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Oakland’s new school buses don’t just reduce pollution — they double as giant batteries
A new fleet of buses can send power back to the grid, stabilizing it instead of straining it.
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Scientists want to build a ‘doomsday’ vault on the moon
Climate change is threatening Earth's biodiversity. Could frozen regions of the moon be the best place to "back up" lifeforms?
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The right to repair electronics is now law in 3 states. Is Big Tech complying?
You're legally entitled to fix your own gadgets in California, Minnesota, and New York — but not all tech companies have gotten the memo.
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Colorado is trying to prevent people from putting plastic forks in their compost
But even products certified as "compostable" are causing headaches.
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How ‘loving corrections’ could transform our relationships with one another — and the Earth
In her newest book, activist and scholar adrienne maree brown offers a practical guide to empathy.
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Here’s how much cropland could be freed up if Americans ate half as much meat
A national flexitarian diet would reduce the amount of U.S. farmland by roughly the size of South Dakota.
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How do you reduce the carbon footprint of a political convention? One donation at a time.
Organizers want the 50,000 attendees to pitch in toward solutions.
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How greener schoolyards benefit kids — and the whole community
Between 2000 and 2012, Denver converted all its elementary school campuses to green spaces. A new study tracks the economic benefits.
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How food banks prevented 1.8 million metric tons of carbon emissions last year
Redistributing food before it’s tossed or wasted doesn’t just fight hunger — it also fights climate change.
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How the Marshall Fire sparked a political transformation in Colorado
After the fire destroyed his town in 2021, a state rep took on insurance companies, mortgage lenders, and landlords — and beat them all.
