I've been renting all my clothes for over a year. Here's what I love about it — and what everyone should know before trying it.

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Me soon after I started my rental experiment, left, and me over a year later.

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Companies like Amazon, Walmart, and BlackRock that have pushed back against some parts of climate-disclosure rules might see one aspect eased

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SEC Chair Gary Gensler.

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It took 50 years and $11 billion to complete a train station beneath NYC's Grand Central Terminal. It shows how hard it is to build things in the US.

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People explore a new platform after the first Long Island Rail Road train arrived at Grand Central Madison last week.

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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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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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More beauty brands are ditching plastic packaging — and consumers are buying in

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Laid-off tech workers could find a home at startups trying to solve the climate crisis

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NY Climate Tech hosted a climate meetup in New York.

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McDonald's is testing strawless lids in the US after uproar over paper straws in UK

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McDonald's is testing strawless lids for cold beverages in select US markets.

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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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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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Businesses, not governments, will need to lead the transition to clean energy, executives say

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Speakers on sustainability at PwC's Trust Leadership Institute in December 2022.
Joan Motsinger from Seagate and Jamie Gamble from PwC talked with Insider about the role of business in addressing the climate crisis.

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Aviation's best bet for cutting emissions is a new kind of fuel — but there's nowhere near enough of it

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Current US production of sustainable aviation fuel is around 4.5 million gallons per year. The White House wants to up production to 3 billion gallons by 2030, in order to fully decarbonize aviation by 2050.

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