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Meet the startup producing oil to fight climate change

Grist

It had been about a year and a half since he left his job at an aerospace company to found a clean energy startup in San Francisco with three of his friends, but the path to success he’d once envisioned had crumbled. Charm would use the same technology, but instead of turning plants into a useful energy product, it would offer a service.

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How climate change drives hotter, more frequent heat waves

Grist

With extreme heat in particular, the answer is often tens or even hundreds of times more likely, thanks to a complicated mix of factors like abnormally dry soils and hotter-than-usual air. Earlier this month, Earth logged its seven hottest days ever. South, straining emergency services and causing more than a dozen deaths.

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The US is about to go all-in on paying farmers and foresters to trap carbon

Grist

The eyes under his bald head have wrinkles nestled into their corners, hinting at decades of squinting in the sun. If his soil could be healthier, his crop yield higher, his profit margins wider, he makes it happen. This particular power station was supposed to be special — a carbon-neutral facility. Grainfill Creative.

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Can a tiger change its stripes? Meet the pulp and paper giant bankrolling a huge Sumatran rainforest reserve

Business Green

The reserve is home to a vast array of rare and critically endangered animal species, including pangolins, sun bears, and - perhaps most famously - the Sumatran Tiger, of which there are less than 400 left in the wild. NGOs including WWF and Greenpeace gave these commitments a cautious welcome.