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Dates: during 1980-1989
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People also put carbon into the air when they heat homes with oil or natural gas, or use electricity that comes from burning fossil fuels. Household conservation tips should be familiar: close off unused rooms, seal up cracks and openings, and insulate roofs. Look at the energy-efficiency rating when...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Endangered Earth U.S. Agenda Consumers It's Not Easy Being Green | 12/18/1989 | See Source »

Conserving water is just as important as saving energy. Only 3% of the world's water is fresh, and 75% of that is locked away in glaciers and the polar ice caps. The scramble for what is left is growing ever more intense, as the water table falls and toxic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Endangered Earth U.S. Agenda Consumers It's Not Easy Being Green | 12/18/1989 | See Source »

And do not think that the toxic-waste mess is all the work of big bad industry. The average homeowner uses more pesticide and chemical fertilizer per acre of lawn than farmers do on the same amount of land. Cut back on these potent pollutants as well as nonbiodegradable detergents...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Endangered Earth U.S. Agenda Consumers It's Not Easy Being Green | 12/18/1989 | See Source »

For far too long, many U.S. companies have looked upon the ecology movement as bad for business. Putting scrubbers on smokestacks is expensive, they lament, and drafting all those environmental-impact statements can consume an enormous amount of time and resources. But while cleanup efforts cost money in the short...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Endangered Earth U.S. Agenda Businesses Scrub That Smokestack | 12/18/1989 | See Source »

Among the most important steps that any company can take is to launch an all-out campaign to conserve energy. Such a drive can cut fuel bills sharply and at the same time reduce the pollution that contributes to smog, acid rain and the greenhouse effect. Most companies may think...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Endangered Earth U.S. Agenda Businesses Scrub That Smokestack | 12/18/1989 | See Source »

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