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8 Innovations for Home Energy Savings

8 Innovations for Home Energy Savings

By Becky Striepe on March 28, 2012

Energy prices spiked in 2011, and we’re not expected to see much of a drop (if any) this year, so even if the environmental impacts of fossil fuels aren’t high on your priority list, making your home more energy efficient this year will be as good for your wallet as it is for the planet.

Category: Innovation, Living | Tags: conservation, home energy, home energy savings

How to Make Your Liquid Dish Soap Last Longer

How to Make Your Liquid Dish Soap Last Longer

By Becky Striepe on January 16, 2012

Whether you make your own liquid dish soap or buy it at the store, it seems to run out at the most inopportune times, doesn’t it? I feel like we make most of the last-minute trips to the store around our house for two things: cat litter and dish soap. You can’t really push it with cat litter, but last time we were out of soap, I found a great way to stretch the bottle for a couple more washings! Here’s how:

Category: Home+Decor, Living | Tags: conservation, dish soap, homemade dish soap, reduce, reuse

Quick Energy Saver: Clean Your Refrigerator Coils

Quick Energy Saver: Clean Your Refrigerator Coils

By Becky Striepe on October 25, 2011

Cleaning your refrigerator coils can make it 6 percent more efficient, and some say it can improve the efficiency even more!

Category: Home+Decor, Living | Tags: appliances, conservation, energy efficiency, refrigerator, refrigerator coils, saving energy

5 Easy Ways To Slash Your Energy Bills When It's Hot Outside

5 Easy Ways To Slash Your Energy Bills When It’s Hot Outside

By Beth Buczynski on June 30, 2011

How can you reduce global energy consumption by 74 percent? One smart, efficient baby step at a time.

Category: Gear+Gadgets, Home+Decor, Living, Money+Finance | Tags: conservation, energy meter, energy monitoring, home energy, smart grid, Technology

New Anti-Coal Film Takes on Mountaintop Removal Mining

New Anti-Coal Film Takes on Mountaintop Removal Mining

By Becky Striepe on June 17, 2011

The Last Mountain takes a hard look at mountaintop removal mining and how it’s destroying Appalachia.

Category: Living, News+Opinion | Tags: coal, coal mining, conservation, dirty coal, energy, mountaintop removal mining, strip mining

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