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Tory members back stronger green energy policies, as Sunak cools on heat pumps

Business Green

Such findings underscore the scale of support among Conservative Party members for ambitious green policies that can help curb the huge hike in energy bills expected this winter, just as postal ballot papers for choosing Britain's next PM are sent out to the membership from next week.

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Report: It’s time for the U.S. to research solar geoengineering

Grist

To avoid the most disastrous sea-level rise, storms, heat waves, and drought, the best available science says that greenhouse gas emissions must be cut in half in the next decade or so and brought to net-zero by the middle of the century. Two possible interventions that could cool the planet involve altering clouds.

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Does talking about climate ‘tipping points’ inspire action — or defeat?

Grist

Bob Kopp, a co-author of the paper who researches climate change and sea level rise at Rutgers University, said that talking about tipping points, as scary as they are, might not inspire people to do something about climate change. Thats because fear is an unreliable motivator. Gladwell recounted in 2009.

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

Grist

Autodesk Although the team is just at the start of this digitization journey, Tom is excited about what the data can do for energy efficiency — for instance, gradually pre-heating and cooling spaces, based on models of how many people will be in the space at a given time. “Over a third of museums in the U.S. Southwick agrees.

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A Window into Louisiana’s Continued Embrace of the Fossil Fuel Industry

DeSmogBlog

” Citizens’ For A New Louisiana , a group that purports to offer “sound public policy insights” that reflect conservative values and promote transparency in local government, is spearheading the controversy by calling for a growing number of books, mostly related to the LGBTQ community, to be banned from public libraries across the state. .

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? US clean investment cleans up with $239bn #187

Climate Tech VC

  In other news the EU parliament passed a law to restore 20% of the EU’s land and sea by 2030, England requires all new buildings to improve biodiversity, and the US Congress finds something they can agree on with nuclear policy, while the SEC may be set to announce watered down rules on reporting. 

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How Improved Housing in Under-Served Communities Can Strengthen Climate Resilience

The City Fix

In the crowded slums of Zambia, Africa, members of the Zambia Youth Federation, a social movement of the urban poor, conducted climate change research and presented it in an emotional spoken word poem. Their message let policymakers know how climate.