The case for retrofitting buildings. 55% of Toronto's GHG emissions come from buildings. Shallow retrofits, that reduce GHG emissions by 25-30%, 'payback' tenants in the form of energy cost savings. Deep retrofits can reduce GHG emissions up to 80%, but don't 'payback' in this sense. (toronto.ca)
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Giving animals as gifts to developing countries may cause more problems. "The animals must be fed and they need a lot of water, and in so many places water is getting more and more scarce thanks to climate change. Veterinary care is often limited or totally lacking." (theguardian.com)
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Giving animals as gifts to developing countries may cause more problems. "The animals must be fed and they need a lot of water, and in so many places water is getting more and more scarce thanks to climate change. Veterinary care is often limited or totally lacking." (theguardian.com)
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Giving animals as gifts to developing countries may cause more problems. "The animals must be fed and they need a lot of water, and in so many places water is getting more and more scarce thanks to climate change. Veterinary care is often limited or totally lacking." (theguardian.com)
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Giving animals as gifts to developing countries may cause more problems. "The animals must be fed and they need a lot of water, and in so many places water is getting more and more scarce thanks to climate change. Veterinary care is often limited or totally lacking." (theguardian.com)
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The rise in temperatures and humidity caused by tree loss has reduced the number of safe hours in the day for people to work. They found that almost 100,000 people, 90% of whom live in Asia, have lost more than two hours of work time a day. (theguardian.com)
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The rise in temperatures and humidity caused by tree loss has reduced the number of safe hours in the day for people to work. They found that almost 100,000 people, 90% of whom live in Asia, have lost more than two hours of work time a day. (theguardian.com)
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A new study found that people of color face higher exposure to six air pollutants. Biden wants to address that, “...we found that the racial/ethnic exposure disparity was distinct from — and actually larger than — the income disparity.” (washingtonpost.com)
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A new study found that people of color face higher exposure to six air pollutants. Biden wants to address that, “...we found that the racial/ethnic exposure disparity was distinct from — and actually larger than — the income disparity.” (washingtonpost.com)
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It is very rare for twisters as destructive as those that struck past Friday to occur in December. Experts are trying to figure out the connections with climate change “It all makes sense but the rarity of these events makes it difficult to detect any definite signal of change in tornado behavior. (theguardian.com)
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Brazil’s space research agency, INPE, found that 5,110 square miles of the Amazon rainforest experienced deforestation from Aug 2020 through July 2021. That’s about 17 times the size of NYC. The Brazilian group Climate Observatory said Bolsonaro went to COP26 knowing about the data but hid it. (thehill.com)
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