Tag Archive for emissions

Earth-Friendly Tip: Cut Back on Meat

Hold off on that steak!  Eating less meat and more fruit, vegetables, and grains makes us healthier while using less land and energy. That pound of beef took 5 pounds of grain, 2500 gallons of water, and lots of fuel to bring it to your table.   In fact, since meat production accounts for 18% of greenhouse emissions, skipping meat one day a week is similar to removing 8 million cars from our roads.

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Earth Friendly Tip: High Cost of Idling

Avoid drive-throughs, warming up your car, talking in your driveway with your car running, and other needless idling, which releases double the emissions of a moving car and adds to air and noise pollution.  It costs you a bundle in wasted gas, too: Americans squander at least $2 billion worth of fuel yearly on this activity.

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