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Super Bowl 2020 is going green and eco-friendly with sustainable, recyclable, compostable bamboo beverage cups and straws. The eco-friendly cups and straws will be used by PepsiCo, the official soft drink of Super Bowl LIV on Sunday February 2, 2020 at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami, which has banned plastic. The sustainable cups and
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The stats are in, and here are the most popular ecoXplorer posts of 2019. You are a smart group of followers who want to avoid being ripped-off, since most of the top posts are our “scam alert” advisories. And you are an eclectic bunch, since other top posts ranged from endangered animals to a kitschy
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The Sultan of Brunei has ordered the death by stoning to anybody who engages in LGBTQ gay sex or adultery. Since this tiny Arab kingdom owns hotels around the world, including in the USA, you might want to avoid them along with the restaurants by world-famous chefs inside them. The Sultan of Brunei owns The
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Two million people or more have been affected by Cyclone Idai, which has has triggered massive floods in Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe. Nearly 1,000 people have died, and the toll is rising daily. Uncounted thousands have been lost homeless, others have lost the crops and farm animals. You can help by donating to one of
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The stats are in, and here are the most popular ecoXplorer posts of 2018. You are a smart group of followers who want to avoid being ripped-off, since most of the top posts are our “scam alert” advisories. And an eclectic bunch, since other top posts ranged from endangered animals to a kitschy stretch limousine.
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Trump Administration tariffs and threatened tariffs on imported vehicles and vehicle parts are raising prices and slowing sales in 2018. The White House is ignoring millions of foreign cars made in America, hundreds of thousands of Americans who work those foreign car companies in the USA, and the many billions of dollars those foreign car
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Mahindra is the world’s largest auto company you probably never heard of. But you will. Mahindra is building a $2 Million limited edition EV supercar designed by Pininfarina, which it bought 50% of recently, scheduled to launch in 2020. The new model incorporates some of what Mahindra has learned on the Formula E race circuit.
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Royal Weddings The wedding of American actress Meghan Markle to Britain’s Prince Harry is not the first time an American actress has married into royalty, and there have been other American women who were not actresses who also married a prince, or even a king. Here are the Cinderlla stories: Grace Kelly TheAmerican actress married
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Mother’s Day is this weekend, and as always, restaurants and other businesses are offering discounts and freebies to help you celebrate, and save money in the bargain. Most of these deals are only good on Sunday, May 13, 2018, but some last longer, so be sure you read the fine print. Here are the deals,
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When Saudi Arabia announced recently it would let women drive – finally – the historic decision to grant driver’s licenses to women was headline news around the world. Now, Nissan is helping some of the millions of Saudi women who have been only passengers in their lifetimes learn safe driving skills, with a surprise group
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