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Go Green!
While "doing something for the environment" once meant recycling your newspapers or buying organic produce, now nearly every aspect of daily life--from the toilets we flush to the clothes we wear--is being radically rethought, with an eye on reducing pollution and waste while propelling the economy forward.
FOX21 Morning News offers up tips on how we can make the world a more environmentally sustainable place by “Going Green."
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Thursday, April 29, 2010
Pikes Peak Earth Day presents Colorado Springs Recycles, a multi-material recycling event for residential customers.
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Monday, April 19, 2010
Learn how to make money or fund a community project by recycling aluminum cans.
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Thursday, December 17, 2009
PAWS For Life is a new, no-kill animal shelter planned for Pueblo that is going "green."
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Monday, December 14, 2009
Police say the man was discovered Sunday in an alley just northeast of downtown. The body was apparently discovered by people taking some bottles to the recycling bin.
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Sunday, December 13, 2009
University of Colorado officials are considering installing shower timers that would either shut off or give students warnings about the amount of time they've spent using water. The university says it could test the timers at the Baker Hall dormitory, where several students are already taking a course on environmental sciences.
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Friday, December 04, 2009
This holiday season FOX21 News is teaming up with the Colorado Springs Independent to profile local charities as part of the GIVE! campaign. This week's featured nonprofit organization is Pikes Peak Urban Gardens.
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Monday, November 09, 2009
The creators of "South Park" are showing off their environmentally friendly mansion in western Colorado. The $5 million Steamboat Springs home belonging to Trey Parker and Matt Stone features "green" building techniques
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Tuesday, October 06, 2009
Gevo Inc. of Englewood would retrofit the plants to make an alternative fuel called biobutanol.
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Thursday, October 01, 2009
County commissioners want to take out zero-interest loans backed by the federal government for $6.1 million in environmental upgrades to several buildings, including the jail.
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Friday, July 24, 2009
Colorado is receiving $80 million dollars for the weatherization of homes belonging to low income families.
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Wednesday, June 24, 2009
The recovered heat is used to vaporize a fluid to drive a turbine/generator set that produces energy.
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Thursday, June 18, 2009
The deal, which has yet to be signed, calls for the utility to pay up to $273 million over 20 years. Wind turbines for the project will be constructed in eastern El Paso County.
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Friday, May 08, 2009
"It's not a fad-- just something that everybody has to start doing."
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Wednesday, April 22, 2009
At UCCS' Family Development Center students learn the importance of Earth Day.
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Wednesday, April 08, 2009
A new study out of Spain suggests new green jobs created by government subsidies could negativelt affect the economy.
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