You'll get better gasmileage, pollute less and breathe easier. * Maintain Your Engine: Keep your engine tuned and replace your air and oilfilters at regular intervals for maximum efficiency. "Everyonebenefits when people work together to minimize our impact on the environment." In recognition of Earth Day, Edmunds has identified ten easy ways to "drivegreen," including:* Lay off the Accelerator: The best single most important way to save gas andreduce emissions is to avoid quick starts and ease up on the pedal. "We're proud that the Santa Monica business community has come together to helpeducate local residents about the benefits of tire pressure checks," said LaurelRosen, President and CEO of the Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce. Edmunds is working with the City of Santa Monica, the Santa Monica Chamberof Commerce and 27 area businesses to check and properly inflate as many tiresas possible, aiming to generate a new Guinness World Record. "With approximately 250 million vehicleson the road in the United States, and a government estimate that the averagevehicle tire is under-inflated by 26 percent, there is remarkable potential forsaving billions of dollars and tons of fuel." Tire pressure also affects vehicle safety, tire longevity and ride quality. "Our studies show that a driver wastes $800 per year on fuel when driving on aseverely under-inflated tire," reported Edmunds Senior Editor and "GreenTeam" committee member Joanne Helperin.

The city is seeking the Guinness World Record for number oftires checked and properly filled in a day, and attempting to educate localresidents about the importance of this simple task. SANTA MONICA, Calif.--(Business Wire)--On Earth Day, drive into a Santa Monica automotive business and get your tirepressure checked. Bill Plaschke needs to check his history and make sure he wasn't talking about Cincinnati.. Plus several players from Manager Ozzie Guillen's homeland of Venezuela.Calling Chicago an irrelevant sports town is like saying that the sky is green.

Picking up a couple Japanese players in Shingo Takatsu and Tadahito Iguchi a few years ago. But professional athletes still want to be come to Chicago.Japanese baseball player Kosuke Fukudome (Cos-kay Fook-u-domay) was quoted as saying his two main choices to play Major League Baseball came down to Chicago's north and south side ball clubs and eventually landed with the Cubs.The White Sox have been no strangers to welcoming foreign players into the clubhouse having 2e Cuban players on th current roster. The newest addition to the Chicago sports family, the Rush of the Arena Football League, won the AFL championship in Arena Bowl XX and have made the playoffs in every season of their existence, including clinching home-field advantage for the AFL playoffs for the first time this season.Though Chicago's sports are in a state of limbo and the teams are not as feared as they used to be. The Cubs are giving fans an actual sports related reason to attend Wrigley Field again this year.There are also the not so major sports: the Chicago Wolves of the AHL/IHL have won 4 championships in the last 10 years, between the two leagues They have also never had a losing season. The White Sox brought a World Series title to Chicago for the first time in 88 years, in 2005. The Bears are a little over a year removed from being in the Super Bowl. And not too many people cared about how well the Colorado Avalanche were playing well, and were a couple years removed form winning the Stanley Cup.But let's take a look at the bright side of Chicago sports for a moment.