In late July, rumors of a U.S.-bound diesel Chevrolet Cruze were officially confirmed to be true by General Motors. We'll have to wait until sometime in 2013 t
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GM targeting 50 mpg with diesel Chevrolet Cruze
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Virtual hunt for solar technology yields initial results
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Perry's ethanol record could haunt him in Iowa
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Evergreen Solar files for bankruptcy
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Greenland publishes Arctic oil spill plan
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Shell: 56,600 gallons of oil spilled in North Sea
United Kingdom (AP) -- Royal Dutch Shell estimated Monday that 54,600 gallons of oil have spilled into the North Sea from an oil rig off Scotland's eastern coast. The...
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