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Be De-Lighted By Saving Energy

From: Pat Maxwell
Series: March 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Length: 01:30

Lighting accounts for about a quarter of all the electricity that's consumed in the United States. Here are some ways to lighten the energy load... Read the full description.
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Also in the March 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series series

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Bald Eagles Breeding on California's Channel Islands (01:30)
From: Pat Maxwell

The bald eagle is back! Back on California's Channel Islands, that is, after facing near extinction forty years ago.
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Restoring England's Countryside (01:30)
From: Pat Maxwell

In its manufacturing heyday, England was infamous for its skies dark with coal smoke belching from mills and factories.
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Tax Credits for Environmental Protection Increased (01:30)
From: Pat Maxwell

Benjamin Franklin said 'nothing is certain except death and taxes.' Well, today you can at least reduce your taxes...
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Study May Bolster Organic Potato Farming (01:30)
From: Pat Maxwell

On average, each of us scarfs up about 140 pounds of this delectable tuber a year. It's a $2 billion industry, but just a fraction of the potatoes we eat are certified organic
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Rental Cars Go Green (01:30)
From: Pat Maxwell

Next time you travel, forget renting that gas-guzzler. A few rental car companies are offering hybrids and cars that run on biodiesel.
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Curious Dolphin Tangles with Speedo (01:30)
From: Pat Maxwell

Speedos -- those tight, very brief bikini swimsuits -- may not be ideal for every male physique. And they're a fashion disaster for dolphins.
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Wolves Return to Eastern Germany (01:30)
From: Pat Maxwell

Who's afraid of the big, bad wolf? Certainly not wildlife lovers in eastern Germany...
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Living Fossil Discovered in the Flesh (01:30)
From: Pat Maxwell

The year 2006 was a heady one for the Laotian rock rat, a rodent thought to have gone extinct about 11 million years ago.
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Virus Used to Track Cougar Movements (01:30)
From: Pat Maxwell

Cougars are important predators in many ecosystems. But the magnificent cats are elusive by nature, making it tough for conservationists to track their numbers...
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Bears in Deutschland? (01:30)
From: Pat Maxwell

They sighted him wandering through the Bavarian Alps, and the German media named him "Petzi" -- the first brown bear known to roam through super-populated Germany in 170 years.

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Regular incandescent light bulbs are inefficient. Ninety percent of the electricity they use generates heat...