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‘The Good Place’: It’s hard to be good when the world’s on fire
“Life now is so complicated, it’s impossible for anyone to be good enough for the Good Place."
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Waiter, there’s a climate surcharge in my soup
A new initiative will use haute cuisine to fund carbon sequestration.
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Do carbon offsets really work? It depends on the details.
The market for offsets is booming as companies seek to burnish their green credentials. But only some investments make a difference.
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STIs can save the planet. No, not those STIs.
Seven ways humanity can reduce the risk of unplanned planetary disaster.
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Is fake meat getting too much like the real thing?
It’s so close to the authentic item, and yet it’s not real. For this writer, that’s just creepy.
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Doomsday Clock moves closer to midnight, due in part to climate change
The clock, a symbol created in 1947 to represent humankind’s proximity to global catastrophe, is now just 100 seconds to midnight for the first time ever.
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Ohio officials know how to stop Lake Erie from turning toxic, but no one will do it
Lake Erie turns toxic every summer. Officials aren’t cracking down on the source.
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Sold: Bankrupt Philadelphia oil refinery goes to a real estate company
The buyer has a history of redeveloping industrial sites into warehouses and logistics centers.
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Small farmers feel left out amid a boom in African fertilizer production
Africa is turning a corner toward producing more fertilizer locally.