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Eco Etiquette: Help! Compact Fluorescent Lights Are Ugly!

Jennifer Grayson | Posted 11.30.2009 | Green

Read More: Green Lightbulbs, Leds, Compact Fluorescent Lightbulbs, Coal-Fired Power Plants, Mercury Pollution, ESL Bulb, Green Living, Cfls, Light Emitting Diodes, Energy Efficient Lighting, Green News
Jennifer Grayson

I try my best to be environmentally conscious (I recycle, bike to work, buy organic when possible), so I recently bought CFLs for my whole house -- bu...

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Exxon is Green? CFL's "Probably" Reduce Energy Use?

Andrew Winston | Posted 10.16.2009 | Home

Read More: LED Lights, Exxon Mobil, Lee Scott, Forbes Magazine, Green Business, Newspaper Op-Eds, Cfls, Wall Street Journal, Wal-Mart, Jeff Immelt, Ge, Home News
Andrew Winston

There's a rise in ridiculous cover stories and op-eds in the green world.

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5 Things You Never, Ever Throw In The Trash

planetgreen.discovery.com | Posted 05.25.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Trash, Cfls, Pollution, Green News

Unless you've been sleeping under a rock for the past 20 years you know the importance of recycling. Now more than ever our landfills are filling to t...

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25 Easy Things One Hard Thing You Can Must Do to Save the Planet

Jimmy Seidita | Posted 05.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Epa, Greenhouse Gases, Obama, BTU Tax, Cfls, Earth Day, Climate Change, Exxon Mobil, Obama Climate Change, Green Living, Climate Crisis, Obama Climate Policy, Green News
Jimmy Seidita

It's excruciating for serious envirowonks to see complex and challenging policy questions distilled down to "tips" that, let's be brutally honest here, are not saving the planet.

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Why Aren't Curly Light Bulbs Perfect Yet?

Green Inc. | Leora Broydo Vestel | Posted 02.27.2009 | Green

Read More: Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs, Green Living, Cfls, Green Technology, Green News

Mr Siminovitch said the technology exists to create C.F.L.s that are comparable to incandescent bulbs. "They can be configured and made today with gre...

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Are Donated Light Bulbs A "Major Step Forward" For Virginia?

chesapeakeclimate.org | Posted 02.27.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Virginia, Light Bulbs, Cfls, Green Politics, Tim Kaine, Coal, Green News

Yesterday Gov. Kaine applauded Virginia's electrical co-ops for donating energy efficient lights to Virginia State Parks, hailing it as "a major step ...

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Even My Goose Supports Green Energy

Jenna Woginrich | Posted 02.27.2009 | Green

Read More: Farming, Geese, Sustainable Food, Going Green, Green, Sustainability, Green Energy, Happiness, Energy, Pets, Farm Animals, Alternative Energy, Renewable Energy, Cfl, Animals, Sustainable, Compact Flourescent Lightbulbs, Compact Florescent Lightbulb, Cute Animals, Cfls, Lightbulbs, Green News
Jenna Woginrich

What the... something white, curly, and shiny was underneath my goose, Saro. It was a spiral of glass? Then I saw it. She was laying on a compact fluorescent light bulb.

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7 Best CFL Bulbs For The Green Shopper

Environmental Working Group | Sean Gray, Senior Analyst; Sonya Lunder, MPH EWG Senior Scientist; Elaine Shannon, Editor | Posted 02.14.2009 | Green

Read More: Reducing Energy Use, Conservation, Green Living, Cfls, Best CFLs, Best Light Bulbs, Green Technology, Green News

Over its lifetime, a single CFL can save the consumer $80 or more, depending on local electric rates. But all CFL bulbs aren't equal. Some have lower...

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The 8 Easiest Resolutions For 2008

Olivia Zaleski | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living

Read More: How to Save Money, Holiday Season, Appliances, Bush’s Resolutions, 2008 New Year, Tap Water, Olivia Zaleski, The Giving Life, Save Electricity, Green New Years Resolutions, Plastic Bags, New Years Resolutions, Vampire Power, Bottled Water, Cfls, Living News
Olivia Zaleski

Now that I've had my champagne, sung "Auld Lang Syne," and figured out how I got home Monday night, it's time to write some New Year's resolutions. Gi...

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