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

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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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America is addicted to parking lots — and it's killing the economy

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The US is home to as many as 2 billion parking spots. All this wasted space is wrecking our economy and making it harder to building homes.

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America is being hit by a huge surge in blackouts — and it's only going to get worse

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Major blackouts are happening more often thanks to extreme weather from climate change and a fragmented electric grid.

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SVB's collapse could make it harder for climate startups to get the funding they need

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Startup founders scrambled to get their funds out of Silicon Valley Bank after its collapse.
Startup founders scrambled to get their funds out of Silicon Valley Bank.

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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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People are fleeing Arizona's heat for upstate New York and Florida's flooding for North Carolina. Have you moved over climate concerns?

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A brush fire in Florida, where some residents have recently left due to concerns about the climate crisis.

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BNP Paribas is the first commercial bank to be sued over its fossil-fuel financing

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A BNP Paribas branch in Paris in 2020.

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Florida's climate exodus has already begun — and it's only going to get worse

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Climate change is making disasters like hurricanes more devastating and frequent, and Floridians are already being forced to flee.

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The state's climate exodus has already begun

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