Resources for Your Earth Day Stories and Beyond — Alliance to Save Energy Challenges Americans, Provides Extensive Resources To Help Reduce Soaring Gasoline, Electricity Prices
Washington, DC, April 20, 2006 – As both gasoline and electricity prices skyrocket leading into Earth Day April 22, the Alliance to Save Energy offers extensive resources on its consumer website www.ase.org/consumers as well as elsewhere to help consumers reduce their energy bills, pollution, and greenhouse gas emissions, AND get a federal tax credit, too.
The Alliance last month also issued a timely Earth Day "4 for the Planet" challenge to consumers: Just replace your four most used incandescent bulbs with four ENERGY STAR-labeled compact fluorescent bulbs to save more than 2,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity and $190 over the life of the bulbs. If all of our nation’s households did the same, we’d save as much energy as is consumed by some 38 million cars in one year, the Alliance estimates.
To help consumers become more "Energy $avvy," the Alliance offers helpful money- and energy-saving tips, information, and resources for consumers, kids, and educators for Earth Day 2006 and beyond:
- Alliance consumer web site. Find tips to lower your energy bills and resources – www.ase.org/consumers.
- Fun and learning for kids. Check out www.ase.org/kids with links to lots of other great resources, and become an "Energy Hog Buster" at www.energyhog.org with its fun games and learning experiences.
- English and Spanish tips and home and vehicle federal tax credits. Go to the DOE/Alliance to Save Energy Powerful $avings campaign web site – www.ase.org/powerfulsavings and www.ase.org/taxcredits.
- Energy lesson plans for K-12 teachers. Hands-on, multidisciplinary lesson plans at www.ase.org/section/_audience/educators/lessons.
- Power Is in Your Hands. Great selection of commercial and consumer tips and resources to bring down energy bills provided by 23 companies, government agencies, trade associations, and organizations at www.powerisinyourhands.org.
