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As climate change threatens cultural treasures, museums get creative to conserve both energy and artifacts

Grist

But climate control represents a particularly bedeviling problem, since more energy use contributes to climate change, which in turn causes greater temperature extremes that necessitate even more energy use to maintain a controlled indoor environment (sometimes known as the “doom loop” of AC ). Southwick agrees.

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Fluid thinking: Equipping cities to avoid inundation

Envirotec Magazine

Durham, October 2023 Urban locations worldwide are struggling to manage stormwater drainage, in the face of extreme weather. Climate change is expected to bring a more variable water cycle, 2 with weather conditions veering towards extremes of dryness and wetness. They are also more often associated with older cities.

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Earth Day goes big & virtual again

Greenability Magazine

Stormwater Sunday Earth Day Celebration , The Little Red Hen’s Community Garden puppet show, 2400 E. Read Aloud of A Field Guide to Climate Anxiety: How to Keep Your Cool on a Warming Planet – Kansas City, KS Public Library. Starting Small: Simple Steps to a More Sustainable Lifestyle – The Resilient Activist.

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Somerville Climate Forward Celebration Recap

Greentown Labs

The plan is Somerville’s first, and is a comprehensive “set of implementable actions that will reduce Somerville’s contribution to climate change and prepare the City for the unavoidable impacts of climate change.” Curtatone, as well as a number of climate change leaders in the community.

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The UK Infrastructure Bank offers a once-in-a-generation chance to value natural capital in practice

Business Green

The Bank is intended to deliver on the UK's net zero commitment, operate within the Climate Change Act, and facilitate the deployment of public and private capital to modernise and improve the infrastructure of nation.

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New York Sustainability: Tax Credits, Grants and Green Funding

Green Business Bureau

of New York City’s 1 billion buildings – this is despite the significant benefits the technology brings (urban cooling, flood defense, and biodiversity support). The bank financially supports a range of climate change mitigating solutions, from building efficiency to grid-scale energy storage and clean transportation.

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Wellesleys Global Flora greenhouse can generate all of its own energy

AGreenLiving

Energy recovery units, geothermal-powered radiant heating and cooling and vertical water features help create local microclimates and keep energy use to a minimum. The greenhouse also includes stormwater retention tanks. Kennedy & Violich Architecture Images via Kennedy & Violich Architecture.