Wednesday, 26 September 2012 08:10
'The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has mandated that all consumers in the United States must purchase at least 4 gallons of gasoline when they go to the gas station, if they are getting fuel from a pump that also offers a new E15 ethanol-gasoline blend.
The Obama administration wants consumers to use more of the E15 fuel – a blend that contains 15 percent ethanol – but the problem is that many gas stations use blender pumps, which offer several types of fuel and, after pumping, there always is a residual amount of fuel in the hose. E15 fuel can potentially damage engines made prior to 2000 and it cannot be used in motorcycles, ATVs, and many other engines, such as lawn mowers and boat engines.'
Wednesday, 26 September 2012 08:04
'A prominent think-tank has claimed a new satellite system being introduced to track offenders in Scotland should be directly controlled by police and probation officers rather than private security firm G4S.
The Future of Corrections report, due to be published by Policy Exchange today, said the lack of competition in the UK market when it came to contracts for electronic tagging was costing taxpayers hundreds of millions of pounds.
The scathing assessment comes just days after the Scottish Government awarded a five-year, £13 million contract to G4S. The contract will start in April next year and involve using GPS technology to track criminals wearing tags on their ankle or wrist.'
The Future of Corrections report, due to be published by Policy Exchange today, said the lack of competition in the UK market when it came to contracts for electronic tagging was costing taxpayers hundreds of millions of pounds.
The scathing assessment comes just days after the Scottish Government awarded a five-year, £13 million contract to G4S. The contract will start in April next year and involve using GPS technology to track criminals wearing tags on their ankle or wrist.'
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