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Some valuable lessons learned: Listen first, speak second. Don’t just inform and educate … enable and engage. And apply those lessons at next opportunity.
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New federal funding helps low-income households afford energy-efficiency upgrades
The improvements enable people to save money and protect the climate.
Climate change has created a new workforce
With disasters occurring more frequently, more people are needed for clean-up and rebuilding.
2022 brings Earth’s 5th-warmest April
Another top-10 warmest year on record is expected for the planet in 2022.
Readings on climate-change impacts and insurance
Things are changing quickly for those trying to afford property insurance: troubles both getting it and paying for it.
Grants help Wisconsin nonprofits purchase electric vehicles
The electric vehicles will help the organizations save money and protect the environment.
Radon – yet another higher risk from thawing permafrost
Researchers find that escaping radon can build up in homes, threaten health.
Therapy dogs help wildland firefighters relieve stress
California-based First Responder Therapy Dogs brings trained therapy dogs to wildfire basecamps.
Prairie Island Indian Community uses nuclear waste fund for net-zero carbon goal
The tribe plans to install solar panels, make energy efficiency upgrades, and retrofit buildings to run on electricity.
Learn more about the climate crisis, from causes to solutions.
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Apartment building retrofits can help the climate and save tenants money
But the process can be expensive, so financial incentives could help ease the transition.
Volunteer pilots rescue sea turtles stunned by cold water
Cold stunning is a growing problem as the climate changes.
Moms push Massachusetts utilities to transition to renewable heat sources
Mothers Out Front wants customers to be able to heat their homes with renewable electricity and geothermal energy.
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‘Can our politics rise to the climate challenge?’
A reader wonders what governments would look like if they made vulnerable people, not big businesses, the priority.
Eco-friendly gifts for every budget in 2021
Holiday cheer that’s good for the planet, too.
How to talk about climate change: Ask questions
This simple strategy will help you start low-conflict conversations about the planet’s gnarliest problem.
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Radon – yet another higher risk from thawing permafrost
Researchers find that escaping radon can build up in homes, threaten health.
2022 brings Earth’s 5th-warmest April
Another top-10 warmest year on record is expected for the planet in 2022.
