DOE goes gaga on cool roofs

In a statement, Chu said, "Cool roofs are one of the quickest and lowest cost ways we can reduce our global carbon emissions and begin the hard work of slowing climate change."

Janet Ritz, Huffington Post: The Planet Has a Fever

Have you felt it? The sweltering summer that has strained the grid? The floods and tornadoes and the hail? The increased humidity where it was a dry heat? The dry heat where it was moist?

The planet has a fever. That's not supposition.
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Hundreds of Russians are reported to have drowned in swimming accidents as they drink to offset their misery and take to unsupervised rivers and streams to escape the heat.
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Perhaps the fifty plus percent who've decided it's more convenient to believe there is nothing wrong should go outside during the next heat wave. Perhaps they should stay there without air conditioning, as do so many around the world, until they realize the planet has a fever of our making and that we are the only ones who can cool it down.

Tacoma Owes $525K for Damage to Ozone

The city of Tacoma, Washington will pay a settlement to the EPA due to a flawed refrigerator disposal project it was running. The disposal service was mismanaged from 2004 to 2007, releasing chlorofluorocarbons into the environment. More than 14,600 appliances were serviced in order to recover refrigerants that can damage the ozone layer. The recovery process accidentally released 4,600 pounds of refrigerant, which reportedly is equivalent to 32,000,000 pounds of CO2. CFCs cause ozone depletion, which contributes to climate change and can have negative health impacts on humans. The accidental releases violated the Clean Air Act.