Maryland Officials Explore Ways of Making Vehicles Cleaner
posted 11:59 am Sat August 11, 2007 - ANNAPOLIS, Md.
State officials are exploring ways to make the state's fleet of 9,000 vehicles cleaner, possibly by buying more hybrid cars and vehicles that use biodiesel fuel.
The state already has 30 hybrid vehicles in its fleet. Comptroller Peter Franchot wants the state to buy more.
Franchot says the state isn't moving fast enough with environmentally friendly policies.
The Maryland Department of Budget and Management is studying additional hybrid purchases. But officials say there are two obstacles - hybrids might not be appropriate for state troopers and hybrids can't be counted toward federal targets for numbers of alternative fuel vehicles.
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