And after three decades of doing nothing, we put in place fuel economy standards that will make sure our cars average nearly 55 miles per gallon by the middle of the next decade.

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"What we are doing in this area at the moment is nothing, " says Russell Howard, chief executive of Maxygen.

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It is only by doing nothing here that we are able to live in these mountains.

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