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Go Green in Lowell, Massachusetts

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Average Carbon Footprint for Lowell, Massachusetts

Carbon Output (metric tons)

Average	15.47
High	164.26
Low	1.50

Carbon Score (ECP)

Average	361
High	999
Low	142

Top 10 "Go Green" Pledges by members from Lowell

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 plant one tree
5.	I will use left-over plastic bags as trash bags
6.	I will remove and throw my bottle cap away before I recycle my plastic bottle
7.	I will keep my refrigerator door closed
8.	I will switch to green power
9.	I will turn off the lights when I leave a room, even if only for a few minutes
10.	I will carpool one day a week

With the start-up of a second offshore liquefied natural gas (LNG) import facility in March 2010, Massachusetts now has three LNG import terminals that serve markets in the Northeast. The third terminal is an onshore facility located in Everett.
Massachusetts is one of the few States that require the statewide use of reformulated motor gasoline blended with ethanol.
Massachusetts is a leading source of electricity generated from landfill gas and municipal solid waste.
Massachusetts is the only New England State that relies significantly on coal-fired power plants, with coal accounting for one-fourth of electricity generation.
A proposed 420-megawatt wind power project in Nantucket Sound could become the Nation's first offshore wind farm.
Massachusetts received $25 million in 2009 from the U.S. Department of Energy for the development of the Nation's first large commercial-scale Wind Technology Testing Center, which will be able to test blades longer than 50 meters.

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