Individual action, guides, consumption and social justice.
14 articles
Sustainability is largely a systems problem, and individual decisions still have a measurable size. This section separates the changes that genuinely matter from the ones that mostly feel good, using the research: food, transport, home energy and consumption. The aim is not guilt but a better question.
Golf clubs, private schools and commercial car washes could face restrictions if the government approves requests from three suppliers, with reservoirs at 54% capacity.
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Most fossil-fueled kitchens exceeded safe nitrogen dioxide levels, while all-electric kitchens stayed well within health limits.
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Water is now unaffordable for low-income households in 93% of the large systems studied, according to Food & Water Watch.
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Every sample contained multiple pesticides, an average of more than seven per lemon, according to laboratory tests commissioned by Greenpeace Türkiye.
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Fuel prices have jumped more than 30% since February, while off-peak home charging costs about 2.3 pence per mile.
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Ausgrid's new Community Power Network trial will let renters and other customers without solar access share bill savings from surplus power generated at nearby commercial rooftops.
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Nearly 2,000 feet of interlocking 'oyster castles' are breaking waves and rebuilding shoreline habitat in Laurel Bay.
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A new study puts a dollar figure on what plastic pollution costs Vietnam's small-scale fishers each year, and proposes paying them to fish it out.
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As reservoirs run low and old pipes deliver muddy tap water, low-income communities in and around Colombo are paying steep premiums for water that isn't always safe to drink.
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Harbor construction has destroyed a South Korean fishing ground, and the free-diving women who worked it for decades are demanding compensation from the builder.
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A new report finds Black and Hispanic homeowners pay hundreds of dollars more a year than white homeowners for identical insurance coverage, with Florida showing the widest gap.
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Years of severe drought are forcing Angolan communities back into a seasonal migration across the Namibian border that colonial-era restrictions had long suppressed.
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