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The Cool Down is mainstream America's guide to a cleaner, cooler future, making it easy for people from all walks of life to help themselves while helping the planet.

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thecooldown.com > green-business > jk-rowling-superyacht-protests-online-backlash

JK Rowling reportedly hid her superyacht's name amid protest fears

25+ min ago   (293+ words) Celebrity excess tends to hit a nerve, but few symbols of disconnect attract backlash quite like a superyacht. That sentiment resurfaced online after a claim spread that author and billionaire JK Rowling had reportedly covered the name of her yacht…...

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thecooldown.com > green-business > texas-voters-prioritize-water-security-projects

Texas poll finds 79% of voters say water projects are a top priority after historic funding vote

1+ hour, 27+ min ago   (619+ words) "Voters are paying close attention to the headlines about Texas' growth." Texas voters increasingly seem to view water security as a statewide issue connected to everyday life and the state's overall stability, rather than as a narrow infrastructure matter. In…...

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thecooldown.com > green-home > off-grid-solar-system-100-kwh-budget

Reddit users say a $50,000 off-grid budget may fall short of a 100-kWh battery bank

2+ hour, 39+ min ago   (507+ words) "Can you do ground mount? That will save a lot of money / hassle/ permitting." A homeowner with $50,000 to spend on an off-grid power system turned to Reddit's r/SolarDIY community to ask whether they could design a setup around a…...

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thecooldown.com > green-business > texas-ranchers-ground-beef-prices-drought-imports-shortage

Texas ranchers say $6.89-per-pound ground beef is drought-driven, and imports won't solve shortage

2+ hour, 51+ min ago   (533+ words) "I think, you know, what Trump is doing is just probably a temporary fix." Ground beef prices are hovering near a record, and Texas ranchers say the strain starts long before shoppers reach the grocery aisle. In the Coastal Bend,…...

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thecooldown.com > green-home > solar-installation-arkansas-renter-pool-cost

Arkansas renter asks if DIY solar can beat $4,000 cost to hardwire power to pool

6+ hour, 3+ min ago   (423+ words) "Just a free upgrade for my landlord." A renter in Arkansas looked at a solar installation from an unusual angle. Instead of focusing on whether panels would shrink a monthly bill, they took to Reddit to ask whether a DIY…...

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thecooldown.com > green-tech > hitachi-launches-ecocute-heat-pump-water-heaters-japan

Hitachi launches CO2 heat pump water heaters in Japan tuned for daytime solar tariffs

9+ hour, 33+ min ago   (588+ words) Full efficiency figures for the new models have not been published yet. Hitachi is introducing a new range of EcoCute heat pump water heaters in Japan that use CO2-based heating and add controls suited to electricity pricing that favors daytime…...

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thecooldown.com > green-tech > trump-reduces-grand-staircase-monument

Trump shrank Utah's Grand Staircase by 90%, dismissing prized dinosaur fossils as 'common"

16+ hour, 24+ min ago   (623+ words) "An absolute distortion of reality." In southeastern Utah, crews had to call in a Chinook helicopter to extract a 75 million-year-old dinosaur fossil after a Black Hawk could not lift the nearly 5,000-pound block of rock around it. On July 13, the…...

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thecooldown.com > green-tech > labor-day-ai-video-automated-factory

White House Labor Day video criticized for AI 'slop' without a worker in sight

17+ hour, 36+ min ago   (464+ words) "Honestly that's a perfect representation of how they think of us." A TikTok post from More Perfect Union (@moreperfectunion) hit its mark after taking aim at a strange Labor Day post from the Trump administration. The offending video from The…...

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thecooldown.com > outdoors > states-sue-trump-endangered-species-habitat

Twenty states, DC, sue over Trump's rollback of endangered species habitat rules

17+ hour, 48+ min ago   (453+ words) "These new rules … open the door to further species decline and possible extinctions." A coalition of 20 states and Washington, D.C., is taking President Donald Trump's administration to court over changes to endangered-species protections that they argue strip away key habitat…...

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thecooldown.com > green-business > new-mexico-sues-fema-national-guard-costs

New Mexico sues FEMA after agency denies $61 million in National Guard costs from federal fire

18+ hour, 12+ min ago   (456+ words) "It's unconscionable that FEMA refuses to pay." New Mexico is taking FEMA to court after the federal agency twice denied reimbursement for tens of millions of dollars the state spent responding to a wildfire sparked by the federal government. The…...