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

Vermont Law

green-roofs can cut the urban global warming contributions in half and could reduce urban carbon emissions dramatically. in the largest metropolitan areas in the US also confirm the links between mortality, the UHIE, and climate change. According to meteorological simulations. Notably, global urbanization. Through green-roofs. ,

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Should New Gas Stoves Be Banned?

Union of Concerned Scientists

At least one fossil fuel-friendly Democrat stoked the fire, too. Like nitrogen dioxide, methane combines with other pollutants to form ground-level ozone—more commonly known as smog—and it is a significantly more potent global warming pollutant than carbon dioxide. The federal government,” West Virginia Sen.

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

Union of Concerned Scientists

Attorneys general (AGs) in the five states most vulnerable to climate change, however, are doing the exact opposite: Instead of defending their constituents, they are defending the fossil fuel industry. Moody also jumped in head-first to protect the fossil fuel industry.