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• Climate Solutions

Reusable water bottles can save carbon emissions and avoid plastic waste, but the material they’re made from can affect your health and the environment.

• Climate Solutions

In the U.S., gas-powered cars have stopped making big efficiency gains. Some automakers’ offerings have gotten less efficient as they swap out sedans for SUVs.

• Climate Solutions

In Hunters Point, Florida, the first LEED Zero Energy-certified residential development in the world, every house produces more electricity than it consumes.

• Climate Solutions

There’s a hidden environmental cost to raising houseplants, but you can garden more sustainably by following these suggestions.

• Extreme Weather

Waves continue to pummel the West Coast, flooding beaches as far south as Los Angeles and scattering logs across roads as far north as southern Oregon.

• Climate Solutions

Contrails, the wispy clouds that trail behind planes, can trap heat and warm the planet. Airlines are testing ways to avoid creating them.

• Climate Solutions

Miami artist Xavier Cortada enlists residents to display their homes’ elevations on yard signs to underscore the city’s vulnerability to sea level rise.

• Climate Solutions

The Virgin Atlantic flight used only sustainable aviation fuel to cross the Atlantic Ocean from London to New York on Tuesday. It’s a step toward zero-carbon flight.

• Climate Solutions

Americans waste 312 million tons of food on Thanksgiving alone. Try taking a smaller first portion to keep your feast out of the landfill.