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Lamp: Replace those old light bulbs
If every household in the U.S. replaced one light bulb with a compact fluorescent light bulb (CFL), it would prevent enough pollution to equal the removal of one million cars from the road.
Heating Duct: Warm Your House, Not the Earth
If just one in ten households used current technology to upgrade their inefficient heating systems, we could keep 17 billion pounds of pollution out of the air.
Windows: Tighten Windows and Loosen Your Budget
If all windows were as efficient as the best products now widely available in the marketplace, the average household would save $150 a year, and reduce its carbon dioxide emissions by about 4,300 pounds per year.

Get A Free Song For Taking the 2% Pledge!
Singer/ songwriter Missy Higgins wants to give you a free download of an unreleased version of her soulful single, "Where I Stood." Just pledge to reduce your carbon emissions by 2% in 2009. Find out more.
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My Baby's Future

The world's scientists agree: Global warming is real, here, and happening faster than anyone predicted. But scientists also say we can curb global warming and its consequences -- if we take bold, comprehensive action now that adds up to at least an 80 percent cut in carbon emissions by 2050, or 2 percent a year.

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William Shatner says: we can stop global warming. See more from William Shatner, and read our press release.

Singer/songwriter Missy Higgins speaks out about the need for us all to be part of the 2% Solution to global warming.

Click here to learn what Stanford climatologist Stephen H. Schneider has to say about the 2% Solution

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The world's scientists agree: Global warming is real, here, and happening faster than anyone predicted. But scientists also say we can curb global warming and its consequences -- if we take bold, comprehensive action now that adds up to at least an 80 percent cut in carbon emissions by 2050, or 2 percent a year.

To build a cleaner, smarter and safer energy future that will meet and overcome the most urgent challenge facing us today -- and protect everyone's children -- we must all be part of the solution. Start now!

Click here to sign the two percent petition!

Already signed our petition? Here's more:
Is your city cool? Find out and join our Cool Cities Campaign.
Send us a photo of what you're doing to cut your carbon emissions, and we'll post it on our Every Day Solutions website.
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