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NEW YORK, New York, March 12, 2010 (ENS) - The oldest, most polluting trucks serving the Port of New York and New Jersey are being phased out and replaced with newer models that generate less pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. The $28 million program announced Wednesday is d...
TOPEKA, Kansas, March 12, 2010 (ENS) - As of July 1, the only indoor places where tobacco smokers can light up in Kansas are within private homes and motor vehicles. In addition, the smoking of the herbal blend Spice or its components anywhere in Kansas will soon be a crime.

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WASHINGTON, DC, March 12, 2010 (ENS) - The U.S. Energy Department and NRG Energy will each contribute up to $154 million to fund a new project to capture and store the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide at NRG's coal-fired power plant southwest of Houston, Texas. U.S. Secretary of Ene...
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, March 12, 2010 (ENS) - Two months after the ruinous January 12 earthquake in Haiti, the United Nations' $1.44 billion revised humanitarian appeal for the country is only 49 percent funded, UN officials said today. The UN Office for the Coordination of Human...

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GENEVA, Switzerland, March 12, 2010 (ENS) - The first international regulation of electric safety requirements for both fully electric and h...
WASHINGTON, DC, March 12, 2010 (ENS) - Actors, musicians, ambassadors and under-secretaries of state mingled in the plush Ben Franklin room...

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ST. THOMAS, U.S. Virgin Islands, March 12, 2010 (ENS) - A Taiwanese couple pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court in the U.S. Virgin...
TORONTO, Ontario, Canada, March 12, 2010 (ENS) - The Ontario Power Authority has approved payment contracts to 510 new green energy...