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- Get the Lead Out
Guide - Children across the nation face the risk of lead poisoning, but steps can be taken to protect them.
- Safe Ways to Control Pests Around Your Home
These alternatives to toxic pesticides will protect the health of your household, while keeping insects, rodents and other pests at bay.
Guide - These alternatives to toxic pesticides will protect the health of your household, while keeping insects, rodents and other pests at bay.
Documents Tagged what you can do in All Sections
- Global Warming Basics
What it is, how it's caused, and what needs to be done to stop it.
FAQ - Answers to questions including: What causes global warming? How can we cut global warming pollution?
- How to Fight Global Warming
Take steps to reduce your energy use, improve efficiency and help end global warming
Guide - The biggest cause of global warming is the carbon dioxide released when fossil fuels are burned for energy. So when you save energy, you fight global warming and save money, too. Here are some easy steps that you can take to help make a difference.
- How to Reduce Your Energy Consumption
Tips for conserving electricity and cutting your energy costs
Guide - Energy efficiency and renewable energy represent the fastest, cleanest and least expensive ways to reduce our electricity use -- and our dependence on oil. Here, some tips on doing just that, for both individuals and businesses -- along with links to other resources that will help you conserve even more.
- Buying Carbon Offsets: What You Need to Know
When combined with other energy-saving efforts, carbon offsets can help you green your home, office and travel.
Guide - When combined with other personal energy-saving efforts, carbon offsets can help you green your home, office and travel. But the key is to shrink your own carbon output first.
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