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Louisiana consultant spent 13 years drafting energy efficiency rules

“After 13 years, we can’t call it Quick Start anymore”: Utility opposition to proposed efficiency rules is part of the reason consultants have delayed work for years.

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A nasty wildfire pollutant could worsen climate change

Dark brown carbon particles in smoke can absorb light in the atmosphere, adding a heating factor not accounted for in most climate models.
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Streetleaf's solar streetlights stay on when the power goes off

Streetleaf’s streetlights take just a few minutes to install because they don’t need wiring—and have provided light to communities where disasters have knocked out the power.

Lights off: France parkour collectives fight pollution one store sign at a time
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Lights off: France parkour collectives fight pollution one store sign at a time

The Paris-based On The Spot collective is just one of a number of parkour collectives around France trying to raise awareness about light pollution and energy consumption as part of the Lights Off movement.

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www.theatlantic.com

Coastal darkening is threatening marine life

Around the world, coastal waters are steadily growing darker. This darkening—a change in the water's color and clarity—has the potential to cause huge problems for oceans and their inhabitants.

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Light pollution helps chicks survive as birds 'catch up' to early spring caused by climate change 

Light pollution is helping more chicks survive as some birds "catch up" to the early spring caused by climate change, a study has found.

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Laura Crews: Living with climate change in a year of fire and ice

Is this what it is to live with climate change? To carry on as normal even though nothing is normal?
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