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Seattle Based Foss Maritime Builds First Hybrid Tugboat

by The Editor on February 6th, 2009 |Seattle| Technology

When one considers the myriad of things becoming hybrid, tugboats are not one of those which immediately come to mind. But in southern California (where else?) the world’s first true hybrid tug was recently unveiled.
The Carolyn Dorothy, displayed before a large crowd in the Long Beach, California area on January 23, was built by Seattle, [...]

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Obama Reverses Bush Policy On Auto Emmissions

by Shane Petersen on January 27th, 2009 |Barack Obama| Cars| Environment| Politics

In a drastic 180 President Obama has reversed the Bush administration policy preventing individual states like California and Washington from implementing more stringent emissions standards to fight greenhouse gas emissions. Obama also called for federal law requiring automakers to produce more fuel-efficient cars.
The previous Bush policy prevented 13 states from implementing their own more aggressive [...]

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