I took ThredUp's Fashion Footprint quiz. My annual shopping habits equaled driving 614 miles in a gas-powered car.

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A ThredUp sorting facility in Phoenix.

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Fossil fuels are the new nukes: Pacific island nations at risk from rising sea levels support a nonproliferation treaty for oil and gas

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The coast along the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu
Satellite data show the sea level has risen about 6 mm per year around Vanuatu since 1993, a rate nearly twice the global average.

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A climate tech CEO took calls from an airplane bathroom to try and save his company when his bank collapsed

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An aerial view of a community solar farm.

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Companies that mine copper are making plans to go green so they can help the rest of the world do the same

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A group of companies that produce copper outlined plans to clean up their operations and energy use.

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Oil and gas companies are investing billions to make energy from waste but some climate groups call it greenwashing

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A Divert food waste facility in Freetown, Mass.

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Ukraine's top climate scientist put solar panels on her apartment roof so she could keep the lights on for her son with autism

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Svitlana Krakovska wipes snow from her rooftop solar panels in Kyiv.
Svitlana Krakovska, Ukraine's top climate scientist, wipes snow from the solar panels she and her husband installed on the roof of their apartment building in Kyiv.

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About 1 in 5 Americans live in areas where policies encourage a switch to electric heating, cooling, and cooking

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An electric heat pump installed at a home in Windham, Maine.
An electric heat pump installed at a home in Windham, Maine earlier this year.

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UK scientists found a way to slash nearly 90% of carbon emissions from the country's steel industry

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A worker takes a sample of molten iron flowing from a blast furnace at a steel plant
If the steel industry were a country, it'd be the third-largest emitter behind China and the US.

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The US is bad at recycling. Making businesses pay could boost the rate to 75% in some states, a study found.

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A recycling truck lifting up container
Four states — California, Colorado, Maine, and Oregon — have enacted extended producer responsibility laws. At least 11 others have either introduced legislation or plan to do so.

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Companies are eager to tackle issues like the climate crisis and sustainability but don't know how to start, execs say

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Joe Manchin Davos
Several executives said US Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin's permitting-reform efforts, which have hit a wall in the Senate, are the type of changes needed to make getting projects approved easier.

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