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Isle de Jean Charles Community Members Moved into the First Federally Funded Resettlement Project in Louisiana Despite Visible Engineering Issues

DeSmogBlog

“I have no assurances at this time, you know, but I can give my commitment to do everything in my power to give those assurances.” The homes are being designed, built and verified as ENERGY STAR Certified Homes, which are 20% – 30% more efficient than the average home. But the state scrapped these plans.

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The US is about to go all-in on paying farmers and foresters to trap carbon

Grist

The eyes under his bald head have wrinkles nestled into their corners, hinting at decades of squinting in the sun. If his soil could be healthier, his crop yield higher, his profit margins wider, he makes it happen. That’s good news for Garrett, who hasn’t plowed or otherwise tilled his fields since 2012. Grainfill Creative.

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Every region of the country is taking climate action. Here’s how.

Grist

States, cities, businesses, and organizations across the country are taking increasingly large steps to reduce emissions — and those efforts are aided by the falling costs of renewable energy and other decarbonizing technologies. Both Hawaiʻi and Guam have committed to using 100 percent renewable energy by 2045.

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Can a tiger change its stripes? Meet the pulp and paper giant bankrolling a huge Sumatran rainforest reserve

Business Green

The reserve is home to a vast array of rare and critically endangered animal species, including pangolins, sun bears, and - perhaps most famously - the Sumatran Tiger, of which there are less than 400 left in the wild. Where managed plantations meet the rainforest edge - Credit: Michael Holder Young, fresh-faced and 'green'?