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 Rhode Island

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Average Carbon Footprint for Rhode Island

Carbon Output (metric tons)

Average	14.59
High	204.81
Low	0.74

Carbon Score (ECP)

Average	348
High	999
Low	140

Top 10 "Go Green" Pledges by members from Rhode Island

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 buy carbon offsets for my next flight
6.	I will switch to green power
7.	I will carpool one day a week
8.	I will use left-over plastic bags as trash bags
9.	I will unplug my cell phone charger when not in use
10.	I will remove and throw my bottle cap away before I recycle my plastic bottle

Rhode Island has the lowest per capita energy consumption in the Nation.
Natural gas fuels almost all of Rhode Island's electricity generation.
Rhode Island is one of the few States that require the statewide use of reformulated motor gasoline blended with ethanol.
A 2007 study commissioned by the State determined that 15 percent of Rhode Island's electricity needs could be met by offshore wind energy.

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