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Your future home could be powered by the bricks it’s built with

Grist

Louis has developed a proof-of-concept simple red construction brick imbued with the ability to store energy, as well as power small devices. Lithium-ion batteries, like the ones in cell phones and electric vehicles, are one solution; but lithium is a scarce, expensive resource, with environmental consequences.

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From Climate Exhortation to Climate Execution

Mosaic

It took centuries to build all those homes from wood and brick and steel and concrete, but, if we’re to seriously address the climate crisis, we have only a few years to remake them. In 2020, Massachusetts voted for Biden by better than two to one; Boston did by nearly five to one.