NEW: Updated efficiency standards for electric water heaters will shift more new models to use heat pump technology, leading to savings of about $170 a year for many U.S. households
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Sea levels along the U.S. Gulf coast have risen at twice the global rate during the past 14 years, with more dangerous rain-driven and flash floods reported within 10 miles of the coast in the region.

That means some storms can now create epic floods. wapo.st/3y54AGO

More refill stores (places where you bring your own containers) are opening. If you've shopped at one before, I'd love to hear more about your experience. If you haven't, what are your concerns or questions?

Please share your thoughts in this form:
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We tested sustainable toilet paper brands on softness, absorbency and strength. Here's what we found:
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Want less wasteful toilet paper, that won't end up flushing products made from virgin trees down the toilet? Allyson Chiu and john farrell found a winner, after enlisting the help of Shannon Osaka Amudalat Ajasa Scott Dance and Kasha Patel as testers: washingtonpost.com/climate-soluti…

BREAKING: The U.S. just changed the way it manages a tenth of its land, by having Bureau of Land Management - National put conservation and recreation on equal footing with extracting oil, gas and minerals from underground. By Maxine Joselow washingtonpost.com/climate-enviro…

In Kenya, #climate has made camels the new cows, as herders there search for a reliable source for milk. Check out this amazing dispatch from Chico Harlan Rael Ombuor and Malin on the day that 77 camels arrived in Samburu County: washingtonpost.com/climate-soluti…

A #Heat Pump ‘Petting Zoo’? This Fair Helps Americans Green Their Homes.
#news #environment #climatechange #energy

Allyson Chiu reports for The Washington Post

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A delightful romp through a home electrification show-and-tell in D.C. by Allyson Chiu at The Washington Post. Yes to more heat pump 'petting zoos'! 🐐wapo.st/4bf52kr

Today, designer Hannah Good is real-time reporting with illustrations at Washington Post Live's This Is Climate Summit. Hannah curates comics journalism & illustrator reporting with teams around the newsroom. You can find her work in The Washington Post articles or at live events. #washpostlife

Want to attend a free program 3/30 at National Portrait Gallery USA highlighting the career of National Geographic Explorer at Large Sylvia A. Earle? Of course you do! We'll screen short DEEP TROUBLE and Her Deepness will be in conversation w/The Washington Post's Allyson Chiu. RSVP: dceff.eventive.org/schedule

Original pitch for this story: Dunes! Not just a huge pile of sand
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What's the 'greenest' car in America? A new report says a plug-in hybrid can beat out the most environmentally friendly electric vehicles, writes Shannon Osaka
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Home builders are using their political muscle to prevent states and cities nationwide from adopting latest building codes, which would lower the climate impact of new houses (via Anna Phillips)
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Nex Benedict collapsed and died the day after a fight in a girls’ bathroom at the Oklahoma public high school they attended, where relatives say the 10th-grader had been bullied for being nonbinary. wapo.st/3UP7Pvw

How can you tell you're getting the seafood you actually paid for? @Oceana's @DrMaxValentine details how to spot seafood fraud in this @WashingtonPost piece by @_AllysonChiu: wapo.st/49usJEh

You may not be getting the fish you paid for, writes Allyson Chiu Here's how to spot seafood fraud: washingtonpost.com/climate-soluti…

For my Climate Lab column, I made an animation showing how carbon dioxide builds up in the atmosphere over the course of a year.

You can see emissions from fossil fuels, fires, land, and ocean.

🌎 Give it a spin here: washingtonpost.com/climate-enviro…

I know that every time I share a Harry Stevens Climate Lab column I include some laudatory language, but really, this piece on how the Earth breathes CO2 over the course of a year is mesmerizing. Spin the globe, and see for yourself! washingtonpost.com/climate-enviro…

What's contributing to the ongoing housing shortage?

Read Simon Barnicle in Star Tribune Opinion on how local zoning rules overregulate new residential projects, stymie development and drive up costs⬇️
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