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Go Green in Hartford, Connecticut

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Average Carbon Footprint for Hartford, Connecticut

Carbon Output (metric tons)

Average	15.42
High	158.38
Low	0.56

Carbon Score (ECP)

Average	357
High	999
Low	159

Top 10 "Go Green" Pledges by members from Hartford

1.	I will turn my computer monitor off overnight
2.	I will eat one vegetarian meal each week
3.	I will change 4 light bulbs to cfl's
4.	I will keep my refrigerator door closed
5.	I will remove and throw my bottle cap away before I recycle my plastic bottle
6.	I will plant one tree
7.	I will unplug my cell phone charger when not in use
8.	I will turn off the lights when I leave a room, even if only for a few minutes
9.	I will switch to green power
10.	I will buy carbon offsets for my next flight

Two of the Nation's three Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve sites, intended to cushion the effects of disruptions in the supply of home heating oil, are located in Groton and New Haven.
The 2,037-megawatt Millstone nuclear power plant is the State's highest-capacity power plant.
Connecticut is one of the few States that require the statewide use of reformulated motor gasoline blended with ethanol.
In 2008, Connecticut ranked in the top-ten States for solar power capacity within the United States.

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