- One full bus can take 58 cars off the road. – Taking the bus instead of driving cuts carbon monoxide by 80 percent per passenger mile. – Every gallon of gas your car burns releases 19 pounds of CO2 into the atmosphere. – A 4 mile bike trip keeps about 15 pounds of pollutants [...]
Home Depot Is Accepting Old Compact Fluorescent Bulbs
June 29, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Switching to compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFL’s) is something you have probably read about on every environmental and ecological blog and heard on nearly every television program that talks about ways to save energy and help the environment. And while all the talk is helping raise awareness and creating a huge surge in the purchase [...]
Leatherback Turtles in Danger of Extinction
June 28, 2008 By 1 Comment
Leatherback turtles are the largest living turtle in the world with adults reaching up to 8 feet in length and weighing up to 2,000 pounds! They have been around for 100 million years but are in danger of becoming extinct and have been listed as an endangered species by the U.S. Wildlife Service, critically endangered [...]