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Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day explains why it's time for a clean energy revolution. Want to get involved? Take action online at http://www.greendaynrdc.com/ and tell your friends to do the same.

Submitted by ktfinklea on Wednesday, March 11, 2009.

Conserving resources can be a bit draining, but luckily you don't have to stop showering altogether to save on your water bill. With a few simple tricks around your home or apartment you can help cut down your bills and earn bragging rights about your conservation efforts. Read this blog from Simple Steps to find out what you (or your landlord) should do.

In Hot Water

Are you pouring money down the drain every time you turn on the hot water? Reduce your utility bills by increasing your water heater's efficiency and reducing the amount of hot water you use. In most homes, heating water consumes as much energy as lighting. Here are four basic things you can do to save energy and money.

Use Less Hot Water

By replacing old showerheads with new water-saving designs you can save energy…

Submitted by ktfinklea on Wednesday, January 14, 2009.

January is dishing out some awfully cold weather, so as you pile on the extra layers of clothing you might want to think about using a simple resource to not only better regulate the temperature in your home, but to help reduce your energy bill as well. Around for over a hundred years, the ceiling fan can be a cheap and effective tool to help keep your home comfortable in both summer and winter.

While fans can be a great way to feel a cooling breeze in the summer, simply switching the direction of fan blades to turn clockwise can help better circulate warm air rising to the top of the room. Better air circulation means your furnace won't have to work quite as hard to regulate the temperature. For residents of two story houses, a few well-placed fans can help…

Submitted by ktfinklea on Friday April 11, 2008

Here at ItsYourNature we're no strangers to blogging about coal and growing up in West Virginia, it was impossible for me to ignore the impact that coal mining had on the state. This past week citizens of Appalachia as well as from the rest of the country got the chance to let Congress know how they felt about a relatively new but destructive form of coal mining known as Mountaintop Removal.

While much of the media's attention was focused on the War in Iraq, over a hundred volunteers were in Washington to raise attention about another war being waged just a short distance from the nation's capitol. In Southwestern Virginia, West Virginia, Tennessee, and Kentucky, mountaintop removal is having a devastating effect on the local environment and economy. By leveling mountains to quickly and cheaply…

Submitted by BenJervey on Tuesday, January 29, 2008.

Last Monday, the Democratic presidential candidates debated on CNN. And once again, there were exactly zero questions asked about global warming. The perplexing absence of discussion about an issue that countless scientists, economists, and politicians hold up as the fundamental challenge of our times is fast becoming familiar. (Earlier debates in Nevada and Florida similarly didn't touch the subject.) It seems a bit dubious, then, that all three of these CNN-hosted events have been sponsored by the coal industry lobby group Americans for Balanced Energy Choices (ABEC).

Now the League of Conservation Voters has been calling attention to Big Media's blind eye towards global warming for awhile now through their "What Are They Waiting For?" campaign. And, indeed, on MSNBC last Thursday, Tim Russert finally brought clean energy and global warming into the primary conversation.…