Huerta: “By 2050, 8 million people are expected to move to the 10 cities studied in this report as a result of climate change.” That’s if climate pollution is not greatly reduced in the coming years.

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New Jersey alone is home to more than 3,000 warehouses and distribution centers, many of which rely on polluting diesel trucks.

Fridges, freezers, and cooling cases at most supermarkets rely on HFCs, which are potent global warming gases. But there’s an alternative.

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The first is to serve more vegetables. Producing meat requires a lot of land for grazing and growing feed, which can drive deforestation. And cows burp up a lot of climate-warming methane. Schrader: ...