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Your Next Air Conditioner Is Going to Be Different — and Better — Than Your Old One
Your next window unit air conditioner is in for some big changes over the next decade. The Environmental Protection Agency finalised a rule last week to largely phase out the chemicals in air conditioners that keep your room cool but damage the climate.
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Behold, Carbon-Free Steel Now Exists
This week, a Swedish firm announced it had delivered carbon-free steel to a customer — a world-first. It’s a huge step in the race to clean up one of the most carbon-intensive activities on Earth.
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California’s Megadrought Is Making Water Taste Like Arse
The climate crisis is rendering parts of California downright dangerous with wildfires and extreme heat. To add insult to injury, it’s also making drinking water in some areas literally taste like dirt.
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Undercover Investigation Reveals Supermarkets Are Destroying the Climate
The world’s food system is a major source of greenhouse gas pollution, from the emissions caused by farming and ranching to those released by the planes, trains, and trucks used to transport groceries. A new report shows the freezer aisle in the grocery store could also be an even bigger source of pollution than we…