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Reduce Energy Usage in Your Home - Cool Your Home Naturally
Everyone benefits from people using less energy (besides the utility company’s bottom line), people benefit by reducing their utility cost & the earth and all its inhabitants benefit by having a multitude of positive happenings by reducing our usage.
The New Efficient Light Bulbs
New Standards Promise Cheaper Light and Fewer Emissions
The horse-and-buggy era light bulb we still rely on wastes up to 90 percent of the electricity it consumes as heat, burning up hundreds of dollars every year in each American household and increasing air pollution that harms human health and the environment. In 2007, the U.S.
Hybrid Cars are Charging their Batteries for Another Big Run
As many of us have seen in recent weeks, the price of gasoline has continued to rise. Reminders of the 2007 crisis are popping up across the United States. Wednesday February 23, 2011 marked the first time the price of oil hit $100 dollars a barrel since 2008.
How Naval Intelligence Could Save the Environment and the U.S.
An interview with Jackalyne Pfannenstiel
Capturing the Power of the Sun
Energy efficiency is the easiest and least expensive way to quickly produce energy savings and reduce your home’s carbon footprint. But many homeowners are interested in taking these savings to another level by replacing grid-supplied electricity with their own power.
California Leads the Way with New Efficiency Regulations on Incandescent Bulbs
Effective January 1, 2011, California, a long time energy efficiency leader, became the first state to set new energy standards for incandescent screw-base light bulbs. These new regulations are aimed at making standard incandescent bulbs more efficient.
Possible PCB Risks in Schools across the Nation
The Environmental Protection Agency is urging schools across the nation to replace their aging light fixtures due to possible chemical leaks.
On the Fast Track
The rest of the developed world has high-speed rail. We don't. That's finally about to change.
Gulf Oil Plume Gone, Eaten By Newly Discovered Microbes
In what seems a deus ex machina or perhaps deus ex gaia moment, scientists from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory report that the miles-long deep sea oil plume which resulted from the BP oil spill has essentially vanished, apparently eaten by microbes previously unknown to science.
See for Yourself How Solutions for Dirty Stormwater Work
NRDC’s Water Program is increasingly focused on solutions to our leading water pollution problems, one of which is urban stormwater.
The dirty runoff that hits our waterways after storms may not be as obvious as the pollution that comes out of factories or oil refineries, but it has an enormous impact on our nation’s beaches, nonetheless.
