Following the 2011 triple disaster — and the subsequent cratering of support for nuclear energy — Fukushima Prefecture has pos...
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At the Goudemand apartment building in Arras, France, a stagnant pool of green water about 30 centimetres deep sits on top of a ...
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Fishing boats would normally still be unloading Dungeness crabs at San Francisco's fisherman's wharf in May. This year, the docks ...
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Urban farming can conjure up images of small plots of land in the midst of concrete jungles — oases where city-dwellers can come...
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As the state’s solutions to pollution fail, the need for expensive air purifiers is driving a new kind of inequality....
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Solar panels have a lifespan of 25 to 30 years, but they contain valuable metals, including silver and copper. With a surge of exp...
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Bacardi rum bottles, Skittles sweet wrappers, designer water bottles—a bevy of companies are developing biodegradable plastic pa...
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Startups rush to gain foothold in a burgeoning industry as New York and California move to legalize human composting...
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Scientists got their first up-close look at what's eating away part of Antarctica's Thwaites ice shelf, nicknamed the Doomsday Gla...
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The remnants of most old buildings end up in landfill, but some cities are starting to design them for so they can be easily disas...
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Propelled by government investment and shareholder demand, manufacturers are pushing to get bio-based products into the marketplac...
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In 2016, US retailer Target severed ties with textile manufacturer Welspun India after discovering that 750,000 sheets and pillowc...
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