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Good news: Big companies are using a record amount of clean energy
Companies like Walmart and General Motors are starting to defect from the fossil fuel-powered electric grid.
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New tool will scrub the oil off your investments
The Decarbonizer shows what would have happened if you had divested a few years ago.
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Hotel chain bans bacon and sausage from breakfast menu
If you're a bacon freak, you might want to avoid the Comfort Hotels in Scandinavia.
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This company made a jacket out of microbe-made spider silk
But that could be just the beginning for this sustainable wonder material.
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Hold on to your lacerations: We’re heading towards a terrifying, post-antibiotics world
There's bad news out of China on a last-resort antibiotic.
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BP could claim a massive tax write-off from Deepwater oil spill penalties
If the DOJ doesn't act, the oil giant could see a $5 billion windfall.
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If the fracking boom fizzles, will climate action fizzle, too?
A glut of oil and gas in the U.S. has made key environmental policies more politically palatable. What will happen if that glut ends?
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This map shows which countries are squandering the most money on fossil fuel subsidies
G20 nations spend $452 billion each year on fossil fuel subsidies. But some countries are at least starting to reform those programs.
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Each piece of garbage has a story. This artist traces it
Jenny Odell's "Bureau of Suspended Objects" project looks at where the stuff we throw out came from, who made it, and what it means.
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How green is your cat’s food?
What's really in cat food? A vegan pet owner wants to know, and Umbra has the purr-fect answer.