Today I googled "global warming tips" to find a list of simple ways that each of us can help reduce our global warming pollution. I found a lot of things that most of us already know about...replacing light bulbs, carpooling, turning down the thermostat, etc. But I wanted to share with you a couple of tips that I found that I hadn't heard before.

1. Keep your tires inflated properly. Properly inflated tires can improve gas mileage by 3%...and every gallon of gas you save keeps 20 lbs. of carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere.

2. If you purchase a flat screen TV, get an LCD model as opposed to a plasma screen. The LCD's cost less and conserve electricity. In fact,

over the course of a year, the electricity required to operate a plasma TV will output 500 more pounds of CO2 than an LCD TV.

3. Don't put your refrigerator or freezer near cookers or boilers. When your refrigerator is in a warm place, it has to work much harder to cool, sucking up almost double the amount of energy.

4. Email Governor Ritter and ask him to make Colorado a leader in stopping global warming. Click here to send your email: http://environmentcolorado.org/action/global-warming/goals?id4=ES

5. Spread the word to your friends and neighbors that we need to act now on global warming; click here to pass this list along!

    http://environmentcolorado.org/action/global-warming/tell-friends2