U.S. President Barack Obama yesterday laid out the details of his new HOMESTAR program, nicknamed "Cash for Caulkers," which would provide on-the-spot government rebates to homeowners who make their homes more energy-efficient by installing new windows, doors, insulation and other materials from an approved list.

BERKELEY, CA -- Homeowners can save hundreds of dollars per year on their energy bills. How? By using the Home Energy Saver website at http://HomeEnergySaver.lbl.gov.
Developed by researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), the Home Energy Saver (HES) website brings advanced building simulation software to interactive World Wide Web pages to help consumers identify the technologies that will save them the most energy and money. By logging onto this site, you can, for example, quickly determine how much money you would save by installing insulation in your attic, and where you would find the best products and a good contractor to do the job.

Everyone loves a happy positive person. We wanted to send out positive vibrations when we can. A daily reminder to love, care and share. As we bring that love and compassion in our hearts and we share that joy with everything and everyone around us.

It helps create that true loving state. That state of mind that we want to bring and carry to everyone. Be grateful for you who are, be grateful for the opportunities life gives you. Always put full thought and feelings into the positive life you want to manifest.

Poor air quality, lack of clean water and a high rate of environmental hazards make these metros most contaminated.

Always do your best to report environmental problems in and around our city. 311 will help direct you to the right department in Los Angeles. Without you we cannot pressure companies to be more environmentally conscious. Together we can make a change.

San Francisco saw the unveiling of the world’s first algae fuel-powered vehicle, dubbed the Algaeus. The plug-in hybrid car, which is a Prius tricked out with a nickel metal hydride battery and a plug, runs on green crude from Sapphire Energy — no modifications to the gasoline engine necessary. The set-up is so effective, according to FUEL producer Rebecca Harrell, that the Algaeus can run on approximately 25 gallons from coast to coast!

Long-term climate records from the Arctic provide strong new evidence that human-caused global warming can override Earth's natural heating and cooling cycles, U.S. researchers reported this week in the journal Science.
For more than 2,000 years, a natural wobble in Earth's axis has caused the Arctic region to move farther away from the sun during the region's summer, reducing the amount of solar radiation it receives. The Arctic is now 600,000 miles farther from the sun than it was in AD 1, and temperatures there should have fallen a little more than 1 degree Fahrenheit since then.

The nation's first "feebate" law. One-time registration fees of up to $2,500 would be levied on new gas guzzlers, such as Hummers, Dodge Vipers and Chevy Tahoes. Some cleaner sport utility vehicles, pickups and minivans would be exempt from any charge, while the Toyota Prius, Honda Civic, Nissan Sentra and other fuel-efficient cars would get hefty rebates.

The bill, AB 493, is among a raft of measures under consideration in the Legislature and, behind the scenes, by officials at California's powerful Air Resources Board, to press the auto industry to do its part to fight global warming.

"We put 1.8 million vehicles a year on the road in California," said Assemblyman Ira Ruskin (D-Redwood City), the bill's author. "We have to find ways to get more clean cars on the road and more dirty cars off. There's no time to waste if we're to avoid the catastrophes ahead from global warming.

Every day we are using resources and producing waste. We put a great deal of strain on the earth, so it's important for all of us to understand our impacts and learn what we can do to lessen them.

The average American household consumes over 100,000 gallons of water and generates over 22 tons of carbon dioxide each year.

The United States is responsible for 21% of carbon dioxide emissions, yet we have less than 5% of the world's population. We can and must reduce our environmental impact and slow global warming if we hope to have a promising future.

The City of Los Angeles provides eligible multifamily residential buildings with FREE recycling services by mid-summer. Multifamily residential properties participating in the program, will receive the following:

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