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Strategies for reducing the fossil-fuel impact of electric vehicles

Renewable Energy World

The impact of electric transportation on pollution and reduced carbon emissions and fossil-fuel consumption is complicated. On the one hand, well-designed electric vehicles (EVs) use much less energy per mile than conventionally-fueled vehicles. Midwest, wind energy is growing quickly. For example, in the U.S.

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How to Build and Retrofit a Sustainable Home

Green Business Bureau

Building and Retrofitting a Sustainable Home. Whether you’re building from scratch or adding onto an existing home, there are a variety of green building materials and products on the market today to create your sustainable home vision. Eco-Friendly, Ethically-Sourced Building Materials. RECLAIMED LUMBER. RECYCLED STEEL.

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Bay Area CCAs Solicit 30MW of Distributed Batteries to Weather Grid Outages

GreenTechMedia

Community-choice aggregators representing three San Francisco Bay Area counties have launched a 30-megawatt behind-the-meter battery solicitation aimed at protecting vulnerable customers and communities from the massive fire-prevention power outages of bankrupt utility Pacific Gas & Electric.

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200 million acres of forest cover have been lost since 1960

Grist

Notably, these nations are home to some of the world’s largest rainforests, which not only suck carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere but also create planet-cooling clouds and control global hydrological cycles. According to a study published earlier this year , tropical forests can cool the planet by an entire degree Celsius (1.8

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Community-run solar projects divert £195,000 to coronavirus support funds

Business Green

Community solar investor and facilitator Community Owned Renewable Energy Partners (CORE) revealed on Thursday that six projects across England and Wales had organised the funding release by arranging early payments from their respective annual community benefit funds, as well as additional ‘top up funds'.

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Isle of Man retreat is carbon-neutral and focused on conservation

AGreenLiving

The product of a collaboration between architect Foster Lomas , local charity Manx Wildlife Trust and a retired couple with a background in biological science , medicine and education, this unique project was designed to blend seamlessly into its picturesque surroundings. Foster Lomas Photography by Edmund Sumner via Foster Lomas.

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Climate Corps Alumni Advisory Board

EDF + Business

He/Him/His) Energy & Sustainability Consultant, Cumming Corporation Los Angeles, CA, USA Shorenstein Realty Services (‘15). As an Assistant Project Manager, Trevor Anderson supports his Energy and Sustainability team and their clients on a variety of sustainability consulting services. Ian Champ. (He/Him/His)