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U.S. to implement new fuel efficiency rules

Published: April 1, 2010
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By KEN THOMAS Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government is setting tough gas mileage standards for new cars and trucks, spurring the next generation of fuel-sipping gas-electric hybrids, efficient engines and electric cars. The heads of the Transportation Department and the Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday will sign final rules requiring 2016 [...]

Lawmaker fires up hemp plan

Published: October 13, 2009
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Lexington, KY (AP) — A Kentucky lawmaker has introduced legislation to legalize industrial hemp as a cash crop and a source for alternative fuels. Sen. Joey Pendleton, a Democrat from Hopkinsville in southern Kentucky, said the time is right to cash in on hemp because the plant already is legal for research in Kentucky, and [...]