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What Regions Face the Most Climate Risk?

What Regions Face the Most Climate Risk?

What regions are most at risk from the climate crisis? A new report from the Cross Dependency Initiative (XDI) looked at how increasing extreme weather events and other climate impacts might threaten important infrastructure in more than 2,600 states and provinces around the world by 2050. It found that the U.S. — along with China […]

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    Biden’s EPA Restores Rule Protecting Vulnerable Communities From Mercury and Other Toxic Power Plant Emissions

    Biden’s EPA Restores Rule Protecting Vulnerable Communities From Mercury and Other Toxic Power Plant Emissions

    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has reaffirmed the legal, scientific and economic bases of the 2012 Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) that require coal– and oil-fired power plants to implement “significant reductions” in emissions of mercury, acid gases and other toxic pollutants, a press release from the EPA said. The decision reverses the […]

    Researchers Warn of Climate ‘Doom Loop’ as Impacts Forestall Green Energy Transition

    Researchers Warn of Climate ‘Doom Loop’ as Impacts Forestall Green Energy Transition

    A new study released Thursday warned that the planet has entered “a new chapter in the climate and ecological crisis,” in which communities are forced to direct massive resources to responding to the escalating impacts of the climate emergency, taking focus away from efforts to slash fossil fuel emissions—causing what the report authors called a “doom loop” that will make avoiding the worst effects of planetary heating increasingly difficult.

    Electric ‘Wallpaper’ Could Warm Homes With Radiant Heat

    Electric ‘Wallpaper’ Could Warm Homes With Radiant Heat

    You’ve probably heard of radiant floor heating for warming floors. But more companies are developing innovative infrared “wallpaper” that can electrically heat a room, with even heat distribution and low utility bills to boot. Two UK-based companies, iHelios and NextGen Heating, are leading the charge on the electric wallpaper, which uses infrared waves to emit […]

    Nitrogen Fertilizers Are Major Greenhouse Gas Emitters, but Their Impact Can Be Cut With Available Solutions

    Nitrogen Fertilizers Are Major Greenhouse Gas Emitters, but Their Impact Can Be Cut With Available Solutions

    When we think of greenhouse gas emissions, we typically think of coal-burning power plants, vehicle exhaust or maybe forests being cleared to make way for methane-belching cows.  However, there is another important agricultural source of climate pollution: nitrogen-based fertilizers. A new study from University of Cambridge-based researchers has calculated these fertilizers’ total contribution to the […]

    Seed Saving 101: Everything You Need to Know

    Seed Saving 101: Everything You Need to Know

    During the pandemic, many turned to gardening as a refuge. According to a survey, while many did it because they were concerned about food access and food security, others also said it was mainly a way to feel less isolated and depressed, and as a way to grow food for the community.  So many people […]