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6 places with future-friendly heat solutions

Grist

Cool roofs lowering home temperatures in India: The city of Ahmedabad was the first in India to develop a heat action plan, following a devastating heat wave in 2010. The plan has been through several iterations over the past decade — and one of the latest initiatives is a focus on “cool roofs.”

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It’s Giving Tuesday! Here are some eco-friendly ways to get involved

AGreenLiving

Cool Effect This crowdfunding platform began in 1998 by supporting clean-burning woodstoves in Honduras. Now, Cool Effect helps people support carbon-reducing projects around the world. Cool Effect has already reduced carbon emissions by more than 2 million metric tons. Together, small actions can ignite planet-sized change.”

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How To Buy Carbon Offsets: 6 Certified and Vetted Options

Green Business Bureau

Energy Information Administration (EIA) predicts that there will be a sharp increase in the amount of renewable energy generated between 2010 and 2050. Projects are certified by Gold Standard , Verified Carbon Standard , Climate Action Reserve , American Carbon Registry , Plan Vivo , and The Climate, Community, and Biodiversity Alliance.

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Does the WRI’s new Sustainable Food Future report need an update already?

AFN Sustainable Protein

That synthesis looked impressive at first glance; it outlined how we could change global food systems, so they emit fewer greenhouse gases, occupy less land, and protect the earth’s biodiversity — all while producing ever higher volumes of food for a global population approaching ten billion by 2050. .

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The Sierra Club's Top 20 Cool Schools

Green Market Oracle

Despite the additional complications posed by the coronavirus pandemic a record 312 institutions participated in Sierra's annual Cool Schools rankings in 2020. Here is a countdown of Sierra's top 20 Cool Schools as described by Katie: 20. Sierra has been ranking the environmental performance of colleges since 2006.

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Scientists Find Appalachian Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining Put Endangered Species at Risk Thousands of Times

DeSmogBlog

For one thing, central Appalachia is stunningly high in biodiversity. Mountaintop removal mine site above Route 23 in Pike County, Kentucky, in 2010. The use of that technology to find active mines was a really cool application.”. Image Credit: ILoveMountains.org, via Flickr.

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1.5 and 2°C: A Journey Through the Temperature Target That Haunts the World

DeSmogBlog

The following year, in 2010, the climate summit took place in Cancún, Mexico. A Decisive Report… Following the mandate of the COPs in Copenhagen (2009) and Cancun (2010), the Periodic Review of the Global Long-Term Objective was conducted between 2013 and 2015. C temperature increase.” Limiting warming to 1.5

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