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At The Glasshouse event space in New York City on Thursday, the dignitaries and activists, journalists and diplomats attending the Global Citizen NOW summit celebrated as Nkosana Butholenkosi Masuku, 28, of Zimbabwe, received a US$250,000 grant as the winner of the 2023 Cisco Youth Leadership Award.

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A cold beer at the end of a hot day tastes mighty good. When most people enjoy a cold one, the brewery's energy efficiency and carbon footprint that made the pint at their lips rarely cross their minds. But that's not true of Ken Grossman. Energy efficiency is top of mind for him.

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These days President Joe Biden says, "I'm not joking, folks," a lot. With all his friendly kidding around, the U.S. President is serious about many things, and supplying buildings in American cities with cleaner energy, particularly federal government buildings, is close to the top of his list.

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Ordinary indoor plants can efficiently remove toxic gasoline fumes from indoor air new reseach conducted in Sydney has shown. University of Technology Sydney bioremediation researcher Fraser Torpy partnered with international plantscaping solutions company Ambius for the study; researchers from both organizations are excited about how quickly indoor plants can remove petrol vapors from indoor air.

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Polymateria CEO Niall Dunne discusses the technology surrounding biodegradable plastics, and how Polymateria's biotransformation technology could see applications in everyday household items. He speaks with Bloomberg's Tom Mackenzie on "Bloomberg Markets: European Open." (Source: Bloomberg)

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The multitude of nongovernmental and private sector organizations throughout the world working toward climate stability can take heart - coalition-building is proving to be a successful and exciting strategy for motivating action on a national level.

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Relating to and applying things from extraordinary people or situations to our own can be tough. Yet, when it comes to resilience, we can learn a lot from these legends to deal with what feels like an uncertain world.

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US$ 2.8 trillion is set to be invested globally in energy in 2023 - a record amount. And US$ 1.7 trillion of that, more than half the total, is expected to go into clean energy technologies, with solar power set to eclipse oil production for the first time, finds the latest World Energy Investment report from the International Energy Agency (IEA).

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To meet society's growing need for renewable energy, scientists and engineers are exploring the potential of adding offshore solar power generation to existing offshore wind farms.

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Is the machinery in your facility radiating too much heat? Is it dangerous for workers? Is it heating up the building, which then requires cooling? Excess heat from mechanical or electronic devices is a sign or cause of inefficient performance. Now, researchers in Tokyo are demonstrating embedded sensors to monitor the flow of heat that could help engineers alter device behaviour or design to improve efficiency.

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The health care sector accounts for about 4.5 percent of greenhouse gas emissions worldwide. Burning fossil fuels to operate hospitals and clinics 24/7, producing the medicines, medical devices, food, and equipment to provide health care has been releasing heat-trapping greenhouse gases, but now a new readiness in the industry to curb those emissions is emerging.

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Walk more to live longer, a team of European scientists says after conducting a study of how walking benefits our health.

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