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The biggest emission sources for people in our area, besides those from general consumption, are: transportation (car and plane), food (diet and waste), and heating (space and water). One thing I struggle with is finding cheap/easy fixes for space heating. A colleague told me she recently priced two ductless heat pumps for four rooms in […]

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Climate change, despite its outsized impact on the planet, is still an abstract concept to many of us. That needs to change. My hope is that readers of this blog will develop a better understanding of...