United States News

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Worries about climate change are affecting the family planning decisions of young Chinese.
Swedish clothing brand H&M was sued twice in 2022 for greenwashing
Asia is unlikely to follow the same litigious path as the West in tackling greenwash, and will rely on consumer advocacy and sustainability reporting. Meanwhile, the year ahead will see new forms of greenwashing emerge, and more 'carbon neutral' claims as firms woo climate-focused investors, experts predict.
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Investing now in renewable energy will be crucial to protecting people from heatwaves without making them worse, researchers say.
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With the policy lacking provisions to ban coal outright, think tank Ember believes the JETP may not suffice in aligning Indonesia with the global 1.5°C climate target.
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United States Opinion

"Sustainability is in our DNA"
If sustainability really was at the heart of everything businesses did, the planet probably would not be 1.2°C warmer than it should be. It's time for corporates to stop using the same meaningless catchphrase – or risk alienating consumers
Deep-tech and precision agric
Six decades after the Green Revolution began, the rise of robotics and artificial intelligence may usher in another agricultural transformation. By enabling farmers to grow more while using fewer resources and generating less waste, these tools could make food production cheaper and more sustainable.
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Accelerating the adoption of already proven and scalable technologies is a necessary goal. Achieving it will require new …
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Given the scale and complexity of the transition away from hydrocarbons, some worry that economic analysis has been given short shrift in the policy planning process. At least four major challenges stand in the way.
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United States Videos

Climate spirals
As planetary temperatures reach an all-time high, a climate scientist has designed a new way to show how global temperatures have changed every month since the start of the industrial revolution and 2021.
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Researchers have invented a tiny, laser-powered bug that takes off, lands and aspires to hover wirelessly.
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The increasingly competitive dynamic duo of solar photovoltaic plus battery storage is taking energy markets by storm.
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Declining snowfall threatens billions in lost revenue.
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United States Podcasts

An Eco-Business debate in 2019
EB Studio Covid-19 didn't kill events, but it did change them. Teymoor Nabili and Veemal Gungadin tell the Eco-Business Podcast how a pandemic transformed the way sustainability events are conceived and organised.
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EB Studio As a landmark treaty is thrashed out to tackle plastic pollution, the Eco-Business Podcast debates whether the world is ready to pay a premium for packaging that doesn't damage the planet.
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EB Studio Eco-Business talks to 'Aulani Wilhelm of Conservation International about why a plan to protect the ocean is critical, and why it might just work.
Eco-Business Podcast with Assaad Razzouk
Eco-Business talks to 'angry clean energy guy' Assaad Razzouk about the flaws in much-hyped climate change solutions, and how to fix them.
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