‘Ask If You Can Work From Home’: EPA Releases ‘Tips’ on Living Green for Earth Day
- Posted on April 2, 2012 at 5:20pm by
Erica Ritz
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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is reportedly trying to make every day “Earth Day,“ and is providing Americans countless ”environmental tips” to facilitate the transition.
The official “Earth Day” website reads: “Today, instead of having only 17 thousand EPA employees working to protect the environment, we now have over 300 million Americans as environmental partners making environmentally protective choices. By equipping this growing army of environmental stewards with the tools they need to meet today’s challenges, [the] EPA is helping America shift into a green culture.”
Some of the “tips“?
…If you commute to work, ask if you can work from home at least some days, and you’ll reduce air pollution and traffic congestion – and save money. Reduce greenhouse gases on the road.
Don’t idle! Remind your school system to turn off bus engines when buses are parked. Exhaust from idling school buses can pollute air in and around the bus, and can enter school buildings through air intakes, doors, and open windows. Constant idling also wastes fuel and money, and school bus engines really need only a few minutes to warm up. More about reducing engine idling.
It’s electric! You can check how much of your electricity comes from renewable “green” power sources, such as wind or solar…
Make your home an Energy Star! When you do home maintenance, also do a home energy audit to find out how you can save money by making your home more energy efficiency. And if every American home replaced just one conventional light bulb with a compact fluorescent light bulb, we would save enough energy to light more than 3 million homes a year. Find more energy savings.
Everyone can make a difference! High school students can study links between everyday actions at their high school, greenhouse gas emissions, and climate change. Become a “climate ambassador” leader in your school or neighborhood and motivate friends, schools, and community leaders. Talk to you friends – help spread the word! Learn more at school.
Lisa Jackson, EPA Administrator
The EPA also had abundant tips on “using water efficiently,” with suggestions like, “don’t pre-rinse dishes,” and, “put a little timer or clock near your shower so you can see how fast you are” (they recommend 5 minutes, and discourage baths altogether).
The report comes as EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson meets with the leaders of more than 40 nations in Paris (not exactly ‘working from home’) on the issue of sustainability.
(H/T: CSN News)
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Comments (51)
cassandra
Posted on April 2, 2012 at 8:56pmLisa Jackson can you say AGENDA 21
Report Post »johnjamison
Posted on April 3, 2012 at 11:54amOh shes a NWO’er alright.
Report Post »The actions of this government over the last 6 years is enough to show the people that WE NEED MAJOR CHANGE or something very very bad is going to happen…SEDITION AND SEPERATION.
The dissolvement of the union.
BlenGeck
Posted on April 3, 2012 at 1:09pmI can’t wait until Romney gets rid of the commie epa. Bunch of chimps.
Report Post »cassandra
Posted on April 2, 2012 at 8:55pmshe sounds like Chevez when he told his people to take 2 minute showers
Report Post »Lucy Larue
Posted on April 2, 2012 at 7:39pmLisa Jackson is as dumb as Valerie Jarrett! They are intellectual twins. They do much damage. They are Progressive zealots!
Ah yes…,let us all embrace “EARTH DAY”! It’s such a beautiful idea!
The founder of Earth Day , Ira Einhorn, was a deluded hippie who murdered his girlfriend in Philadelphia. He kept her body in a locked trunk, inside a locked closet in his Philly Apartment for years! Great compost! Ah yes…,Father Earth Einhorn.
When the body was discovered, and Einhorn was arrested, his Defense Lawyer was no less than our illustrious retired Senator Arlen Spector. Arlen arranged bail for the murderer Einhorn. Einhorn fled the country and lived a fine life abroad for YEARS! If you want to know more GOOGLE the JERK(with)OFF Ira Einhorn. UGH!
I honor EARTH DAY by putting EVERY light in my home ON as soon as I wake up! I run my dishwasher, my dryer, and my washer EMPTY simultaneously!
Report Post »All hail EARTH DAY and it’s founder…,the idiot Hippie Murderer Ira Einhorn!
Chromo200
Posted on April 2, 2012 at 7:25pmI used work four 10 hour days, but then when we got a new boss .. a democrat, and liberal democrat to boot, he made me work 5 days a week 8 hrs a day.
Plus I wonder how many EPA people will ask to work from home and how many requests will she approve.
Report Post »georgepatton
Posted on April 2, 2012 at 7:24pmI have a better idea………BLOW IT OUT YOUR ASS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »DEFCON4
Posted on April 2, 2012 at 7:31pmThank You, Sir, had a rough day at work, can’t stop laughing now!
Report Post »Paul -Indiana
Posted on April 2, 2012 at 7:18pmMy concept of recycling is simply … From the Earth to the Earth – DIRECTLY!!!!!!
