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The Hottest Amenity From Developers? A Power Plant Made of Batteries
New York Times: The Hottest Amenity From Developers? A Power Plant Made of Batteries. Charged via rooftop solar panels, the cells form a network that provides a building with backup electricity and that utilities can tap during peak periods.
Soleil Lofts, an apartment development in suburban Salt Lake City, […]
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The General Assembly made progress on climate in 2021, but our work here is hardly done
Virginia Mercury: The General Assembly made progress on climate in 2021, but our work here is hardly done. By Ivy Main.
Before the start of the 2021 legislative session, I highlighted three areas where Virginia needed to make significant progress to support its climate agenda: transportation electrification, improving the energy efficiency […]
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Study: Butterflies are vanishing out West. Scientists say climate change is to blame.
Washington Post: Butterflies are vanishing out West. Scientists say climate change is to blame. The rate of decline is “calamitous,” one scientist said, and has implications for crops and the environment.
Hundreds of butterfly species across the American West are vanishing as the region […]
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New Documentary ‘Meltdown’ Looks At Greenland’s Melting Glaciers And The Effects Of Climate Change
WABE: New Documentary ‘Meltdown’ Looks At Greenland’s Melting Glaciers And The Effects Of Climate Change. A new documentary, “Meltdown,” brings viewers to the shores of Greenland’s melting glaciers for an exploration of natural beauty at its most vulnerable. “City Lights” host Lois Reitzes spoke […]
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Fractured: Buffered from fracking but still battling pollution
Inside Climate News: Fractured: Buffered from fracking but still battling pollution. A statewide network of fracking and conventional wells, pipelines, and petrochemical plants closes in on communities.
This is part 4 of our 4-part series, “Fractured,” an investigation of fracking chemicals in the air, water, and people […]
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New York Times Climate Fwd:, March 5, 2021
Articles include: big trouble in the oceans; Miami and flooding; how green are electric vehicles?
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Study: Planting trees helps fight climate change—but we need billions more seedlings
National Geographic: Planting trees helps fight climate change—but we need billions more seedlings. The U.S. must more than double the production of seedlings to meet reforestation goals, researchers say.
Planting trees has quickly emerged as a seemingly simple way to soak up carbon emissions. Everybody likes it: Environmentalists, politicians, and corporations alike […]
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Russian researchers: Average Arctic temperature could increase 20°С by century’s end
The Barents Observer: Russian researchers: Average Arctic temperature could increase 20°С by century’s end. A group of Russian climate researchers outline a further multi-degree warming of the Arctic.
According to the Russian Marchuk Institute of Numerical Mathematic, climate gas emissions are leading to a continued rapid temperature increase in the northernmost part of […]
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How Green Are Electric Vehicles? New tool.
New York Times: How Green Are Electric Vehicles? In short: Very green. But plug-in cars still have environmental effects. Here’s a guide to the main issues and how they might be addressed.
Around the world, governments and automakers are promoting electric vehicles as a key technology to curb oil […]
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Study: 2 articles – Ocean currents are slowing down – could have a devastating effect on our climate
CNN: The slowing down of ocean currents could have a devastating effect on our climate. Well, new research reveals Earth’s major ocean currents are slowing down, and though the consequences will not be as immediate or dramatic as in the Hollywood fiction, there are real-world impacts for global weather […]
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