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Centering Public Health at the UN Climate Talks

Legal Planet

In 27 years of previous climate conferences, there was no central discussion of health and the impacts of climate change. To me, environmental law and climate policy are about people, protecting people, and advocating alongside those disproportionately affected by climate change. More than ever before.

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Five Reasons You Should Switch to a Heat Pump at Home

Enviromental Defense

After the record breaking wildfire season that we had last year, it should be a wake up call for everyone that climate change is here and that it’s only going to get worse. We should do everything we can to reduce the effects of global warming and that means burning less fossil fuels, which includes burning less gas.

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Atlantic Hurricane Season 2023: the Good, the Bad, the Ugly—and More

Union of Concerned Scientists

And of course, because hurricanes are becoming stronger , wetter , slower , and more destructive , and all these trends have been linked to anthropogenic global warming , it is essential and urgent that nations transition away from fossil fuels and invest on renewable, clean energy.

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DEP Awards $1.5 Million To Help Municipalities, Schools, Businesses Switch To Clean Transportation

PA Environment Daily

This funding builds on Governor Shapiro’s agenda to create a bold, comprehensive climate and energy plan that will grow Pennsylvania’s economy, protect and create jobs, and address climate change. It also helps lower the level of carbon dioxide, one of the greenhouse gases heating up the climate, in the air.

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Eco-Friendly Process To Convert Carbon Dioxide Back Into Fuel Offers Way To Close The Carbon Loop

PA Environment Daily

Converting carbon dioxide into usable liquid fuels and value-added chemicals like plastics offers not only a possible solution to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, but also the potential to alleviate dependence on fossil fuels. Carbon dioxide conversion is facing the challenge of climate change,” Wang said. “We

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Tackling Agricultural Methane: An Overview of the Science

Legal Planet

(While burning methane to generate energy releases carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, the overall climate impact is reduced and the gas could potentially replace fossil fuel sources.)

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The Fuss about Methane

Legal Planet

This post is an introduction to methane in climate change: where it comes from, how it’s different from CO 2 , how those differences matter, and what that all means for controls. CO 2 is at about 410 parts per million by volume (ppm) in the air, about 50% higher than before the start of large-scale fossil-fuel use.