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 http://www.baaqmd.gov Bay Area Air Quality Management District
http://www.baaqmd.gov
The Bay Area Air Quality Management District provides information on pollution prevention in and around San Francisco.
 http://www.cleanairworld.org Clear Air World
http://www.cleanairworld.org
Clean Air World reports the latest news and information on air topics and provides links to related websites. 
 http://www.environmentaldefense.org/page.cfm?tagid=83
Environmental Defense
http://www.environmentaldefense.org/page.cfm?tagid=83
Environmental Defense is an organization involved with several campaigns aimed at protecting the environment and its site contains information of how viewers can help reduce pollution.
 http://www.epa.gov/air/caa/peg Environmental Protection Agency Guide to Clean Air Act
http://www.epa.gov/air/caa/peg
The EPA provides an introduction to the 1990 Clean Air Act
 http://www.epa.gov/p2 EPA Pollution Prevention Home
http://www.epa.gov/p2
The EPA is an agency of the U.S. government and helps make environmental policy.
 http://www.cleanairprogress.org/index.asp
Foundation for Clean Air Progress
http://www.cleanairprogress.org/index.asp
Foundation for Clean Air Progress is a nonpartisan organization providing information on improving air quality in accordance to the recommendations of the American Lung Association.
 http://www.p2.org National Pollution Prevention Roundtable
http://www.p2.org
The National Pollution Prevention Rountable is a national forum for the prevention of pollution and provides news on the subject.
 http://www.p2rx.org
Pollution Prevention Resource Exchange
http://www.p2rx.org
Pollution Prevention Resource Exchange is partly funded by the EPA and provides links to information about pollution prevention specific to eight regions of the U.S
 

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  • If everyone in the U.S. used energy-efficient lighting, we could retire 90 average size power plants

  • Replacing a single incandescent bulb with a CFL will keep a half-ton of CO2 out of the atmosphere over the life of the bulb

  • One-half of our nation's lakes and one-third of our rivers are too polluted to be completely safe for swimming or fishing

  • Turning down your home’s central heating thermostat one degree for an 8-hour period, can cut your fuel consumption by as much as 10% 

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  • There are more roads located within our National Forests than there are within the entire U.S. Interstate Highway system

  • The energy saved from recycling one 8-ounce aluminum can could operate a TV set for 3 hours, which is the equivalent to half a can of gasoline

  • About 80% of what Americans throw away is recyclable, yet our recycling rate is just 28%

  • For every ton of office paper we recycle, 380 gallons of oil are saved