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How to lay the foundation for net zero carbon building projects

Business Green

As we're moving from what was traditionally an avoidance of carbon emissions to avoid climate change, we're now moving much more into adaptation," she said. For instance, Sharp Development renovated a 2,000-square-foot manufacturing building in 2011, then returned in 2018 to retrofit it to net-zero energy.

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In West Virginia, Plan to Clean up Radioactive Fracking Waste Ends in Monster Lawsuit

DeSmogBlog

The oil and gas industry has long faced criticism for the role the carbon emissions from burning its products play in causing climate change. Analyses of the water produced with the gas commonly show elevated levels of salinity and radium,” a 2011 U.S. Antero did not respond to repeated requests for comment.

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How does climate change threaten where you live? A region-by-region guide.

Grist

Every four years, the federal government is required to gather up the leading research on how climate change is affecting Americans, boil it all down, and then publish a National Climate Assessment. We need more transformative adaptation actions to keep pace with climate change.” Here they are.