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Ex-Lululemon CEO: Gen Zers want sustainably made and compostable products. Firms taking heed today will be market leaders tomorrow
Commentary

Ex-Lululemon CEO: Gen Zers want sustainably made and compostable products. Firms taking heed today will be market leaders tomorrow

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May 15, 2024
Robert Kroutil
Environment

Whistleblower says EPA tried to backdate documents and altered reports in Norfolk Southern train crash: ‘I think they chose not to know’

By Josh Funk and The Associated Press
May 15, 2024
Brands that teens once heralded as the epitome of trendy and fast fashion—think Abercrombie, Forever 21, and Shein—are now tapping into the $14 billion bridal-gown market.
Retail

Shein and Abercrombie are disrupting the $14 billion bridal gown market with cheap dresses—but where brides save, the world is paying full price

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May 14, 2024
An internal combustion engine
Commentary

No, combustion engines won’t be supplanted by electric vehicles—and they’re critical for sustainable transport

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May 8, 2024
Fannie Mae CEO: Beyoncé is right. Climate change has already hit the housing market—and homeowners aren’t prepared
Commentary

Fannie Mae CEO: Beyoncé is right. Climate change has already hit the housing market—and homeowners aren’t prepared

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May 8, 2024
A close-up of pieces of plastic that had been washed up on a beach
Health

America has a $250 billion problem: Microplastics have invaded our bloodstreams and may increase the risk of heart attack and stroke

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May 5, 2024
After overshadowing climate talks, the myth of ‘circularity’ looms over the UN plastics treaty
Commentary

After overshadowing climate talks, the myth of ‘circularity’ looms over the UN plastics treaty

By Judith Enck and Pamela Miller
April 24, 2024
Jake Loosararian stands next to a Gecko robot climbing a wall
Tech

From sleeping on a friend’s floor to signing huge industrial customers: How Gecko’s founder built a $600 million robot company from a college project 

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April 17, 2024
Dow CEO: My company is a major plastic producer. We must end plastic pollution
Commentary

Dow CEO: My company is a major plastic producer. We must end plastic pollution

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April 16, 2024
A girl in a Zara megastore at Boulevard Austria de Valencia
Retail

Sweden’s Renewcell set out to enhance the sustainability of the fashion industry, but it filed for bankruptcy just a year later: ‘We were building the plane, flying it and then the runway was getting short’

By Clara Hernanz Lizarraga and Bloomberg
April 12, 2024
Former Allbirds CEO Joey Zwillinger is wearing a tuxedo and standing at a glass podium.
Retail

Nasdaq just gave former unicorn Allbirds a 6-month warning to raise its stock price or risk getting booted—experts say to look at its B Corp status

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April 11, 2024
Markus Krebber, chief executive officer of RWE AG, at the Berlin Global Dialogue in Berlin, Germany
Finance

Germany set to permanently pay for reliance on Russian gas—as power chief says ‘significant structural demand destruction’ means it will never fully recover from energy crisis

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April 11, 2024
Cows on farm
Retail

U.K. retailer M&S is spending $1.3 million on a diet plan for its cows to stop them from burping and farting 11,000 tons of methane into the air

By
April 10, 2024
The world generated 62 million tonnes of electronic waste in just one year and recycled way too little, UN agencies warn
Commentary

The world generated 62 million tonnes of electronic waste in just one year and recycled way too little, UN agencies warn

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April 8, 2024
‘Carbon colonialism’ in Africa meets resistance as companies seek to sell carbon credits from conservation projects that often upend local livelihoods—or worse
Environment

‘Carbon colonialism’ in Africa meets resistance as companies seek to sell carbon credits from conservation projects that often upend local livelihoods—or worse

By Taiwo Adebayo and The Associated Press
April 7, 2024

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