EPA Needs More Money for the Environment

Well it looks like America is set on going green as the U.S. EPA looks for more funding for climate programs according to a New York Times article out today. The point of more funding is to fight the large amount of greenhouse gases in this country. It is funding for the future. While the [...]

Documentary Has Me Going Green

The defining moment when I started really taking notice to the environment occurred at of all places my friend’s grandparents. I was over there for dinner and before the food was on the table we watched a Blu-Ray documentary on the planet. The focus was rare wildlife, hard to reach environments and natural wonders. In [...]

Going with hydroelectric power to save cash, the environment!

I am really excited because I got a letter in the mail the other day from the local electric company that is enticing people to try out their new hydroelectric power system to save some more money. You have to live in a certain area and meet certain requirements to get the hydroelectric power that [...]

Older brother gets energy tax rebates for solar panels!

My older brother Adam, who lives in Vermont, has installed some really cool solar panels on the roof of his house to save money on electricity and to do his part with going green. I was talking to him over the phone the other day, and he was telling me about the many merits and [...]

Great News for California Homeowners with Solar Panels

 After waking up this morning to the California sun shining through my curtains, I pulled the laptop onto my chest and started to read random news articles. After catching up on what country is leading in the Olympic medal count (America) and browsing over random music blog posts, I came to an inhabitat.com article titled [...]

Waiting for those Energy Tax Rebates

I had a question about the accountant our family uses last night and called up the parents. They had the answer and we started talking about write-offs, quarterly estimates and a bunch of boring financial stuff not worth mentioning. What is worth mentioning is their anticipation for energy tax rebates this year. The word rebate [...]

Going Green on an Olympic Scale

 The 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics are in full swing with already some extremely emotional medal ceremonies and I can’t get enough of the continuous coverage. Between Men’s Super Pipe, Luge and Alpine Skiing, it is hard to fathom how these athletes have so much talent and body control to basically own a mountain at over [...]

Going green by turning off unnecessary lights daily!

There have been many different ways that I have been reading up online about going green and really helping to do my part by staving off global warming. Amongst many different things that I have incorporated into my going green routine, a big one involves making sure that any lights that are not being used [...]

California Company Sells Solar Thermal Energy to International Buyer

California is known all across the country as a state that has been going green before it was a political buzzword. Until living in the state, I never really thought about it. After getting here all the hype about Californians working hard to save our environment is true. I have never seen more hybrid vehicles [...]

Going Green is Pretty Simple, Here is One Way

Going green is a broad term for helping our planet.  Some people go green in the most extreme, but it’s not necessary to go all out.  There are simple little things that a person can do to help the environment.  The one thing in going green that is so easy to do, is to change [...]