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...meantime, you can make small changes to begin greening your home. You don't need solar panels or rooftop wind turbines. You just need a good caulking gun. Start by thinking of your house as a submarine, and plug the leaks in your walls, doors and windows. Be sure to insulate the attic and the basement, since up to 20% of energy costs can come from heat loss in those spaces. A home energy audit is also a good idea; energysavers.gov details how to do one yourself as well as how to go about hiring a professional. So be like...
...here is remarkable. In one sequence shot entirely in night vision, a ghostly green pride of lions stakes out a watering hole and hunts and kills a young male elephant, in the midst of a violent electrical storm. Another scene shows a flock of cranes struggling against the wind to cross the Himalaya Mountains. (See the top 10 movie performances...
...Although these programs were implemented in honor of Earth Month, Leonard said that Origins’ green initiatives are part of a broader commitment to the environment. According to the company’s Web site, all Origins products are manufactured using renewable resources, wind energy, and earth-friendly practices, using recycled materials wherever possible...
...March unemployment rate is the state's highest since 1941, is rushing to funnel $415 million in federal stimulus money to 49 job-retraining centers. Most of the training will be designed to qualify people for jobs in infrastructure construction, health care and green industries like waste recycling and wind-farm technology. In Texas, legislators will vote next month on a final version of a 2010-11 budget, already passed by the state senate, that boosts spending on higher education by $1.5 billion. That figure includes $500 million in federal stimulus funding for workforce retraining and a $134 million state...
...steely wind off Bohai Bay blasted down the streets of Da'an. Despite the inclement weather on a recent Wednesday morning, a steady stream of villagers appeared at the doors of the Communist Party headquarters in this community of some 3000 located just outside the northern port city of Tianjin, patiently waiting for their chance to cast a vote in triennial elections for the village's chief administrator and his two assistants...