Here are some quick tips to help you raise your mileage and lower your costs this holiday season. Maintain your vehicle, regular maintenance will catch small problems before they become big problems. Worn spark plugs…dragging brakes….dirty air filters will rob you of mileage. A professional maintenance program will successfully prevent minor issues from becoming major problems and will put you on the right road to fuel-efficient driving.

Congress’ “Super Committee” (also known as the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction) is a group of Senators and Representatives tasked with identifying $1.2 billion in federal budget cuts by Thanksgiving. This week, AWHPC joins our coalition partner, the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), in urging the Super Committee to recommend savings for the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM’s) budget by requiring the agency to manage horses on the range and avoid the costly roundups and removals that are breaking the bank of American taxpayers and devastating our remaining wild horse herds.

An internal combustion engine uses compressed gasoline-air mixtures that have a tendency to ignite prematurely rather than burning smoothly. This creates engine knock, a characteristic rattling or pinging sound in one or more cylinders. Octane in gasoline increases the temperature and pressure required to ignite the fuel, so it can withstand higher compression without reigniting. Thus it’s less likely to result in premature ignition, and therefore prevents knocking.

US wild horse advocates have filed a lawsuit questioning whether the Bureau of Land Mangement’s gathers amount to humane treatment. The Wild Horse Freedom Federation (WHFF) filed a lawsuit and an application for a temporary restraining order against the bureau in Federal Court in Reno, Nevada on Wednesday. The federation said that through its plaintiff, Laura Leigh, the issue of humane treatment will have its day in court.

The Department of the Interior defends its ongoing roundup of herds, but its response is filled with shallow arguments and misinformation A helicopter is used by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to gather wild horses in the Conger Mountains near Border in Utah September 7, 2010 / Reuters Here is Wyoming’s pitch-pure tourism advertisement.