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The EPA has created the National Clean Diesel Campaign (NCDC) to compile and enforce a group of regulatory and non-regulatory standards for reducing emissions from diesel engines for the highway and for non-road engines(locomotive, marine and agricultural). NCDC participants are committed to finding innovative ways to protect human health and the environment.

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Explanation of some of the factors involved in making gasoline prices fluctuate and rise in America and how they try to be tracked. Gasoline prices are down one month, after they were up the previous month, and then will shoot up the next.

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Has the rising cost of gasoline put a dent in your wallet? Is it affecting your household budget? Is the hike in gasoline prices not fazing you at all and you're just rolling with it? Have we become too dependent on certain resources and when there's a crisis or disaster, we get nervous about what to do next when the resources are rationed?

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Accounting for almost half of national oil consumption, gasoline is the largest single volume refined product sold in the United States. The No. 2 fuel oil is heating oil, and accounts for about 25% of the yield of a barrel of crude, the second Accounting for almost half of national oil consumption, gasoline is the largest single volume refined product sold in the United States. The No. 2 fuel oil is heating oil, and accounts for about 25% of the yield of a barrel of crude, the second largest "cut" after gasoline. The New York Mercantile Exchange maintains close contact with federal and state officials and continues to evaluate changes in the regulations to ensure that the terms and conditions of the gasoline futures contract continue to mirror the cash market.

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If you were given an option to purchase a vehicle that will run on an alternative fuel, would you be willing to try it? Would style be a deciding factor on whether you purchase that vehicle or saving money and the environment?

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