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In Bid to Curb Smog, Beijing Plans to Scrap Polluting Older Vehicles

2014-05-27 12:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Bloomberg: For years, responsibility for curtailing Chinas massive ecological degradation fell to the relatively weak Ministry of Environment, which lacks staff resources and has nothing close to the political clout of the National Development and Reform Commission that manages the countrys economy. Many of the ministrys well-intentioned green initiatives have been announced, only to be ignored or unenforced. Meanwhile Beijings skies grew ever-grayer. Chinas influential State Council, chaired by Premier...

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Understanding Older Drivers

2014-05-15 22:42:44| AutomotiveDigest.com - Automotive Industry News

The majority of older people are active drivers today. In 2011, well over 86 percent of people 65 and older were drivers. That means that more than one out of six drivers on the road in the United States are 65 and older. Most older people are safe drivers, but as they age they may experience more crashes and suffer higher injury and fatality risks. The AAA Foundation has embarked on a long-term study of older drivers that aims to answer key questions about medical conditions, medication usage, travel behaviors, and mobility options for seniors who no longer drive. READ MORE and learn about the key finding of the study. The Article Understanding Older Drivers appeared first on Automotive Digest.

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When is the right time to take car keys from older drivers?

2014-05-13 13:16:33| Automakers - Topix.net

DETROIT, Mich. -- Ray Kolpacki has spent a lifetime taking care of his home, his family and a girl named Sally he met at a Detroit bowling alley nearly six decades ago.

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