Tuesday, September 25th, 2007
5 Simple Things You Can Do to Increase Your Gas Mileage
Here are a few easy things you can do that will lessen your car’s impact on the environment, and reduce your guilt, all while saving you money on gas at the same time. Of course, your first consideration when driving should be your safety, and the safety of those around you, but once you’ve got [...]
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Thursday, February 22nd, 2007
Fun Energy Conservation Site for Kids
With a bunch of educational flash games energyhog.org is a fun place for kids to learn about energy conservation. There is both an adult section and a kids section on the site. I found the adult section to be pretty basic, but if you are new to all this energy stuff, and haven’t [...]
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Saturday, February 10th, 2007
Incandescent Light Bulbs Headed for the Endangered Species List
California Assemblyman Lloyd Levine is going to propose a bill that would ban the use of incandescent light bulbs in his state. Since fluorescent bulbs use far less energy this is a move to save energy statewide. It has created quite a buzz in New Jersey where Edison got over 400 patents, and [...]
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Wednesday, February 7th, 2007
“Greenest” and “Meanest” Cars: Top Ten list Released
The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy released it’s annual list of “Greenest” and “Meanest” cars once again. Topping the list are well-known and highly publicized hybrids Toyota Prius and Honda Civic, but there are some other interesting appearances as well.
Read more here.
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Wednesday, January 31st, 2007
The White House Talks Green… With a Few Notable Exceptions
In his recent State of the Union address, George W Bush talked about, and seemed to support, many of the most promising areas of renewable energy. With the current global political climate, and our war in Iraq (that seems to be becoming more about oil every day), it is no surprise that the White House [...]
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Tuesday, January 30th, 2007
“This Old House” Tackles First Green Building Project
In the next week or so, the PBS show This Old House will start an eight-part series on an environmentally friendly green remodel of an Austin, Texas 1926 bungalow. They are using all kinds of great fancy eco-friendly materials like Trex Brasilia decking (trex.com) and a really cool glass and concrete mix called IceStone [...]
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Thursday, November 2nd, 2006
Cut Down on your Carbon with Slate.com
Slate.com has a step by step list of instructions that will help you cut your carbon emissions. Check it out here.
http://www.slate.com/id/2151739/
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Thursday, May 25th, 2006
Better Mileage (and cool tricks) From Your Toyota Prius
There is a new breed of hot rodders sprouting up these days: techies. All kinds of people are finding new ways to hack and modify their Priuses to make them have incredible mileage (100+ mpg) or do cool tricks (like maintain your 12V battery with a solar panel).
Read the CNET News.com article here.
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