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Microsoft can’t achieve its climate goals alone — so it’s enlisting other companies to go net-zero
Nike, Starbucks, Mercedes, Unilever, and others join Microsoft in the Transform to Net Zero initiative
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Is renewable natural gas a serious alternative to ‘electrify everything’?
Gas utilities are betting on it.
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‘Million-mile’ batteries are coming. Are they a revolution?
True million-mile batteries are likely to outlast whatever cars they’re built for, meaning their arrival could dramatically impact both second-use markets and battery recycling.
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BP and Shell will keep (some of) it in the ground
Both companies admitted their products are worth less after the pandemic desolated the oil industry.
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Beyond ‘Climate Pledge Arena’: Are Amazon’s climate goals for real?
Critics say that the company is using deceptive accounting techniques to distract from its increasing emissions.
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How do you save clean energy? This company plans to pump it underground.
New York will be the first state to give the system a test drive.
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Amid a pandemic, transit authorities turn to technology
Cities are eyeing microtransit to create a responsive system. But experts say there are tradeoffs.
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Lyft drivers have 10 years to swap their gas cars for EVs
Lyft said it would transition to 100% electric vehicles by 2030. But its electrifying news leaves some questions unanswered.
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The deep sea could hold the key to a renewable future. Is it worth the costs?
“We’re creating regulations for an ecosystem that we don’t understand.”
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Can a green economy make me rich?
Mitigating and adapting to climate change is perhaps humanity’s biggest project ever, and it’s expensive.
