Word: cleaner
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Three Burger King employees charged with putting urine, spit & oven cleaner in Whoppers...
Most states look to California as a model for the deregulation of their energy industries. In 1996, with energy reserves of over 30 percent, the state deregulated the industry in the hopes that this would lead to a cleaner, cheaper, more efficient system. With those hopes dashed by events over the course of the last nine months, there are a few vital lessons that must be learned from California's experience...
Honda's peppy two-seat Insight travels 600 miles on a tiny tank, a boon to the greenhouse-gassed planet. Toyota's Prius, a sleek five-seater, gets 52 m.p.g. in city driving and is up to 90% cleaner than the average car. U.S. carmakers, reluctant latecomers, have been shamed into promising hybrid models. But will these fuel sippers sell to a pollutants-be-damned nation enraptured by showy sport utes...
...automakers and environmentalists--ultimately pass, "there could be a hybrid in every garage," says Roland Hwang, a transportation expert with the Natural Resources Defense Council. That is surely a green dream, but rigorous new laws in several states, including California and New York, are forcing manufacturers to sell cleaner cars, setting what is expected to be a national trend...
...travel today can be hazardous to your health. Isn't it time that the long-suffering coach-class travelers make some demands on the international airlines? How about giving us a modicum of extra seating space to improve comfort in what I call the cattle class? And what about cleaner, fresher cabin air to lessen the likely spread of bacterial infections? It is ironic that we probably experienced a better quality of cabin air before smoking was prohibited. SYLVIA GON Johannesburg...