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Environmental Violations: Oil Companies and Fracking Impacts

As the State of Pennsylvania continues to battle with various oil drilling companies regarding environmental violations, fracking sits at the top of list. Comparing the elemental damages to the amount of these proposed fines may mirror a lopsided playing field of sorts. Proponents of the fracking phenomena apparently see nothing wrong with polluting the groundwater contained in nearby streams via mishandled wastewater, thus killing off seemingly countless schools of fish, and rendering otherwise
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Does the Public Have a Right to Protect Its Environment?

The short answer to the question, "Does the public have the right to protect its environment?" is a resounding yes. The efforts and the misfortune of people and their communities who experienced problems in Love Canal, New York and Hinkley, California near the end of the 20th century prompted the US Congress to pass specific laws that created specific rights for individuals and communities to ensure the public has access to both resources and recourse if there are dangers present. Exercising
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Geothermal Heating: How Sustainable Is It?

As the world's countries vie for the power source that will replace oil, many eyes are watching developments in geothermal heating. While seen as a great solution, many still wonder how sustainable it truly is. What is geothermal heating? Far beneath the outer crust of the earth lies ground that grows hotter and hotter as it approaches the molten core. This constant heat is harvested by pipes, where it flows through them much in the same way the current HVAC systems work. Many see it as a g
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Five Things That Are Sabotaging Your Sustainable Habits

In the process of being environmentally responsible, it's possible to see how your efforts are occasionally sabotaged. There are a number of things that can sabotage your sustainable habits, most are linked to poor quality and excess. Five of the most common include substandard products, frequent replacement of household and commercial fixtures, food waste, non-recyclables and hazardous items. Substandard Products Sabotage Sustainability Poor quality products sabotage sustainability by requi
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Secret Brilliance: What Companies are Doing Green Better

Drastic climate change has pushed environmental concerns to the forefront of current affairs. Deforestation, pollution, and excessive use of limited natural resources has had a seemingly detrimental effect on the Earth, creating a great deal of concern for the fate of mankind should such conditions continue. Fortunately, hope does exist, as a widespread push for reducing consumption and pollution has continued to expand, lessening the likelihood of a dim future here on Earth. Going Green Equa
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Guide to Doing Your Own Home Energy Audit

The best way to determine where your home is losing energy is to start with a careful walk-through to spot problems. Here we provide a few of the biggest but easiest tips for improving the energy efficiency of your home. Heat Loss If heat is escaping your home in cold weather, or cool air in summer months, that’s energy and money going to waste. A little extra insulation can improve energy savings anywhere from 5% to 30% per year. There are a few places you should check throughout your home
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Five of the Most Common Mistakes Made in Green Home Building

Building a new home can be quite an undertaking, and building a new green home even more so. There are many things to keep in mind, from where you should build to which building materials to use. But it's not an impossible task. By planning ahead, you can build your own green home. Here is a list of the five of the most common mistakes in green home construction, so you can avoid these familiar pratfalls and build the eco-friendly abode of your dreams. Choosing The Wrong Site If you don't se
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How to Promote Recycling on a Community Level

Every year, more and more people are recycling, rather than discarding their garbage. However, that doesn’t mean there still is not work left to do. There are many places, groups of people and communities that could use a little help recycling. If your community is one such group, you can be proactive and help promote recycling on a community level. Decide Who Your Community Is The first step to promoting recycling is to decide who your community is. When you decide to promote recycling on a
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Why Metal Recycling is Essential For a Greener Future

Metal recycling is a vitally important part of preserving the health of our environment. By recycling scrap metal, hundreds of millions of tons of metal waste is diverted from landfills. Oftentimes, metal is sent directly to production plants to immediately be made into new goods, with very little time needed for reprocessing. The following are a few reasons metal recycling is important for a greener future. Avoiding Resource Depletion Metal ores are considered a non-renewable resource. This
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The Future of Our Air: What's Being Done to Slow Global Warming

Carbon dioxide, a byproduct of fossil fuels, is the primary reason for global warming. Many initiatives designed to stop global warming center around reducing the planet’s reliance on fossil fuels and creating alternative energy. An example of this is laws that are being written encouraging governments and large businesses to put a limit on their carbon emissions. Businesses and governments that exceed their annual limit of carbon emissions will be required to pay for the excess gases they produ
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Where is Over 20 Million Tons of E-Waste Going?

If you've ever wondered where that old computer or other electronic device goes when you toss it in the dumpster, you might be surprised when you find out. While some are incinerated or wind up in landfill, others are exported to other continents. These are just a few of the places e-waste is ending up in the world. Landfills It was estimated by the EPA that almost 5 million tons of e-waste accounted for total landfill waste around the millennium. Electronics contain lots of hazardous chemic
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Getting a Career in Green: Job Options for Saving the Planet

Are you passionate about environmentally responsible practices and green living? Would you like to have a job that paid your bills while also helping to save the planet? Today’s colleges are focusing more and more on providing degrees that can work for the environment. Whether it’s a science research in declining species, to a technology degree to help with wind turbines, or even an online mba in management information systems, more degrees are being created with the world in mind. Below are fou
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Essential Tips for Wintertime Energy Conservation

