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How to have a Green Christmas. Each year, 50 million Christmas trees are purchased in the U.S.
Of those, about 30 million go to the landfill. And added to this is the carbon cost in transporting all these trees to the landfill. Much of the environmental costs associated with the holidays can be reduced by simple awareness and some pre-planning.
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Mammals, water fowl, even a bear, have died after ingesting or getting entangled in the plastic refuse dumped into Manitoba lakes. Scientists and environmentalists are sounding the alarm about the wildlife being killed by the rising tide of plastic pollution washing up on the shores of lakes in Manitoba and elsewhere.
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The good news is that the lower-carbon options are also the ones that make the best cycling fuel. Permaculture. Vertical Gardening.
Ecoholic – Home. Presentation GE Capital. The private sector has seen some gradual movement in terms of transitioning its fleets to electric power and other alternative fuels. The pace should now begin to accelerate as the government brings new momentum to the issue. by Vipul Bhatti Responsibility means leading by example. In President Barack Obama’s case, he is not only sharing steering at the helm but he is also going for the alternative, advancing with electric drive. In May this year, President Obama issued a memo of meeting a national goal of reducing oil imports by one-third by 2025 (the US imported 11 million barrels of oil a day in 2008).
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