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Google plans to power your searches with carbon-free energy by 2030
Google’s announcement comes as historic fires linked to climate change have burned millions of acres across the Western U.S.
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U.S. regulators woke up and realized climate change could cause a financial crisis
34 experts representing banks, asset managers, the energy and agricultural sectors, and environmental NGOs agree: Climate change is a major threat to the economy.
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Nuclear power’s big new idea is really … small
Mini nuclear plants are almost here. Is the U.S. ready?
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Apple’s Lisa Jackson on leadership, justice, and generations of change
"We cannot afford the luxury of complacency": The former EPA administrator–turned–tech exec gets candid.
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Solar panels are starting to die. What will we do with the megatons of toxic trash?
Most solar manufacturers claim their panels will last for about 25 years. That means the solar e-waste glut is coming.
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Apple’s low-carbon aluminum is a climate game changer
The most exciting part of Apple’s new climate pledge? Low-carbon aluminum.
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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.
