President Obama signed into law a program that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is calling the Car Allowance Rebate System (CARS) (AKA “Cash For Clunkers). This is a government program that helps you purchase a new, more fuel efficient vehicle when you trade in a less fuel efficient vehicle.
So it’s official: after 2 awesome vacations with our friends Dustin and Beth, they are definitely great travel companions and also have wonderful ideas on where we should go and what we should do while there. Perfect example, Boston!
Here is my personal account of the places we visited and things we saw. I recommend them all (from the perspective of a tourist) and hope you can make it to Boston one day!!
We didn’t go to the “cheers bar” although everyone keeps asking me if we did. Believe me, we found plenty of other places to make up for it. Sunset Bar and Tap has hundreds (thousands?) of beers on tap and in the bottle… longest list I’ve ever seen. And Conner, their beer-guru, really knows his stuff. “The Drunken Strawberry” (my necklace, not me) made its debut. Read more…
According to the Environmental Working Group, eating the organic version of the following vegetables will reduce to your consumption of pesticides by up to 90%:
Peach
Apple
Bell Pepper
Celery
Nectarine
Strawberries
Cherries
Kale
Lettuce
Grapes (imported)
Carrot
Pear
Tonight marks an important event in the global fight against climate change. From 8:30 to 9:30 EST, people from all over the world will be turning off their lights for one hour to observe Earth Hour and to show solidarity for this most important of causes. Global warming is an emergency. Please observe with us, by turning off all your lights from 8:30 to 9:30 pm tonight.
Light a candle. Snuggle with a loved one. Be apart of change.
Scott Shetler, HalfSquare.net contributor, President of Extreme Conditioning & Fitness, World Kettlebell Club Master Trainer, and member of the Udo’s Oil/Robert Universe Strength Athlete Study Panel of Experts will be appearing on a live webcast tonight at 9:00 eastern time. He and Steven Mosley will be interviewed Lt. Jim Sayih for the “911 Challenge.”
According to Environmental Health Perspectives, sunscreen washed from the skin of beach-goers, may be contributing to the bleaching of the coral reefs. In tests, small amounts of sunscreen were added to seawater containing healthy coral. All specimens were totally bleached within 96 hours.
AT&T has announced a plan to replace more than 15,000 vehicles in their gasoline-powered fleet with natural gas and hybrid technology. This move will reduce the company’s greenhouse gas emissions by 25%.