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6 places with future-friendly heat solutions

Grist

One reader, Katrina Amaral, shared a response that struck at this balance: As part of the resources for dealing with extreme heat, I would love to see examples of heat-adaptation and climate-change mitigation ordinances or laws that have passed at municipal / state / federal levels.

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New York Sustainability: Tax Credits, Grants and Green Funding

Green Business Bureau

This dataset mapped the density of green roof and wall infrastructure across New York City in 2016. For instance, in 2019 the state passed a new law named the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act , which raised the 2030 target from 50% of electricity generated by renewables to 70%. followed by Boston and Seattle).

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It's high time for the cannabis industry to embrace sustainability

Business Green

The company's homepage states that it produces "Sustainable Cannabis Powered by Solar," but the story inside reveals that the company "burns natural gas and captures heat to circulate into the HVAC system." Between 2016 and 2020, he said, the number of growers cultivating primarily indoors fell from 80 per cent to 60 per cent.