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It's not too late to fight back against the climate emergency by creating livable and eco-friendly cities for the future. The answer lies in modernizing and repurposing our existing buildings, and designing urban areas that adapt to people's changing needs.

The 'mammoth meatball' grown in a lab probably doesn't taste like woolly mammoth at all

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A meatball made from flesh cultivated using the DNA of an extinct woolly mammoth is presented at NEMO Science Museum in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

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Affordable housing is the best way to prevent heat-related deaths, Phoenix's chief heat officer says

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10 surprising things you can recycle, from flip-flops to human hair

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  • Innovators around the world are finding creative ways to recycle things we throw away.
  • Human hair can soak up oil spills, while used coffee grounds can be made into sunglasses frames.
  • We found out how companies are repurposing old chopsticks, flip

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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8 sustainability experts on the front lines share concrete reasons to be hopeful about the climate crisis

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Northvolt, a $12 billion startup founded by an ex-Tesla VP, thinks crushing and shredding old batteries is the way to make electric vehicles truly sustainable

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'Avoided Emissions' are key to helping society reach net zero CO2 emissions by 2050

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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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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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