Climate Action 15: 2024's top global innovators powering green solutions

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The climate crisis is having profound effects across the globe, from more intense heat waves and drought to catastrophic floods and wildfires.

Saudi says The Line will be the world's first 'eco-city.' Construction and design specialists aren't so sure.

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A conceptual image of the planned design for The Line in Saudi Arabia's Neom, shows a large mirrored facade extending out into the water from the desert.
The planned design for The Line in Neom.

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The Biden administration is giving entrepreneurs a shot at loans up to $2 million for climate-focused projects

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The Small Business Administration is expanding loan programs for climate-friendly businesses.

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China's industrial push risks destabilizing the global economy and watering down green-energy exports, Janet Yellen warns

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Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen speaks to reporters during her trip to China.

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The next lucrative side hustle: selling electricity to your neighbors

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Instead of relying on monolithic utilities to keep the lights on, the rising popularity of solar panels and battery storage could allow average Americans to sell electricity to their neighbors.

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California's Salton Sea could hold enough lithium for 375 million batteries, and it could meet US EV needs for decades

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As world leaders gather for COP28 one question looms - who will pay for the green transition?

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World leaders are meeting at COP28 in Dubai this month.

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From black gold to green power: Texas, weirdly, is leading America's clean energy future

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A silhouette of the state of Texas bears the state's flag. But instead the lone star on the flag is replaced by the rotor blades of a wind turbine. More wind turbines are in the background.
Texas is leading the way in renewable energy. But the battle against oil and gas is far from over.

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Make America Build Again

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Anne-Marie Griger's job is to build big things — fields of solar panels that can power a city, forests of wind turbines as tall as sequoias. But to do it, she has to start small. 

A rapid clean-energy transition could save 181 million years of healthy human life annually by 2050, report finds

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Poor air quality in New York City, caused by wildfires in Canada.

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