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Olive-based briquettes could replace firewood.

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Environment

Tunisian entrepreneur discovers a new environmentally friendly fuel source: olives

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A woman leans over a plug-in, electric stove

A woman leans over the new plug-in electric stove

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Ideas

The new plug in stove is being called a breakthrough for people's health and the planet

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Politics

Wisconsin just became the latest state to introduce a historic 'right to repair' law

The right to repair movement is growing and includes everything from iPhones to farm equipment.

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Science

Northwestern University study shows brewing tea removes lead, toxic metals from water

Another reason to put the kettle on.

A person, surrounded by straws, looks confused
Politics

Trump says he'll ban paper straws in government and replace them with plastic

Is there actually a "best straw" for people who care about the planet?

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Science

Northwestern University scientists can create batteries out of industrial waste

Turning waste from vitamin production into green energy.

Articles

Tree-planting drones are firing ‘seed missiles’ into the ground. Less than a year later, they’re already 20 inches tall.

10 drones can plant 400,000 trees in a day — enough to combat climate change in real time.

Articles

The critical need for ecoliteracy during Earth Month and beyond

Without ecoliteracy, tree-growing initiatives can easily be misconstrued as a panacea and distract from other important work to conserve our environment.

Science

NASA says these 18 plants are the best at naturally filtering the air in your home.

Breathe easy.

Magnets Could Be the Answer to the Micro-Plastic Problem

?Magnets can be a device that pulls this planet together.

Automated boats are removing trash from our oceans

Science

Artist Creates Amazing Inflatable Shower Curtain To Help Save Water

If you take long showers you’re in for a rude awakening.

Artist Imagines How Climate Change and Technology Will Alter Earth Forever

Russian artist creates eerie illustrations of the future of our planet.

Science

Scientific American to use the term 'climate emergency' in magazine's future coverage

"This idea is not a journalistic fancy," writes a senior editor. "We are on solid scientific ground."

Design

GM highlights its huge pivot to all-electric vehicles in hilarious Super Bowl ad

Will Ferrell isn't gonna let friggin' NORWAY dominate us in the race for cleaner cars.

Politics

Federal judge scraps Trump's last-minute 'censored science' rule that helped polluters

"Science matters again, and it will again guide how to best protect people from dangerous pollution and toxic chemicals."

Science

Scientists find that human-made objects now outweigh all life on Earth

"The science-fiction scenario of an engineered planet is already here."

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