OPINION: Here’s a great way to teach kids about climate change: Start with the food they eat

Following a plant-based diet and reducing food waste are climate-friendly behaviors that kids can understand The Hechinger Report by SARA ELNAKIB and JENNIFER SHUKAITIS February 21, 2023 Most of the behaviors we associate with preventing climate change are totally inaccessible to younger children. They can’t buy electric cars or redirect their retirement accounts away Read more…

US States Can Finally Start Applying for IRA Incentive Money

bloomberg.comCopy Author: Todd Woody URL: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-07-27/us-states-can-start-applying-for-ira-incentive-money?leadSource=uverify%20wall#xj4y7vzkg Almost a year after US President Joe Biden signed the [Inflation Reduction Act into law](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-07-28/here-s-how-manchin-s-climate-deal-could-make-energy-bills-cheaper?sref=aiiNijqZ&srnd=green), American consumers are one step closer to receiving the generous rebates it includes for heat pumps and other high-efficiency electrical appliances. On Thursday, the federal government began accepting applications Read more…

How the ‘electrify everything’ movement went mainstream

How the ‘electrify everything’ movement went mainstream Author: chuck URL: how-the-electrify-everything-movement-went-mainstream “Building electrification,” once a subject embraced only by energy and climate nerds, is going mainstream. In 2019, Berkeley, California passed the nation’s first ordinance [banning new buildings from hooking up to the natural gas system](https://www.berkeleyside.org/2019/07/17/natural-gas-pipes-now-banned-in-new-berkeley-buildings-with-some-exceptions). A [report](https://buildingdecarb.org/resource/innovation-acceleration) published Wednesday Read more…