In 2016, US retailer Target severed ties with textile manufacturer Welspun India after discovering that 750,000 sheets and pillowc...
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Edible takeaway cups and library-style mug-borrowing schemes are on the menu at a growing number of cafes as possible solutions to...
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The collapse of plans by two of Australia's richest people to export solar power from the country's sun-drenched north to Singapor...
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Carbon has a (justifiably) bad reputation for its role in climate change. You've heard we need to reduce our carbon emissions, our...
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As demand for electric vehicles soars, scientists are searching for materials to make sustainable batteries. Lignin, the stuff tha...
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An insidious category of carcinogenic pollutants known as “forever chemicals” may not be so permanent after all. University of...
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Scientists with the U.S. Department of Energy have reached a breakthrough in nuclear fusion. For the first time ever in a laborato...
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Climate experts have long struggled to help people see and emotionally grasp likely futures as the planet warms. Virtual reality g...
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Australia's rich food bowl regions keep the nation fed but a year of storms and floods has repeatedly put them to the test and ad...
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Scientists are taking a controversial technology associated with surveillance, and adapting it for conservation. It's called Seal...
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Only 3% of the Earth's water is fresh water – take away the water locked up in icy glaciers and you're looking at just 1%. So hu...
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FIFA World Cup 2022 Qatar organizers have billed the event as the first carbon-neutral tournament in history. But critics say th...
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