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![A cargo ship goes through the water and a field.]()
![A cargo ship goes through the water and a field.]()
Can farm waste help clean up the world’s dirty cargo ships?
The shipping giant Maersk is betting on bio-methanol.
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![A car emerges from a Hertz garage]()
![A car emerges from a Hertz garage]()
Hertz just made the biggest electric vehicle purchase ever
Tesla will deliver 100,000 EVs to the rental car company by the end of 2022.
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![A mobile phone with the Google Maps application]()
![A mobile phone with the Google Maps application]()
Google Maps now shows the lowest-carbon route for car journeys
Google’s CEO, Sundar Pichai, said the initiative could save 1 million metric tons of carbon dioxide a year.
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![Microsoft logo with a screwdriver and pliers on top of it]()
![Microsoft logo with a screwdriver and pliers on top of it]()
Bowing to investors, Microsoft will make its devices easier to fix
In a first-of-its-kind agreement, the company has committed to increasing access to spare parts and repair documents.
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![A blast furnace at a steel mill in Salzgitter, Germany.]()
![A blast furnace at a steel mill in Salzgitter, Germany.]()
Can the world’s most polluting heavy industries decarbonize?
The production of steel, cement, and ammonia emit about one-fifth of all human-caused CO2. Technologies are emerging to decarbonize these problem industries, but analysts warn that big challenges remain.
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![Collage: Swiss Army knife with a cargo ship, airplane, car, truck, factory, and stove as tools]()
![Collage: Swiss Army knife with a cargo ship, airplane, car, truck, factory, and stove as tools]()
Why the ‘Swiss Army knife’ of climate solutions is so controversial
Clean hydrogen could replace fossil fuels for almost everything. But should it?
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![An older man wearing a plaid shoe-sleeved plaid shirt, sunglasses and a cap holds sawmill dust in his left hand. Behind him, a blue sky and a young forest let you see a mountain range rising in the horizon.]()
![An older man wearing a plaid shoe-sleeved plaid shirt, sunglasses and a cap holds sawmill dust in his left hand. Behind him, a blue sky and a young forest let you see a mountain range rising in the horizon.]()
Nonprofit finds hope against wildfires with unexpected ally: charcoal
To capture carbon and jumpstart forest thinning, Methow Valley couple – and Washington taxpayers – bet on biochar.
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![Direct air capture plant in Iceland]()
![Direct air capture plant in Iceland]()
‘Orca,’ the largest carbon removal facility to date, is up and running
It can remove 4,000 tons of CO2 from the atmosphere per year. But the cost isn't clear yet.
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Can the West learn to share renewable power?
Insights: Proponents of a heftier, coordinated grid assess its importance — and barriers to their visions.
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![Biden stands in front of two electric vehicles.]()
![Biden stands in front of two electric vehicles.]()
‘Big Three’ automakers join Biden in electric car promises
Ford, GM, and Stellantis have vowed that up to 50% of their car sales will be electric by 2030.
