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Brown University Students Help Low-Income Families Switch to Energy-Saving Compact Fluorescent Bulbs 2008

Jul 27th 2008
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2008July27: Low-income families and fluorescent bulbs.

2008July27: Brown University students help low-income families in Providence, R.I., switch to energy-saving compact fluorescent bulbs (NY Times, 2008).

Reference: New York Times. 2008. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/27/education/edlife/27bus.html

Image Description: University Hall of Brown University. Photo by Michael Condouris, 1997Apr1. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brown_University_-_University_Hall.jpg Image Permission: This file is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 License.

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