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Brooklyn Bridge Lights Go Green
One of the nation's oldest suspension bridges is getting a modern makeover -- the famous necklace lights on the Brooklyn Bridge will be replaced with energy-efficient bulbs. Read More.

Bloomberg: Yellow Cabs Must Go Green By 2012
Yellow cabs are going green. On Tuesday, Mayor Bloomberg announced a plan to improve the environment by improving the gas mileage for the city's taxi fleet. Read More.

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CBS 2 HD Goes Green
CBS 2 HD and wcbstv.com are committed to helping you "go green." Here are some links to resources that can help.

NYC Landmarks Go Green For Earth Day
Grand Central Terminal and the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge are going green for Earth Day -- and beyond. On the bridge between Staten Island and Brooklyn, maintenance workers are replacing conventional necklace lights with energy efficient LEDs.

Run-Down Brooklyn Townhouse Goes Green
What looks like an ordinary construction site is actually one of the more aggressively green building projects in the city. Brooklyn 90-year-old townhouses fell into disrepair after years of neglect. Now in true green fashion, they are being resurrected as a speculative real estate venture, and being rebuilt in a completely environmentally-responsible manner.

Cleaning Green: Eco-Friendly Products
The effectiveness of conventional cleaning products is not in question, but the long term and caustic effects of some of the chemicals they contain may be. Now there are green and eco-friendly products available in just about every home category to help get any job done just as efficiently.

Green Your Energy For Some Serious Savings
You've heard about many of the new "going green" crazes, but how serious are you taking it? CBS 2 learned some tips on how to go green with your home utilities that can save you some serious green in your wallet!

Go Green At Home: Easy Tips From CBS 2
Lisa Rowley has been going green at home. From organic fruits and vegetable to re-usable canvas shopping bags, she's hoping the change will help the planet and protect her sons' health at the same time. And she's choosing natural when it comes to cleaning. But what do "eco-friendly, natural and green" really mean?

Go Green: Reduce Air Pollution In Your Home
Here's a scary figure: the Environmental Protection Agency estimates that indoor air pollution is actually five times worse than outdoor pollution. Smoke in the kitchen, mold in the bathroom, dust in the living room, indoor air pollution has been linked to serious health problems. But there are actually very simple things you can do to detox your home.

Sanitation Begin Picking Up Christmas Trees Thurs.
What to do with your Christmas tree? New York City sanitation begins picking up trees at the curb on Thursday. However, the trees must be free of all tinsel, lights, ornaments and stands.

Dreaming Of A 'Green' Christmas
With Christmas just days away and greenery at every turn, you might be thinking a little more about how to stay green for the holidays. Here are a few ideas from CBS 2 HD and WCBSTV.com.

Brooklyn Bridge Lights To Go Green
One of the nation's oldest suspension bridges is getting a modern makeover -- the famous necklace lights on the Brooklyn Bridge will be replaced with energy-efficient bulbs.

The most important issue on Earth today is the issue of sustainability. And awesome as it may sound, we're all responsible for life on Earth. Can this new, small college really hope to change the world? Like so many hopes, it begins with the very smallest considerations.

We all love to take a look. Through a telescope or into a microscope, humans love to peer.