From Charlotte to Singapore, these cities are using cutting-edge sustainability strategies to tackle climate change—and point the way for other places to follow
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New studies cast doubt on the usefulness of carbon-offset tree plantations and warn that some of those projects could reduce biodiversity.
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Dr. Vanessa Kerry Prescribes Climate Solutions to Save Lives as New World Health Envoy
As the WHO's first Special Envoy for Climate Change and Health, Dr. Kerry is working to raise awareness about how the climate crisis impacts public health.
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This biweekly podcast features meaningful conversations with real planet heroes about their efforts to help the environment, as well as encouraging news and information that you need to help make this a Better Planet for everyone.
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His West Virginia family mined coal. Now he's building a solar farm on his father's old mine in hopes that coal country can make a power switch to solar.
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The director of the Nairobi Arboretum, Ouko is leading an effort to grow thousands of seedlings of the Mpingo tree, which provides wood for many instruments.
Forester John Ouko Is Helping to Bring Back Kenya's 'Music Tree'
Read MoreGennari says that her book, "The Climate Optimist Handbook," is "not necessarily a book about climate change; it's actually a book about you."
Anne Therese Gennari Literally Wrote the Book on Climate Optimism
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Climate Poet Jordan Sanchez Uses Verse to Reckon With a Warming World
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Car and truck tires of the future could share some DNA with vehicles being used in NASA's exploration programs.
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