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Wal-Mart’s PSP Program Brings out the Best in Employees
For many years, Wal-Mart associates have worked diligently to serve millions of customers that visit Wal-Mart stores each week. Recently, many employees of the world’s largest retailer have also been taking part in an effort that goes above and beyond the normal call of duty.
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Wise Water Use - Kentucky American Water
Kentucky American Water is constantly looking to ensure water is available for future generations. Part of our commitment includes helping our customers understand what they can do to help. We communicate with our customers in a variety of ways, through information in customer bills, in our newsletters, and here on the American Water website.
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UK Solar Car Teams Races Across The Country
The University of Kentucky's Solar Car Team is racing across the country in the North American Solar Challenge. The weather plays a major role in their success against twenty-five other teams.
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Some Homeowners Are Replacing Real Grass With AstroTurf
High gas prices mean that some lawn care services are charging more for maintenance. This has prompted some homeowners to give up on their lawn completely, and put in synthetic grass.
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High Food Prices Prompt Some To Grow Their Own Crops
Rising gas prices has directly impacted local produce markets. Expensive produce in stores is prompting some in Lexington to grow their own crops as a cheaper alternative.
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Electric Cars To Be Built And Sold In Bullitt County
"Zap vehicles" are environmentally-friendly cars that do not run on gasoline, but electricity. Currently, the cars are only made overseas, but Integrity Manufacturing hopes to bring the operation to Kentucky if made legal.
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Wal-Mart Supports Local Environmental Efforts
LEXINGTON, Ky. - The Fayette County Public School system’s WasteBuster initiative received a helpful boost from Wal-Mart when the company donated more than $16,000 for cardboard only recycle bins in January. The bins were given to 15 elementary and middle schools in the Fayette County area. Since then, the bins have collected several tons of recyclable material.
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Green Home Building
In this Project Green report we look at new home construction and ways builders are using greener methods to construct homes.
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More Camry Hybrids To Be Made In Australia, Thailand
Toyota announced the move is part of its plan to produce "green cars" around the world.
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London Looking To Go Green
An eastern Kentucky city wants to go green and is asking local businesses to kick off the program.
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UK Solar Car Will Compete In National Race
The University of Kentucky's Solar Car Team has unveiled the school's 3rd Solar Car, Gato Del Sol III. They plan to compete against 20 other schools in the North American Solar Challenge this July.
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People Turn To Recycling For Extra Money
While the debate continues about if we're in a recession many are already struggling and trying to find new ways to make a few extra bucks.
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Lexington Ranked Worst In The Country For Carbon Footprints
A new study ranks Lexington the worst in the country for carbon emissions. Larger cities such as Los Angeles and New York were the best and ranked in the top five.
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Recycled Ink Cartridges Used To Landscape House
The recycled material forms a wood substitute, known as eLumber, and is environmentally-friendly.
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Bike Sales Soar As Gas Prices Climb
Fuel prices hit another high Tuesday and that means more and more people are buying bicycles.
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Bottled Water Backlash
Call it reverse snob appeal. These days, it’s the tap water enthusiasts, concerned about the environment, who get to act self-righteous. Just like it has become cool to bring your own cloth bags to the grocery store and your own mug to the coffee shop, the reusable water bottle is the hip, new eco-accessory.
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Lexington Bike Commuters
Two Lexington bike commuters enjoy being outside, saving money on gas and parking, and staying fit.
Increasing Prices Of "Green" Cars And U.S. Consumers Not Eco-Friendly
Toyota plans to raise the price of one of its most environmentally-friendly cars. Also, the National Geographic Society survey concluded wealthy nations were the least eco-friendly.
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UK Plans "Green Roof" For New Hospital Building
New construction for the University of Kentucky's hospital will include nearly 22,000 square feet of plants.
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How Much E-waste Is Finding Its Way To Landfills
The advancement of technology is turning old models of computers, TVs and cellphones into trash fast. Some of these items can be harmful as they break down in landfills. There are some things you can do to keep e-waste out of the landfill.
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Helpful Tips For Going Green
Some easy lifestyle changes can help make a world of difference for the environment.
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Energy Audit Gives Helpful Ways to Save
One way to become environmentally friendly is to make minor energy saving changes in your home. Having a home energy audit can help to pinpoint areas where you are being wasteful and give you suggestions on what you can change.
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Earth Day Celebrated In Central KY
Making our environment a better, cleaner place to live, that's what millions around the world are doing Monday as we observe Earth Day.
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US To Release Proposed Fuel Economy Rules
The Associated Press has learned that the government will require new cars and trucks to achieve an average fuel economy of 31.6 miles per gallon by 2015.
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Green Tips While On The Road
The burning of fuels releases carbon dioxide (CO2) into the atmosphere and contributes to climate change, but these emissions can be reduced by improving your car's fuel efficiency.
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Stop the Paper Chase
Can't see the forests because all the trees are being cut down to make paper? Then you'll be happy to learn that a growing number of companies are producing "tree-free" paper alternatives. Here are some ingredients to look for the next time you buy stationery, envelopes, notepads, or folders:
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Just the Fax
Transmitting documents via fax machine eliminates the need for extra paper products, such as envelopes, mailing labels and even stamps. Faxing can also save a substantial amount of energy...provided you have the right equipment. To extend the "green" factor of your fax machine even further, follow these suggestions:
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Benefits Of Composting