Report Post »Psychosis
Posted on April 2, 2012 at 7:09pmi turned my heat on and my air conditioner, opened all the windows , took the recycling out of the bin and mixed it in with the regular trash, poured the oil from my last oil changed down the storm drain, and sprayed my hair with hairspray from my stash of old aqua net hairspray so the ozone hole will get bigger
then i got into my v8 ‘76 malibu without a cat converter and used leaded gasoline to drive down to the local drag strip
just doing my part
Report Post »Detroit paperboy
Posted on April 2, 2012 at 6:57pmI will be heating my built in pool for earth day…..
Report Post »Dougral Supports Israel
Posted on April 2, 2012 at 6:46pmI save energy where I choose to and since I am paying the bill I consume energy as I wish even if its not always in the most efficient manner. I like a nice, steaming hot shower in the morning and some days I take an extra few minutes. I believe life is to be enjoyed and if a hot shower starts my day off better that‘s what I’m going to do.
I also have a very bad view of the EPA. In my opinion, they are the most tyrannical of the Federal Government agencies. So, taking a hot shower is also a bit of a rebellion. One more reason to smile.
Report Post »possom
Posted on April 2, 2012 at 6:42pmTheir so worried about us, why don‘t they go out and plant some tree’s and earn there pay for a change.
Report Post »MAMMY_NUNN
Posted on April 2, 2012 at 11:52pmWith solar farms, Wind farms and algae ponds there will be no place to plant tree’s.
Report Post »My Two Cents
Posted on April 2, 2012 at 6:40pmMy employees are free to join the army of environmental stewards and work at home whenever they want. All they have to do is drop their resignation on my desk.
Report Post »HorseCrazy
Posted on April 3, 2012 at 12:28ammy employees work from home 2 days 3 days a week. they desk share it saves me by paying out half as much for office space all I have to do is pay the cell phone bills. works in my line of work though and is for my bottom line not the governments agenda
Report Post »hogtrashhd
Posted on April 2, 2012 at 6:18pmi’ve got a tip for you.. lay everyone off from their jobs.. i was.. now i take two showers a week (water is high priced here), i keep all electric plugs unplugged unless needed, set the thermostat to 60 in the winter (yes it’s very cold here in the winter) i use no air conditioning in summer although it’s very hot and humid here..wash my clothes twice a month I go to the store twice a month and pretty much no place else. yes.. i stink and so do my clothes a lot of time..i have less than one bag of garbage a week.. and i’d like to invite these hypocritical lear jet whoremongers to come to my house and smell my arse right before i take my shower.. you’re a daisy if you do…
Report Post »Paul -Indiana
Posted on April 2, 2012 at 7:15pm“i keep all electric plugs unplugged unless needed”
Report Post »===
I hope you keep a kettle below each outlet to catch all the electricity that leaks out!!!!!
SandyfromChesterfield
Posted on April 2, 2012 at 10:49pmYou can thank obama for all of your blessings.
Report Post »godhatesacoward
Posted on April 2, 2012 at 6:18pmWonder what “Joe the plumber” has to say on this one?
Report Post »liberalescheisskopf
Posted on April 2, 2012 at 6:16pmI did put a timer on my desktop, to show how many days ’til the EPA marxists lose their jobs!
Report Post »barber2
Posted on April 2, 2012 at 6:06pmLove it. Lisa flies to Paris for an EPA meeting. ( Guess they didn’t go to New Delhi because their airport is often closed due to air pollution from the gazillion family fires they burn each days – not from cars ! ) Ha. Guess that is why the Democrat Marxists haven’t improved our economy : they figure that no jobs, means no commuting ! Cuts down on capitalism. Saves gas ! Cuts down on pollution Then we won’t need to drill either ! See : the Democrat Marxists are so environmentally focused ! Oh, those Marxists …..
Report Post »BeingThere
Posted on April 2, 2012 at 6:02pmThere is one thing and one thing only that is good about Obama and his entire administration. THEY ARE BIODEGRADABLE!!!! So in the spirit of Earth Day I’d like to suggest that they immediately proceed to biodegrade!!! Thanks in advance :-)
BTW, I call Earth Day, “Holly Maddux Day.” Look it up!
Report Post »cookcountypatriot
Posted on April 2, 2012 at 5:55pmgawd the progressive white slaves still believe in that crap..usefull idiots
Report Post »paperpushermj
Posted on April 2, 2012 at 5:53pmI’ve had it…. the number one criticism of Republicans and Conservatives is “We what to control what goes on in the Bedroom” All the while they ignore that they want to control every aspect of Human behavior that goes on outside the bedroom…….. Literally not Figuratively EVERYTHING
Report Post »VoteRightDammit
Posted on April 2, 2012 at 5:49pmEARTH DAY
Set on the anniversary of the birthday of Karl Marx.
