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5 cool measurement tools attempting to quantify regenerative agriculture

GreenBiz

5 cool measurement tools attempting to quantify regenerative agriculture. The tip of the probe is a small camera that uses wavelengths to sense the presence of organic carbon the way our eyes sense the presence of blue when looking at the sky. Jesse Klein. Thu, 02/11/2021 - 00:05.

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Geothermal to provide heating and cooling in Ferney-Voltaire, France

ThinkGeoEnergy

Work has started on a geothermal district heating and cooling network in Ferney-Voltaire in Ain, France, near the Geneva Airport. When completed, the network will provide low-emissions heating and cooling to 195,000 square meters of office space, business facilities, housing, and public infrastructure. It will also generate 4,500 jobs.

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Can ACs cool the world without warming it?

Grist

Several companies, including Gradient where Romanin is CEO (which landed him on the 2021 Grist 50 list ), are developing new AC technologies and approaches that are starting to show what a more efficient, less climate-intensive approach to cooling will look like. “And that absolutely doesn’t need to be true.”

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How do you take clean AC mainstream? This global health organization has some ideas.

Grist

As we discussed in our last newsletter, all that growth also creates something of a vicious climate cycle, because of the energy-intensive nature of cooling, and because the refrigerants commonly used in ACs are potent greenhouse gases. A man installs an AC unit on the side of a building in India’s capital, New Delhi, this summer.

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The Healthy Planet Action Coalition’s Case for Urgent Direct Climate Cooling

Energy Central

The Healthy Planet Action Coalition’s Case for Urgent Direct Climate Cooling The Healthy Planet Action Coalition is an international organization that advocates for an urgent and more ambitious global response to climate change. It’s objective is a climate restoration plan that will limit global warming to below 1° C.

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6 Takeaways for Staying Cool on a Warming Planet

Elemental Excelerator

And the regions that will see the most warming, and therefore the highest demand for cooling, are economies that are expected to stay reliant on fossil fuels through 2040. Here are some of my key takeaways: Expanding access to cooling is a key line of defense for adapting to increasingly harsh weather. Maximizing shade.

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Top Three Things That Are Cool and Great 100% Eco, Organic plus Recycled Plastic Apparel to Save Us!

Green Living Guy

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