Fact: Regularly servicing your Air conditioning can avoid 11 kg of CO2 from an average Ontario home!

Did you know? Canada’s electricity emissions have grown 41% since 1990, due to growing use of coal and natural gas for power.

Fact: To ensure energy efficiency, clear away anything blocking heating and cooling vents.

Fact: Top up existing insulation to add to a non-insulated attic - you can reduce your annual energy costs by 5-30%!

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planetark, REUTERS
Date: 22-Jan-10

Ontario Says Samsung Deal To Make It Green Leader
Author: John McCrank

TORONTO - A C$7 billion ($6.7 billion) green energy investment by a consortium led by South Korea’s Samsung C&T Corp will make Ontario a leader in renewable energy technology, the Canadian province said on Thursday.

The Guardian
Sunday 24 January 2010 18.04 GMT

Campaign to boost cycling in Beijing
by: Jonathan Watts

After wrestling for years with Beijing’s appalling traffic and pollution problems, city planners have come up with a distinctly old-fashioned solution: bicycles.

Fact: Steer clear of PVC vinyl (plastic #3) which release carcinogenic dioxins into the environment.

Fact: For every degree you turn down your thermostat, you save 320 pounds of carbon emissions over the winter season.

Fact: Efforts in a food & beverage company’s manufacturing plants in India have reduced water use by over 60%, saving more than 2 billion liters of water in two years alone.