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Tory members back stronger green energy policies, as Sunak cools on heat pumps

Business Green

Such findings underscore the scale of support among Conservative Party members for ambitious green policies that can help curb the huge hike in energy bills expected this winter, just as postal ballot papers for choosing Britain's next PM are sent out to the membership from next week.

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‘How did we miss this for so long?’: The link between extreme heat and preterm birth

Grist

Now that there is strong evidence that heat exacerbates adverse birth outcomes, she hopes it will instigate policy change, promote awareness, and ultimately, decrease risk and disparities. “We Basu began research on pregnant people because they are woefully understudied and they represent one of the most vulnerable populations.

Health 121
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AI can significantly improve grid management reports DOE

Smart Energy International

Other initiatives highlighted include the new ‘VoltAIc’ initiative aimed to use AI to help streamline siting and permitting at the Federal, state and local levels. A new Working Group on powering AI and data centre infrastructure has also been established, which is due to make recommendations on meeting the energy demand by June.

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How the Climate Conversation Changed in 2021

Planet Pulse

We can see wildfires burning greater areas, heatwaves becoming more frequent and more deadly, hurricanes stronger and more damaging, the sea level rising, floods increasing, droughts getting stronger. They want us to ensure the policies we are putting in place leave a cleaner, greener future for them.”.

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Report: It’s time for the U.S. to research solar geoengineering

Grist

To avoid the most disastrous sea-level rise, storms, heat waves, and drought, the best available science says that greenhouse gas emissions must be cut in half in the next decade or so and brought to net-zero by the middle of the century. Two possible interventions that could cool the planet involve altering clouds.

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As climate change threatens cultural treasures, museums get creative to conserve both energy and artifacts

Grist

Autodesk Although the team is just at the start of this digitization journey, Tom is excited about what the data can do for energy efficiency — for instance, gradually pre-heating and cooling spaces, based on models of how many people will be in the space at a given time. “Over a third of museums in the U.S. Southwick agrees.

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A Window into Louisiana’s Continued Embrace of the Fossil Fuel Industry

DeSmogBlog

” Citizens’ For A New Louisiana , a group that purports to offer “sound public policy insights” that reflect conservative values and promote transparency in local government, is spearheading the controversy by calling for a growing number of books, mostly related to the LGBTQ community, to be banned from public libraries across the state. .