Yard trimmings and food residuals together constitute 24 percent of the U.S. municipal solid waste stream. That's a lot of waste to send to landfills when it could become useful and environmentally beneficial compost instead!
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Benefits Of Recycling
Recycling is a series of activities that includes collecting recyclable materials that would otherwise be considered waste, sorting and processing recyclables into raw materials such as fibers, and manufacturing raw materials into new products.
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Ways To Reduce / Reuse
During the past 35 years, the amount of waste each person creates has almost doubled from 2.7 to 4.4 pounds per day. The most effective way to stop this trend is by preventing waste in the first place.
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Can We Make A Difference?
Climate change may be a big problem, but there are many little things we can do to make a difference. If we try, most of us can do our part to reduce the amount of greenhouse gases that we put into the atmosphere. Many greenhouse gases come from things we do every day. As we have learned, these greenhouse gases trap energy in the atmosphere and make the Earth warmer.
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What's the Big Deal?
Sometimes little things can turn into big things. Think about brushing your teeth. If you don't brush for one day, chances are nothing bad will happen. But if you don't brush your teeth for one month, you may develop a cavity. It's the same thing with global temperatures. If temperatures rise above normal levels for a few days, it's no big deal – the Earth will stay more or less the same. But if temperatures continue to rise over a longer period of time, then the Earth may experience some problems.
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Can We Change The Climate?
It may seem hard to believe that people can actually change the Earth’s climate. But scientists think that the things people do that send greenhouse gases into the air are making our planet warmer.
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The Climate Detectives
Scientists have to think like detectives. They look for clues to help them understand how the world works. Then they investigate the clues to find evidence – real facts that can give them a better idea of what is going on. Here are some of the ways that scientists gather evidence about climate, both past and present:
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Climate's Come a Long Way!
Earth's climate has been changing constantly over its 5-billion-year history. Sometimes, the climate has warmed so that the oceans have risen and covered much of the Earth. Each of the changes may seem extreme, but they usually occurred slowly over many thousands of years.
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What is the Climate System?
It may seem hard to believe that people can actually change the Earth’s climate. But scientists think that the things people do that send greenhouse gases into the air are making our planet warmer.
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Greenhouse Effect...
The greenhouse effect is the rise in temperature that the Earth experiences because certain gases in the atmosphere (water vapor, carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, and methane, for example) trap energy from the sun. Without these gases, heat would escape back into space and Earth’s average temperature would be about 60ºF colder. Because of how they warm our world, these gases are referred to as greenhouse gases.
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Climate and Weather...
Weather is all around us. Weather may be one of the first things you notice after you wake up. Chances are, if it is cold and snowing, you'll wear a jacket when you go outside. If it's hot and sunny, you may wear shorts.
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Climate Change: What Is It?
Earth has warmed by about 1ºF over the past 100 years. But why? And how? Well, scientists are not exactly sure. The Earth could be getting warmer on its own, but many of the world's leading climate scientists think that things people do are helping to make the Earth warmer.
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Green Glossary
Use this glossary to learn any green terms that you are not familiar with.
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Enviornmental Information For Kids
Learning early on in life to save our envoirnment is important to living a life where we reduce waste and improve our enviorment for generations to come.
Don't Pollute - Telecommute
Here are just a few ways you can help our environment (and yourself!) by telecommuting:
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Your Car and the Environment
Current high gas prices are giving people even more incentive to increase fuel efficiency. Plus, using less gas by following these tips will also help reduce smog and emissions that contribute to global warming:
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Green Tips For Work
American businesses and organizations are facing high energy prices. Establish an energy management strategy that saves money year after year.
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Green Tips For The Home
Making a few small changes in your home and yard can lead to big reductions of greenhouse gas emissions and save money.
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The Paperless Office
Many companies are saving time, money, and environmental resources by converting printed publications into electronic, paperless documents. Several options are available:
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Dress For Success
What do you wear to work? Synthetic fabrics may require expensive dry cleaning involving potent chemicals that can contribute to air and water pollution when not handled properly. The alternative?
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Office Furniture Opportunities
The choices for buying ecofriendly desks, chairs, cabinets, shelves and other office furniture are plentiful. Here's where you can start when making a new purchase:
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Shortening the Paper Trail
Though many companies are already recycling their office paper, here are a few other ways you can cut back on the paper trail you leave at the office:
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Stormwater runoff campaign begins in Lexington

Last Updated: 7:51 PM 11/19/09
Lexington waterways are in violation to the Clean Water Act due to stormwater runoff.

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Summit urged to set climate accord deadline

Last Updated: 8:33 AM 11/16/09
Denmark's climate minister says next month's summit on climate change in Copenhagen must set a deadline for a legally binding document.

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Volunteers weatherize low-income homes in Lexington

Last Updated: 5:39 PM 11/05/09
Nearly 60 volunteers from Lowe's and other organizations will be weatherizing six low-income elderly owned households in Lexington through Friday.

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Senate hearing kicks off climate bill debate

Last Updated: 8:38 AM 10/27/09
Top Obama administration officials head to Capitol Hill today in hopes of making a case for aggressive action on climate change.

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