Lawmaker Wants Return To Lower National Speed Limit
(Washington, DC) -- Republican Senator John Warner of Virginia wants Congress to consider reimposing a national speed limit to save gasoline. WCAV-television reports Warner has asked Energy Secretary Samual Bodman to investigate what speed would provide optimum gasoline efficiency with current technology in mind and whether a speed limit reduction would also reduce prices at the pump ...Read More
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Triple-A Says Fewer People Taking To Highways Over Holiday Weekend
(Philadelphia, PA) -- High gas prices could force people to stay closer to home this holiday weekend. Cathy Rossi of Triple-A Mid-Atlantic says gas prices are a dollar a gallon higher than this time a year ago and the sluggish economy are keeping people from taking a long road trip this holiday weekend ...Read & Hear More
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Freight Trains Back In Vogue
(Pittsburgh, PA) -- A national transportation expert says that increasing fuel costs are starting to drive more freight off of the roadways and back onto the rails. Wendell Cox says that rails are already carrying record amounts of freight and that increasing that amount into the future will help the country conserve energy ...Read & Hear More
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How To Save Hundreds on Gas Without A Hybrid
(Sacramento, CA) -- Drivers can save at least 800-dollars on gas this year without buying a hybrid. A study from the Natural Resources Defense Council shares that positive news as people get ready to hit the road for the holiday ...Read & Hear More
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Senator Chris Dodd Says He Will Cooperate With Any Countrywide Investigation
(Waterbury, CT) -- Senator Chris Dodd says he has no problem releasing documents to any committees investigating allegations he received preferential treatment when he refinanced two homes with Countrywide Financial ...Read & Hear More
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