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Ontario could easily phase out polluting fossil gas – if it wanted to

Enviromental Defense

Between 2009 and 2016, Ontario built over 2000 MW of solar power and about 3000 MW of wind power. creating ice in off peak periods to supply cooling in peak periods. Efficiency programs are the best and cheapest way to reduce carbon emissions because they both lower energy costs and carbon emissions.

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Analysis: Too hot to sleep? Nights are warming faster than days as Earth heats up?

A Greener Life

And with gruelling heatwaves becoming more common , the nights can be sweltering, with no cooling breeze to relieve the discomfort. C, in July 2016. C, also set in July 2016. We must cut carbon emissions – or future summers will be long, hot and sleepless. By Stephen Burt. Even this might well be surpassed soon.

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Research fellowships target clean-energy innovation

Physics World

Those critical challenges will require inventive and practical solutions, which is why automotive manufacturer Toyota has teamed up with The Electrochemical Society (ECS) to award a series of research fellowships focused on the development of green-energy technologies that reduce both pollution and carbon emissions.

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Analysis: Can Inner Mongolia reach peak carbon this decade?

A Greener Life

between 2016 and 2019, and total energy consumption also rose far more than permitted by the 13th FYP targets. According to a 2016 report from Jiemian.com , Datang Coal-Chemicals lost 11.6 Yang Fuqiang thinks it is unreasonable to make energy-producing provinces such as Inner Mongolia solely responsible for cutting carbon emissions.

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Analysis: How to cut emissions from ‘big sport’?

A Greener Life

The Paris Olympics has made an ambitious climate pledge this year, to halve its carbon footprint relative to previous Summer Games. For comparison, the 2012 London Olympics and 2016 Rio Olympics emitted 3.3 million tonnes of carbon. million, avoiding 512,000 tonnes of carbon emissions. million tonnes and 3.6

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21 Projects Honored With The 2023 Governor's Award For Environmental Excellence

PA Environment Daily

The project is reducing emissions and Phoenix Contact’s carbon footprint. It complements Phoenix Contact’s Combined Cooling, Heating, and Power (CCHP) system, which generates about half of the facility’s electric requirements. In total since its construction, the Resource Center has grown and donated nearly 10,000 lbs.

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Wildfires and Power Grid Failures Continue to Fuel Each Other

Union of Concerned Scientists

Last year, my UCS colleagues working on climate science and corporate accountability found, in a peer-reviewed study , that 37% of the area burned in western North America since 1986 is attributable to the carbon emissions of just 88 fossil fuel companies and cement manufacturers. That 37% equates to 19.8