Encourage auto centers to install CFC recycling equipment for auto air conditioners. Freon is released during servicing to become both a greenhouse gas and an ozone layer destroyer.

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Go Green in Ashland, Oregon

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Average Carbon Footprint for Ashland, Oregon

Carbon Output (metric tons)

Average	9.34
High	27.70
Low	0.40

Carbon Score (ECP)

Average	273
High	516
Low	145

Top 10 "Go Green" Pledges by members from Ashland

1.	I will turn my computer monitor off overnight
2.	I will eat one vegetarian meal each week
3.	I will plant one tree
4.	I will change 4 light bulbs to cfl's
5.	I will switch to green power
6.	I will carpool one day a week
7.	I will unplug my cell phone charger when not in use
8.	I will replace on hour of television or one hour of computer use per week with something not requiring electricity, like playing with the kids
9.	I will convert all of my paper bill statements and electronic bill pay
10.	I will not dump my used cooking oil down the drain

Oregon is one of the Nation's leading generators of hydroelectric power, which accounts for nearly two-thirds of State electricity generation.
Major transmission lines connect Oregon's electricity grid to California and Washington State, allowing for large interstate energy transfers.
A liquefied natural gas (LNG) import facility has been approved along the northwest coast in Bradwood while two others have been proposed along Oregon's northwest and southwest coast to help meet demand for natural gas.
The geologically active basin and range country in southern and eastern Oregon, as well as the Cascade Mountains in western Oregon, are promising sites for geothermal energy development.

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