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![Refillable and reusable containers with milk, tacos, and lentils]()
![Refillable and reusable containers with milk, tacos, and lentils]()
How to build a zero-waste economy
These businesses say: reuse, refill, return.
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![An smoke comes out of a smokestack as the sun rises in front of a blue sky]()
![An smoke comes out of a smokestack as the sun rises in front of a blue sky]()
Study: Race must be a factor in combatting air pollution
Decreasing greenhouse gases alone won't help communities of color that suffer from toxic air.
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![A group of people chat in a greenhouse filled with plants.]()
![A group of people chat in a greenhouse filled with plants.]()
The former dumping ground that became a flourishing food ecosystem
Cleveland's Rid-All Green Partnership began small in 2011, and it now supports a community kitchen and farmer's market with acres of farmland.
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![Plastic bottles in a sculpture, with building in background]()
![Plastic bottles in a sculpture, with building in background]()
The global plastics treaty can fight climate change — if it reduces plastic production
A new report says a 75 percent cut in plastics is needed to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius.
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Erosion and sea-level rise are coming for their Louisiana home. They’re staying anyway.
“It’s a lot to ask somebody to move whenever you don’t know the whole story about how we live."
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Should we pull carbon out of the air with trees, or machines?
It’s not as simple as it sounds.
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Meet the women working to grow local food systems on U.S. island territories
On island territories, where most food is imported, achieving a level of food sovereignty is becoming more urgent due to climate change.
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![Environmentalist drag queen Pattie Gonia (pronounced like Patagonia) wears a silver dress that is also a tent]()
![Environmentalist drag queen Pattie Gonia (pronounced like Patagonia) wears a silver dress that is also a tent]()
The North Face’s Pride ad with drag queen Pattie Gonia sparks backlash
A call from the environmental influencer to “come out … in nature” sparked backlash from right-wing commenters and politicians.
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![Corroded and damaged electric vehicle batteries at the Ascend Elements electric vehicle recycling plant in Covington, Georgia, March 31, 2023.]()
![Corroded and damaged electric vehicle batteries at the Ascend Elements electric vehicle recycling plant in Covington, Georgia, March 31, 2023.]()
The US doesn’t have a law mandating EV battery recycling. Should it?
Recycling batteries could reduce the need to mine critical minerals - but only if the packs are properly recovered.
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![HVAC worker kneeling to install a heat pump]()
![HVAC worker kneeling to install a heat pump]()
Ithaca bets on heat pumps in mobile homes
The upstate New York city would be one of the first in the country to tackle the energy woes of affordable housing.
