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Climate change is an infrastructure problem – map of electric vehicle chargers shows one reason why

Renewable Energy World

The greenhouse gas emissions those fossil fuels release when burned have raised global temperature by about 1.1°C The new assessment, like its predecessor Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5°C Since our current power grid relies on fossil fuels for about 60% of its generating capacity , that’s a tall order.

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How does climate change threaten where you live? A region-by-region guide.

Grist

This report, a collaboration between more than a dozen federal agencies and a wide array of academic researchers, takes stock of just how severe global warming has become and meticulously breaks down its effects by geography — 10 distinct regions in total, encompassing all of the country’s states and territories.