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Coronavirus is accelerating the rise of alternative meat
The supply chain for traditional meat is buckling. Plant-based alternatives are filling the void.
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Forget planting trees. This company is funding 4 far-out carbon removal projects.
"They’re certainly the first ones essentially saying, ‘We’ll pay any price per ton, we want to move this whole field forward.’"
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Microsoft’s ambitious climate goal forgets about its oil contracts
A new study shows that a single collaboration with ExxonMobil has the potential to inflate Microsoft’s yearly carbon footprint by 21 percent.
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Your kid’s first car just might be electric
New study says electric cars will do better than bounce back.
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The problem with Big Oil’s climate goals: They don’t include all the oil.
A new report throws shade on oil companies' climate promises.
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Solar panels are more efficient than you’ve heard. This material could make them even better.
Today’s typical silicon solar panels operate at around 22 percent efficiency, but a new crystalline material called perovskite could soon raise the solar efficiency bar much further.
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Can today’s hottest sustainable building method actually slow climate change?
Cross-laminated timber draws praise -- and skeptics.
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Harvard didn’t divest from fossil fuels. So what does its ‘net-zero’ pledge mean?
Harvard has a new net-zero by 2050 plan for its endowment. But it’s not yet clear what it will entail, and whether the school will be able to fulfill it.
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Coronavirus has wiped out 106,000 clean energy jobs so far. Can the US get them back?
Half a million clean energy workers could lose their jobs by the end of June, according to a new analysis.
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One of coronavirus’s lasting legacies: The end of work as we knew it
Coronavirus has shocked businesses into low-carbon practices. Will they stick?
