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How might we keep the lights on, water flowing, and natural world vaguely intact? It starts with grabbing innovative ideas/examples to help kick down our limits and inspire a more sustainable world. We implement with rigorous science backed by hard data.
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Middle America’s Low-Hanging Carbon: The Search for Greenhouse Gas Cuts from the Grid, Agriculture and Transportation

Middle America’s Low-Hanging Carbon: The Search for Greenhouse Gas Cuts from the Grid, Agriculture and Transportation | Sustainability Science | Scoop.it
Reporters in 14 newsrooms across the Midwest teamed up with InsideClimate News to explore local solutions to climate change.
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Electricity’s Carbon Footprint in U.S. Shrinks, Sets Record

Electricity’s Carbon Footprint in U.S. Shrinks, Sets Record | Sustainability Science | Scoop.it
U.S. energy-related carbon pollution fell in 2016, part of a decade-long trend as utilities use less coal in favor of natural gas.
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Super cool trend.  Now if we can only bend that arc even lower.

The reality is that our planet is switching to renewable energy, the only question is how fast.
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