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Simple mistakes could be hurting the environment

There are some things you may be doing every day that could be hurting your efforts to go green. News 12's Elizabeth Hashagen has some of those 'mistakes' and how you can avoid them. There's nothing

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Apr 22, 2014, 9:00 AM

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