If the utility bills for heating your home are becoming outrageous, then it is time to take action by making a few changes. Just a few simple adjustments in a home can make a huge financial difference for families. The great thing about making many of these changes to your home is that there are also energy savings in hot weather during the summer while using air-conditioning. Yearly Furnace Maintenance Homeowners must make sure that climate control devices are maintained properly to reduce
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Simple, But Significant Ways Homeowners Can Reduce Their Environmental Impact

Change Your Lights Try replacing five light fixtures that you use the most with fixtures that have the Energy Star label. Energy Star products help the environment by using less resources while significantly reducing energy costs. Although energy-efficient lighting fixtures use far less electricity than their less-efficient counterparts, they still provide the same bright light as traditional fixtures. Additionally, Energy Star products typically last 10 to 50 times longer than standard lightin
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How Sustainable Business Practices Save Both Money and the Environment

Corporations that alter their business practices to be more environmentally friendly have a lot to gain. Besides the many benefits to the environment, going green can provide an excellent boost to a company’s public image and reduce its energy costs. Employee Shuttles/Car Pool Benefits By offering car pool benefits, a business can encourage their employees to reduce the company's carbon footprint. Some businesses offer as little as a prime parking space, while others pad employees’ checks wi
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Lessening Your Home's Environmental Impact

Today’s media is filled with conversations about corporations and communities going green and reducing their carbon footprint. As well as trying to reduce our carbon footprint, another large reason for people jumping on the “going green” bandwagon is that our non-renewable resources are becoming too expensive. As a homeowner, here are five simple ways that you can help reduce your home’s environmental impact, all the while lowering your living costs. Unplug When Not in Use Believe it or not
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Nuclear Power: The Greenest Energy Alternative?

Now more than ever before, people are looking for sustainable and renewable sources of energy. Recent events on the world scene have made it very clear that Western reliance on fossil fuels puts many nations in a position where they can easily be manipulated by the oil-producing countries of the world. Any small political change or revolution in an oil-producing country is felt in the pocketbooks of average consumers around the world when they fill up their gas tanks. All of these facts have mad
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A Glimpse at How Wind Turbines are Built

Wind power is an excellent alternative to fossil fuel or nuclear power. There are virtually no environmental side effects associated with wind turbines. As long as there is wind to turn the massive blades, electricity is being harvested. There are 4 distinct phases involved in the erection of a wind turbine. How Wind Turbines are Manufactured The construction of wind turbines seems like a huge hassle, but it is really not as bad as it looks. Even though it looks like one big piece of
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Common Water Inefficiencies Homeowners Should Avoid

in the home not only hurt the environment, they also hurt your pocketbook. After speaking with plumbers at A1 Sewer & Drain, I found that there are plenty of smart strategies to save water at home. Save on your monthly bill and help the environment by avoiding these water losses. 1. Watering the Lawn During the Day Watering the lawn during daylight hours means a significant loss to evaporation. Switch over to a night time watering schedule to save significant amounts of water. Getting
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6 Reasons Why Water Consumption Matters

Why should we worry about water? It's everywhere, right? Well, as it turns out, there's quite a few good reasons we should be concerned. The Problem is Now If it wasn't already clear, it has become crystal clear during the water shortages of the past few years: we live on a planet with finite resources, and one of those resources is clean water. Recent droughts in arid parts of North America and the World have put our problems with water into sharp focus. It's time to wake up and smell the
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Careers for People Interested in Making a Difference for the Environment

The best careers are those that are packed with purpose and meaning. For those who have a vision of changing the way we treat our environment, there are a few careers that might just be a match for you. Green Energy The global demand for green energy is on the rise. That’s a trend that isn’t going to stop. Not only is this a popular technology field in the US, nations like China (who loses trillions each year to environmental issues) desperately need replacements for fossil fuels. The dema
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Everyday Products that Hurt Your Local Environment

While much of the decisions to decrease human toll on the environment lay in the hands of big corporations and government, there are still choices that the average person can make at home to make an impact. One big impact homes have on the environment is the chemicals that run into local water and soil. If you know which chemicals you are using commonly, you can take some of the load off of your local environment. Parabens These types of chemicals are common preservatives in the cosmetic i
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Home Improvement Choices that Will Positively Impact the Environment

1. Natural Cleaning Solutions Store-bought cleaning supplies such as furniture polish, air freshener, etc., are often very harmful. Many contain chemicals which pollute the environment and are bad for your health. Fortunately, everyday household products can be turned into effective, environmentally-friendly cleaning solutions. Instead of purchasing furniture polish try this: a cheaper, cleaner version can be made at home with just a few drops of lemon oil and 1/2 cup of warm water. A natural
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7 Alternatives to Crude Oil On Their Way to the Main Stream Market

It seems that for the past decade or two, clean energy has been the most important sector for innovation on the earth. We’ve been relying on fossil fuels for centuries, but now the planet is striving to reverse our dependence on this resource. Some of the reasons for this movement include: The rapid depletion of crude oil in the world’s oil caches Environmental awareness and education becomes more and more accessible to students, or anyone who knows how to navigate a search engine well Accordi
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