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Energy saving is the activity of reducing the amount of energy producing resources people use and deplete in the daily course of their lives. There is a limited quantity of nonrenewable energy resources on Earth, so it is essential to save the current supply and use renewable sources that will be available in the future. By making some behavioral changes, individuals and organizations can decrease their consumption of heat and power to save energy.
Specific energy saving activities include, but are not limited to, using more efficient light bulbs; lowering heating system thermostats in the home and office; reducing the use of cars and other petroleum reliant vehicles; and reusing ma...
Specific energy saving activities include, but are not limited to, using more efficient light bulbs; lowering heating system thermostats in the home and office; reducing the use of cars and other petroleum reliant vehicles; and reusing ma...
Energy saving is the activity of reducing the amount of energy producing resources people use and deplete in the daily course of their lives. There is a limited quantity of nonrenewable energy resources on Earth, so it is essential to save the current supply and use renewable sources that will be available in the future. By making some behavioral changes, individuals and organizations can decrease their consumption of heat and power to save energy.
Specific energy saving activities include, but are not limited to, using more efficient light bulbs; lowering heating system thermostats in the home and office; reducing the use of cars and other petroleum reliant vehicles; and reusing materials such as plastic bags and water bottles.
Specific energy saving activities include, but are not limited to, using more efficient light bulbs; lowering heating system thermostats in the home and office; reducing the use of cars and other petroleum reliant vehicles; and reusing materials such as plastic bags and water bottles.
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Alaska House Unanimous: Allocate Big Bucks to Renewables
Channel 2 NewsOn Monday, the state House voted unanimously to spend $250 million over the next five years on renewable energy projects throughout the state. The vote comes on the heels of a highly successful $176 million state program that got under way back in 2008....Tags: Renewable Energy, Environmental Issues, Alternative Energy, Energy, Diesel Fuel
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Cable's Planet Green to Change Name and Program Focus
Channel 2 NewsPlanet Green is changing course. Its corporate parent, Discovery Communications, announced Wednesday that the cable channel will change its emphasis on nature and ecology and focus instead on the country's spirit and culture under the new name of...Tags: Discovery Communications, Inc., Environmental Issues, Planet Green (tv network), Satellite and Cable Service
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State Senate Finance Committee Hears Oil and Gas Decoupling Proposal
Channel 2 NewsThe Senate Finance Committee took up a proposal to tax oil profits and gas profits separately, a process known as "decoupling." It's a complex question that could cost the state millions of dollars, if oil prices get relatively higher than gas prices....Tags: Energy Saving, TransCanada Corporation, U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, Elections, Natural Resources
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Murkowski: Low Cost Energy Way to Spur Economy
The Associated PressU.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski says high energy costs are "sapping the economic strength" of Alaska and its families. With the focus in Washington expected to stay on reducing federal spending, she says it will be critical for state and private funding to...Tags: Renewable Energy, Alternative Energy, Energy, Lisa Murkowski, Petroleum Industry
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South to the Future, Part 2: Priming Production in North Dakota
Channel 2 NewsTo unlock the riches contained in the massive Bakken oil field, oil companies are using relatively new technology. Directional drilling reaches down nearly two miles, aiming to hit a narrow vein of rock wedged between two bands of oil shale. Then liquids...Tags: Government, Music, Environmental Issues, Sarah Palin, Sean Parnell
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Salazar Pitches Obama Energy Plan on Alaska Visit
KTUU.comU.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar is on his third trip to Alaska. He met with business leaders in Anchorage Monday morning at CIRI, an Alaska Native corporation, to talk about the Obama administration's commitment to developing Alaska's offshore oil and...Tags: Renewable Energy, Alternative Energy, Elections, Energy Resources, Fairbanks
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Chena Energy Fair Marked by Speakers, Surprises
Channel 2 NewsSunday's sixth annual Renewable Energy Fair in Chena Hot Springs, held a day after a similar fair in Anchorage, featured a few technologies ahead of their time, as well as a few speakers slightly behind schedule. A plane sent to Seward by Hot Springs...Tags: Hot Springs, Renewable Energy, Regional Authority, Alternative Energy, FEMA
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Libya Protests Send Alaska North Slope Oil Prices Soaring
Channel 2 NewsThe effects from the rebellion in Libya are being felt in Alaska, with North Slope oil prices soaring and gasoline prices ready to do the same. Despite declining by $0.82 during trading Thursday, the overall price of North Slope oil has increased by...Tags: Libya, Human Interest, Libyan Civil War (2011), CNBC (tv network), Alaska
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Obama Speech Fuels Alaska Debate on Energy Policy
Channel 2 NewsAlaska’s oil reserves play a major role in the nation’s energy policy -- but in a Wednesday speech on the topic at George Washington University, President Barack Obama mentioned the state just once. "We're also exploring and assessing new...Tags: Alternative Energy, Energy, Elections, Energy Resources, Sean Parnell
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Fuel Hike Stirs Debate Over Strategic Petroleum Reserve
Channel 2 NewsNelson Garrett flipped through a stack of plastic white and red colored numbers late Tuesday afternoon. He knew his customers wouldn't be happy with him as he changed the marquee in front of his gas station to raise the gas prices. "They're not too...Tags: Elections, Energy Resources, Alaska, Politics, Lisa Murkowski
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Climate change: Carbon dioxide emissions reach record high
Emissions of heat-trapping carbon dioxide reached an all-time high last year, further reducing the chances that the world could avoid a dangerous rise in global average temperature by 2020, according to the International Energy Agency, the energy analysis...
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Oil rebounds after dropping below $90 as Iran rejects proposal on nuclear program controls
AP Business WriterOil bounced back a day after falling below $90 per barrel for the first time in months. Benchmark U.S. oil rose 84 cents to $90.74 per barrel in New York. Brent crude, which is used to price international oil varieties, increased 92 cents to $106.48...Tags: Iran, New York Mercantile Exchange, Central Bank, Money and Monetary Policy, Greece
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