green cars, green travel and smart spending
Visits to America’s national parks set another record in 2018, topping 300 million recreation visits for the fourth consecutive year. The 318.2 million recreation visits total is the third highest since record keeping began in 1904. It adds up to more than one Billion hours we spent in some of the most beautiful spots on
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The 2019 Cadillac XT4 compact crossover is good looking, fuel efficient, filled with safety and comfort features, and fun to drive. And it’s all wrapped up in a package starting at $35,790, which makes it affordable for the young families and active singles, especially women, Cadillac has designed it for. ecoXplorer Evelyn Kanter test drove
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As the saying goes, everybody is Irish on St. Patrick’s Day. Just about every city in the United States has a parade honoring the saintly man who drove the snakes from Ireland, either on March 17, or the weekend before or after. In 2019, March 17 falls on a Sunday, so most celebrations are that
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Help preserve and protect America’s national parks, which took a beating during the recent US government shutdown. Nissan is Calling All TITANs to join in helping the National Park Foundation restore America’s most treasured landscapes. Through Feb. 8, Nissan will match any donation to the National Park Foundation, 2-for-1, up to a total of $200,000.
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Great looks, comfort, handling, fuel economy, luxury and high-tech features at an affordable price. There’s little more to say about the Lexus NX300 hybrid other than, “I want this SUV”. Okay, a lot more. I fell in love with the upscale hybrid on a recent test drive in the wintry Northeast that included a meterologist’s
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If you are considering donating Old Breakdown to a charity, know the pros and cons first. Especially the cons, including car donation charity scams. Do good by donating your old car to charity. That’s what the charities tell you. But the reality is that you might do better selling your car to a used car
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It’s one of the most popular and iconic songs of the Christmas season. There’s an interesting story behind the creation of Silent Night, Holy Night, celebrated each Christmas Eve in the tiny chapel in the Austrian Alps where it was first performed exactly 200 years ago, on Christmas Eve 1818. The village is Oberndorf, near
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With interest in vegetarian and plant-based diets growing, more diners are seeking restaurants that cater to their desire to avoid eating meat, poultry or fish. Here’s a list of the top 50 restaurants for vegetarians in the USA, according to OpenTable, which compiled the list from more than 12 million verified reviews of nearly 30,000
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Get ready to share the roads, skies, rails and waterways this Thanksgiving with more people than in more than a dozen years. The AAA projects 54.3 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more away from home this Thanksgiving via car, plane, train, ferry or cruise ship. That’s a 4.8 percent increase over last year,
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Once again this year, national chain restaurants are thanking our veterans and active military members on Veterans Day with FREE or discounted food or services on Sunday, Nov. 11, 2018. Also, on Veterans Day, admission to National Parks is FREE for everyone, whether or not you are a veteran or active military member. Free admission is to all
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