiency-policy-for-passenger-cars.html</link>
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		<title>Edmunds CEO to Congress: Consumers Voices Ignored</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Edmunds.com CEO Jeremy Anwyl told Congress last week that consumer voices were ignored when the Obama administration laid out its latest proposal for future Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards, and that consumers are not on board with those standards. Earlier this year, the Obama administration announced plans to raise the CAFE standard to 54.5 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.helpfultechnologies.com/discussions/oct-18-2011.html</link>
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		<title>Feds delay 2025 fuel efficiency proposal</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Obama administration says it will not meet its self-imposed deadline to unveil a proposed doubling of fuel efficiency standards to 54.5 miles per gallon by 2025 and instead will unveil the proposal in mid-November. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said it will not meet a deadline set for releasing the proposal by the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.helpfultechnologies.com/discussions/sep-30-2011.html</link>
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		<title>Helpful Technologies proposes a way to save lives</title>
		<description><![CDATA[SUMMARY After 15 months in Iraq, I became convinced, Americans are getting killed moving fuel we would not need if we took simple, inexpensive, feasible steps to be MORE EFFICIENT. = Steven M. Anderson, BG (Ret) US Army= The use of petroleum products is pervasive and critical for the United States and is especially important [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.helpfultechnologies.com/discussions/white-paper.html</link>
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