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Green on Top: Zoning Against Climate Change with Green-Roof Legislation

Vermont Law

According to the US Environmental Protection . the UHIE occurs in metropolitan areas and “can affect communities by increasing summertime peak energy demand, air conditioning costs, air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions, heat-related illness, mortality, and water quality.”. Targeting Climate Change with Green-Roofs.

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Should New Gas Stoves Be Banned?

Union of Concerned Scientists

As far back as 1986, scientists at the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) warned the CSPC about gas stoves’ potential health risks. Research shows that gas stoves emit hazardous pollutants, including nitrogen dioxide and volatile organic compounds (VOCs), as well as methane, which leaks mainly when the stoves are off.

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These Attorneys General Are Defending the Fossil Fuel Industry, Not Their States

Union of Concerned Scientists

By railing against what he calls a “radical climate change movement” and suing the federal government to protect corporate polluters. In 2015, when he took office as AG after stints in the Texas Legislature, he sued the Environmental Protection Agency for strengthening a standard for ground-level ozone, better known as smog.