EPA News You Can Use - January 2010
http://www.epa.gov/gogreen
IN THIS ISSUE:
Enviro-Tip of the Month
What You Can Do, What You Can Use
Upcoming Events and Opportunities
About This Newsletter
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ENVIRO-TIP OF THE MONTH
Test your home for radon. Radon is an invisible radioactive gas that causes lung cancer. The only way to know if your home contains high radon levels is to test for it. January is National Radon Awareness Month.
http://www.epa.gov/radon/radontest.html
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WHAT YOU CAN DO, WHAT YOU CAN USE
Recycle your tree. Millions of Christmas trees end up in landfills or illegally dumped. Find out how you can recycle your tree in an environmentally friendly way.
http://www.epa.gov/epawaste/inforesources/news/2003news/12-trees.htm
Make a movie! Enter a contest to make a short, creative video about the "Three Rs" reduce, reuse, and recycle, and you might win up to $2,500. Submissions for the contest, called "Our Planet, Our Stuff, Our Choice," are due February 16.
http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/names/hq_2009-12-16_Video_Competition
Discuss waste and recycling! A new online forum lets you join stakeholders and others in sharing your thoughts about community involvement, Superfund metrics, toxic material reduction, and land revitalization. The question for January 2010 is "What additional information would help you gauge how much progress has been made at a Superfund site?"
http://blog.epa.gov/oswerforum/
Build a Watersense home! You can use the WaterSense single-family new homes specification to build or buy water-efficiency standards. WaterSense labeled new homes will be 20 percent more efficient than typical new homes.
http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/names/hq_2009-12-10_WaterSense
Heat from the ground up! A new type of residential geothermal heat pumps with the Energy Star label are up to 45 percent more efficient than conventional heat pumps. Geothermal heat pumps use ground temperature air instead of outside air to provide heating, cooling and often water heating.
http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/names/hq_2009-12-14_Geothermal
Grants for your Community! Community Action for a Renewed Environment (CARE) projects build partnerships to help the public understand and reduce toxic risks from numerous sources. Applications for CARE grants are due March 9.
http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/names/hq_2009-12-18_CARE_Grants
Join the Greenversation - Each week we ask you a question related to the environment and invite you to share your thoughts. The latest question: How did you do on your 2009 environmental resolutions?
Questions from the previous month:
What’s number one on your green holiday gift list?
What does a "green" holiday mean to you?
What are you doing to use less energy during this holiday season?
http://blog.epa.gov/blog/category/question-of-the-week
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UPCOMING EVENTS AND OPPORTUNITIES
January
Month
National Radon Awareness Month
Day
Jan 1 - Anniversary of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
Special observance: 2010 marks the 40th anniversary of both Earth Day (April 22) and EPA's founding (December 2).
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ABOUT THIS NEWSLETTER
America is shifting to a "green culture" where all 300 million citizens are embracing the fact that environmental responsibility is everyone's responsibility. "Go Green!" is a monthly newsletter from the US EPA with information about activities and events that everyone can use to make a difference in their homes, communities, and offices.
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