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![Collage of plant sprouting from biochar]()
![Collage of plant sprouting from biochar]()
Biochar is a ‘shovel-ready’ climate technology, but can it scale up?
The soil soot is a small-scale solution that climate advocates — and corporations — want more of.
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![Photo of President Biden sitting at a podium]()
![Photo of President Biden sitting at a podium]()
Want to join the American Climate Corps? Here’s what we know so far.
Biden's program is expected to hire 20,000 young people in its first year.
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![A vast field full of towering wind turbines is seen in the background with the small town of Rio Vista, California in the foreground.]()
![A vast field full of towering wind turbines is seen in the background with the small town of Rio Vista, California in the foreground.]()
This tax tweak is supercharging Biden’s climate agenda
For the first time, clean energy tax credits are transferable, and the market for them is surging.
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![A family of three three is shown unloading groceries in a small BMW electric car plugged in outside their home.]()
![A family of three three is shown unloading groceries in a small BMW electric car plugged in outside their home.]()
A simple way to make electric cars more accessible: Share them
Car shares not only make EVs more equitable, they reduce the number of vehicles on the road and the resources needed to decarbonize transport.
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![Digital collage of woman sleeping with an orange circle and red circle above her]()
![Digital collage of woman sleeping with an orange circle and red circle above her]()
Is it time for the world to take a siesta?
An idea from the past could provide a way to cope with extreme heat.
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![Illustration of bench between two trees with sun in background]()
![Illustration of bench between two trees with sun in background]()
How cities are working to improve ‘tree equity’
Data reveals the division of tree cover along racial and income lines in cities — and can also help them fix it.
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![A groundworker is seen driving a baggage cart heaped with luggage toward a jet parked on the tarmac at Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport.]()
![A groundworker is seen driving a baggage cart heaped with luggage toward a jet parked on the tarmac at Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport.]()
The fight for worker safety protection heats up at the Phoenix airport
People laboring in brutal temperatures want OSHA to investigate conditions that leave them vulnerable to heat illness and exhaustion.
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![A small boat sails over the tranquil waters of the Black Sea at sunset.]()
![A small boat sails over the tranquil waters of the Black Sea at sunset.]()
A look inside the plan to store carbon at the bottom of the Black Sea
The Black Sea is almost devoid of oxygen. That could make it a great place to stash carbon.
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![Puffy clouds float above a brown field with a house in the distance.]()
![Puffy clouds float above a brown field with a house in the distance.]()
Their water is undrinkable. So these West Texas residents have taken matters into their own hands.
The water in these four unincorporated communities near Lubbock has been undrinkable for years, residents say. They hope to win $3 million in state grants to improve their systems.
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Mobile homes could be a climate solution. So why don’t they get more respect?
We like to denigrate manufactured housing, but new units are better for the environment.
