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This carbon challenge is bigger than cars, aviation and shipping combined

GreenBiz

To transform basic inputs into stuff we need, manufacturers constantly heat (and cool) minerals, ores and other raw materials to extreme temperatures. The world’s kilns, reactors, chillers and furnaces are powered mostly by fossil fuels. . Making natural gas renewable . The urgency is growing.

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The carbon challenge that is bigger than cars, aviation, and shipping combined

Business Green

To transform basic inputs into stuff we need, manufacturers constantly heat (and cool) minerals, ores and other raw materials to extreme temperatures. The world's kilns, reactors, chillers, and furnaces are powered mostly by fossil fuels. Making natural gas renewable. The urgency is growing.

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Lessons from a year of reporting on climate solutions in Cascadia

Grist

Renewable solar and wind power now typically costs less than fossil-fuel alternatives. That’s looking more doable as renewable-energy prices drop, providing an alternative to fossil fuels. Over the last decade, solar costs fell more than 80 percent, and wind costs are quickly declining as well.

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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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The prospects for I-1631 eliminating 20 million tons of carbon pollution annually by 2035

Low Carbon Prosperity

The initiative, also known as the “Protect Washington Act”, imposes a steadily increasing carbon pollution fee on most fossil fuel uses and directs revenue toward projects to reduce carbon emissions, as well as investments in forests, water, community preparedness, and support to displaced workers and people with lower incomes.

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Why Gas Stoves Matter to the Climate – and the Gas Industry

DeSmogBlog

The climate doesn’t care what fuel we use to cook. greenhouse gas emissions , even accounting for recent findings of larger than expected household methane leaks. They aren’t a big share of fuel sales either, burning just 3% of the natural gas consumed in homes. Gas stoves account for just 0.1% greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.

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Cascadia is known for strong climate action. So why are emissions still rising?

Grist

When InvestigateWest launched the Getting to Zero: Decarbonizing Cascadia series in January 2021, the latest official data showed that emissions of carbon dioxide, methane, and other greenhouse gases had risen steadily from 2012 to 2018, and the region wasn’t on track to make big cuts this decade. “We Ensuring a cleaner and reliable grid.