But, that’s all just a coincidence. Really. The founders of Earth Day were NOT avowed communists. Really.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on April 2, 2012 at 6:03pmOr a murderer …
http://www.magic-city-news.com/Editor_s_Desk_34/Ira_Einhorn_Earth_Day_s_Dirty_Secret_57095709.shtml
Report Post »CatB
Posted on April 2, 2012 at 6:05pmshould say .. and ANOTHER murderer …
Report Post »Latte Sipping Lefty
Posted on April 2, 2012 at 6:17pmActually, Karl Marx was born on 5 May, 1818. Earth Day is 22 April. Just saying.
Here’s my source: http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/bio/marx/eng-1869.htm
Report Post »VoteRightDammit
Posted on April 2, 2012 at 9:15pmSo sorry – I meant Lenin:
“Lenin was born Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov in Simbirsk (now Ulyanovsk), Russia, on April 22, 1870 (April 10 in the Julian calendar). Living in Simbirsk until the age of 17, Lenin was the son of ….”
Here is a little about the founding of Earth Day:
Originally by noted leftist Senator Gaylord Nelson – then on March 21.
Moved to April 22 – coincidentally coinciding with the 100th anniversary of Lenin – by leading antiwar (Vietnam) activists, including Denis Hayes, who (then, in 1970 ~~~ FORTY YEARS AGO !!!) was a huge solar power advocate and was pushing to replace organic energy creation with solar power. {{NOTE: it’s now 40 years later, and this pipe dream remains just that}}
The keynote speaker and entertainer was Singer/songwriter Pete Seger:
America’s Most Successful Communist (Pete Seeger):
By Howard Husock, Summer 2005
“The Popular Front sought to enlist Western artists and intellectuals, some of them not party members but “fellow travelers,” to use art, literature, and music to insinuate the Marxist worldview into the broader culture. … It’s an irony that communists should seek to change the culture, of course, since Marxism holds that culture is merely a reflection of underlying economic structures, whose transformation will bring about capitalism’s inevitable collapse.”
http://www.city-journal.org/html/15_3_urbanities–communist.html
Report Post »Latte Sipping Lefty
Posted on April 2, 2012 at 11:45pmFair enough. It happens to also be Lenin’s birthday. Big deal. Lenin and Marx were two very different people. Lenin did not try to institute a true communist system in the Soviet Union. He wanted an authoritarian dictatorship. Karl Marx believed in democracy, not dictatorship. Marx and Engels always stressed that a true worker’s revolution was only possible with individual freedoms like freedom of speech and freedom of the press. You should actually read some of their works, rather than listen to capitalist propaganda against it.
Report Post »TRONRADIO
Posted on April 2, 2012 at 5:40pmI really detest the EPA, the greenies, the global warming freaks, the liars, in general. People need to look into the history of ‘earth day.’ Quite fascinating. I will be using plastic forks, paper plates; and putting my leftovers in a styrofoam container on ‘earth day.’ Oh, and I will be burning gasoline, running my furnace or AC; which ever is appropriate that day. Think I’ll use a whole roll of toilet paper and leave all my lights on that day.
Report Post »kaydeebeau
Posted on April 2, 2012 at 6:01pmI do leave lights on all day – I have some I leave on 24 hrs a day 7 days a week. I may start driving the 4 feet to my mail box :)
Report Post »NOBALONEY
Posted on April 2, 2012 at 5:33pmAll those dropped from the unemployment roles are now employed as “Climate Ambassadors”. Checks are in the mail!
Report Post »Baddoggy
Posted on April 2, 2012 at 5:31pmMake me want to go out for a long drive to warm up the globe….IDIOTS!
Report Post »CatB
Posted on April 2, 2012 at 5:37pmYes .. and grill a steak .. turn on all the lights (real light bulbs) .. run an unfull load in the dishwasher .. etc.
Report Post »COFemale
Posted on April 2, 2012 at 5:27pmSorry EPA, I shower until I am clean. I don’t need to time myself. If it takes 10 minutes or 20 minutes, leave me alone.
Report Post »circleDwagons
Posted on April 2, 2012 at 5:42pmI like my hot showers, l upgraded my water tank so that i could take long hot showers.
Report Post »AvengerK
Posted on April 2, 2012 at 5:26pmCounting the days until the EPA is finally defunded.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on April 2, 2012 at 5:38pmAmen!
Report Post »scuba13
Posted on April 2, 2012 at 5:26pmI plan on using as much oil and oil based products on Earth Day because oil comes from the Earth and is completely natural.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on April 2, 2012 at 5:39pmYes … yes it is!
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