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Oil giant BP promises a "fundamental reset." What will that look like?

by Samantha Fields
Feb 12, 2025
BP didn't share many details, but the company has been losing money on renewables and will likely be doubling down on oil and gas.
Oil and gas company BP announced it would reset its business strategy after low profits in 2024.
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A pesky steel mill byproduct finds a second life helping the planet

by Caleigh Wells
Jan 21, 2025
Steel slag captures carbon from the atmosphere. Companies with climate goals — and an Ohio motocross raceway — are making use of it.
This solid gravel at Delta Raceway originated as steel slag rocks, which remove planet-warming carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
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Trump's Second Term

Energy barge businessman expects fewer mandates, fewer headwinds under new administration

by Kai Ryssdal and Sofia Terenzio
Nov 7, 2024
Austin Golding says the oil and gas industry should meet climate goals via competition and evolution rather than constraints on production and transport.
"We're looking for a world that is competitive and not mandated," says Austin Golding at Golding Barge Line in Mississippi.
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Online retailers lean into secondhand shopping surge

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Jun 17, 2024
As consumers become more thoughtful about spending, many are turning to used goods when they need to shop.
"eBay was the OG of all of this," said retail analyst Sucharita Kodali at Forrester. "They're trying to introduce themselves to this new generation."
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How the tote bag became the hottest fashion accessory around

by Janet Nguyen
Mar 19, 2024
Over the years, the functional tote bag has evolved into a status symbol. The latest must-have iteration: Trader Joe’s $2.99 mini tote.
The tote bag has gone in and out of vogue throughout the past century.
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A Warmer World

A plan for alleviating poverty and climate change

by Sabri Ben-Achour and Alex Schroeder
Sep 22, 2023
The two challenges are interrelated, and a new report from the McKinsey Global Institute says they must be addressed in tandem.
It'll take investment equal to about 8% of global GDP annually to close both the economic empowerment gap and the net-zero transition gap, according to the McKinsey Global Institute,
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How businesses can better prepare for climate change

by David Brancaccio and Alex Schroeder
Aug 24, 2023
Along with the obvious human case for looking out for employees, climate change poses a serious threat to productivity and retention.
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The economic and logistical realities of straw-bale building

by Maria Hollenhorst
Aug 16, 2023
One couple shares their experience with an alternative construction project.
David and Carrie Chew stand in the wooden frame of their incomplete straw-bale house in 2022.
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Beer? Pour me a grey one

by Kai Ryssdal and Sofia Terenzio
Aug 15, 2023
A brewery in drought-plagued California experiments with making beer using purified grey water. The CEO says he’d serve it at a party.
Chris Garrett at Devil's Canyon Brewing hopes his beer can change perceptions about drinking recycled wastewater.
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Some climate-conscious homeowners are embracing at-home water reuse

by Rachel Estabrook
Jun 30, 2023
Some conservationists see greywater recycling as the next frontier in sustainable living.
A refrigerator-sized appliance, made by Hydraloop, that recycles gray water, stands next to the washer and dryer in the garage of Justin Fox, in Carlsbad, California, Jan. 24, 2023.
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