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Climate Change Is Wrecking 45,000-Year-Old Cave Paintings in Indonesia
Coffee Without Beans? A Startup Brews a New Cup of Joe
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As China prepares to host the winter games next year, one major challenge is keeping the air fresh.
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A growing segment of consumers want zero waste packaging options, from toiletries to cleaning products.
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Artists, climate experts and explorers will hobnob with billionaires to raise environmental awareness
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What you need to know about buying an induction stove.
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All that gunk you’re not breathing in has to go somewhere—and it’s likely heading to a landfill.
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It won’t necessarily help save the planet, but it will help save your conscience.
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The artist thinks there’s a better way to reach an audience.
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Some new complexes include high-tech energy amenities, including lithium batteries the size of a fridge that can store solar electricity and supply it to the grid when needed.
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The average vehicle sells for significantly more today than it did in 2012.
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Feather wants to save you from having to buy another bed, table or couch.
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The right-leaning papers tend to drive public opinion, and now they’re backing Boris Johnson’s campaign to tackle climate change
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Electrification doesn’t mean we’ll have to say goodbye to stale coffee and fried chicken.
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When Wim Coekaerts built his dream home, he decided to bypass the local utility and engineer his own microgrid.
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California wants to replace millions of gas water heaters with high-tech electric ones to serve as “thermal batteries” for storing solar and wind energy.
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The plant-based straw, manufactured by WinCup, will biodegrade anywhere, whether it's composted or not
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Revel’s shared mopeds are a real step toward emissions-free transportation—with real risks, too.
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Blizzards, hurricanes, and wildfire risks can all be reasons you might lose power. Here are some alternatives to buying a highly polluting generator.
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Google’s video site now makes inaccurate climate change content harder to find. But educators with factual videos still struggle to gain an audience on the topic.
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Replacing your gas furnace, water heater, stove, and clothes dryer promises to lock in long-term environmental and economic benefits—but beware of surprise costs.
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In one of this year's best climate books, All We Can Save brings an empathetic perspective to a fraught subject
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Veles is a spray cleanser made from organic waste—the first in what founder Amanda Weeks hopes will be a whole trash-based product line.
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Finding signs of progress in the latest issue of our magazine
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