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What Will We Do With All Those Solar Panels When Their Useful Life Is Over?
As solar power booms, businesses are exploring ways to ensure valuable components don’t end up in landfills
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The Surprising Way Fumes From Farms Are Harming Our Health
Ammonia from farm animal waste and fertilizers plays a little-known role in producing health-harming air pollution
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A Follow-up From Northern Minnesota
An architect reports on his first year in a low-energy house
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Set-Top Box Energy Use to Shrink Another 20%
Progress results from a collaboration between pay-TV services and environmental groups
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Saving Sustainably: An Introduction
How to design and build your own net-zero home when you don't have much construction experience
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Urban Heat: Can White Roofs Help Cool World’s Warming Cities?
New research indicates that making surfaces more light-reflecting can have a significant impact on lowering extreme temperatures in rural areas as well as cities
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What Makes a City Green?
Sustainable cities need more than parks, cafés, and a riverwalk
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New Life for Toxic Land
Across the U.S., Superfund sites are being repurposed as recreational areas, renewable energy facilities and more
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Awaiting Day Zero in Cape Town
South Africa’s second largest city has pushed back the day when its taps are expected to run dry, but it must take decisive measures to meet future needs
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Learning to Co-Exist With Wildfires
As housing developments creep into wild and natural areas, proactive planning can reduce the risk of harm in the face of fire