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By Stacey Eidson, The Bradenton Herald, Fla.  Jan. 30--MANATEE -- A proposal to ask state legislators to require emissions testing as part of a vehicle's annual license renewal has sparked interest, but might not get off the ground this year.
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By ALAN ZIBEL  WASHINGTON - Environmental activists on Thursday said more stringent air-quality regulations are needed for oil refineries along the Gulf Coast, a region densely populated with petroleum industry plants.
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The California Air Resources Board on Thursday reviewed a proposal to cut greenhouse gas emissions from cars and prepared to vote on the plan on Friday.
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By Mladen Rudman, Northwest Florida Daily News, Fort Walton Beach  Dec. 12--EGLN AFB -- The federal government could soon find out if testing sophisticated weapons in the Gulf of Mexico can coexist with protecting marine mammals.
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Emissions from aviation and shipping could be included in UK's targets for first time.
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The green sports car race is hyped this week with a hybrid Honda mean machine. Have fun, but hold off on the eco kudos -- these rides burn hydrocarbons. In Epicenter.
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By ED SEALOVER THE GAZETTE DENVER - Colorado's top legislative leaders asked the Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday to approve California's tighter emissions standards for cars, which could open the door for a similar law to be passed here in 2008.
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By ERICA WERNER  WASHINGTON - The Transportation Department acknowledged Tuesday encouraging members of Congress to weigh in with the EPA on California's request to implement global warming controls on automakers.
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By Charles Rabin and Curtis MorganMiami-Dade County leaders see a pot of gold at the end of a runway. It's a not-so-long, largely ignored airport runway in the far northwest corner of the county now used for drag racing instead of takeoffs.
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By Brian Neill, The Bradenton Herald, Fla.  Sep. 20--The source of a 900-gallon oil spill into Tampa Bay from Port Manatee discovered Monday has been traced to a roughly quarter-inch hole in a transfer pipe that had been leaking for more than a day.
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A depot linked with "contaminated" fuel launches an investigation into whether it is to blame.
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By Nicholas Azzara, The Bradenton Herald, Fla.  Dec. 10--MANATEE -- You'll have to get up pretty early in the morning to beat Byron Shinn and his 20-foot ski boat to the water on Saturdays. He knows parking spots at the ramp at 59th Street/Warner's Bayou fill up fast.
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A fuel sensor that has given NASA headaches in the past acted up Friday morning as space shuttle Atlantis' crew prepared for liftoff.
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Automakers, SUV owners, and the federal government may balk at the state&#39;s latest effort to curb air pollution. By Daniel B. Wood | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor.
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By Janette Rodrigues, The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va.  Dec.
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By Kristi E. Swartz, The Palm Beach Post, Fla.  Sep. 20--A pinhole-sized leak may be why 900 gallons of fuel oil flowed  into Tampa Bay from a Florida Power & Light Co. off-loading terminal near the  utility's Manatee Energy Center, an FPL spokesman said Tuesday.
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The $1.8 billion facility will demonstrate a novel technology to fight global warming.