green living, smart spending
No worries if you don’t have the patience to wait for a Tesla, or the bank account to afford a $1 Million-plus Pinnanfarina Battista supercar. Because there are plenty of affordable new EV models ready to be plugged into your lifestyle. Here are the best new affordable electric cars including some arriving at dealerships now,
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Cuba is a fabulous “bucket list” destination, with those memorable vintage cars, historic architecture, music and dancing everywhere, including in the streets, interesting art and history museums, including the home of Hemingway, and friendly people hungry for contact with Americans. I’ve been to Cuba twice in the last six years, and ready to return to
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It’s been a great snow season in Colorado, and skiers and snowboarders will be happy to know that several areas are extending their closing dates into May 2019, and some resorts are offering discounted lift tickets as low as $25 a day for the last days or weeks of the season. Spring is a great
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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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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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World’s best green hotels: While many hotels and restaurant chains around the world are just starting to eliminate plastic straws, Angama Mara, the award-winning luxury safari lodge in Kenya’s famed Maasai Mara, is already celebrating one year of being virtually plastic-free. Kenya is on the short-list of countries which have outlawed the use and distribution
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The price of jet fuel is going up, and JetBlue is passing on the cost to passengers by increasing the cost of checking a bag. It’s just $5, from $25 a bag to $30 for the first bag, and from $35 to $40 for the second checked bag, each way, but that effectively raises the
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Ageless Adventurer: Although regular exercise and a balanced diet with healthy foods is the best way to stay healthy at any age, there are some tweaks you should be making as you age, including to your daily vitamin and mineral supplements. Here’s some healthy advice about what to eat in every decade of your life,
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