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Green tips
Cutting your car-related emissions
According to the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources, motor vehicles are the largest source of a number of air pollutants in the state.
The agency offers these tips to reduce your personal contribution to air pollution and carbon emissions:
• Use public transportation, or carpool; and opt to bike or walk when possible.
• Eliminate unnecessary idling; It harms human health, pollutes the air, wastes fuel, causes excess engine wear and costs money. And it’s against the law. If every car and truck in Vermont reduced unnecessary idling by just one minute per day, over the course of a year, Vermonters would save over 1 million gallons of fuel, over $2.5 million in fuel costs and reduce CO2 emissions by more than 10,000 metric tons.
• Prevent gas spillage; don’t attempt to
