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Paul Hawken on one hundred solutions to the climate crisis.

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Google enters race for nuclear fusion technology.

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Inside China’s plan for a massive forest-covered city.

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Volkswagen to assemble electric cars in Rwanda.

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Academic encourages Fiji to look at climate change alternatives.

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Proposed wind farm runs into opposition in Ocean City, Congress.

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Drop in wind energy costs adds pressure for government rethink.

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'The idea is coming of age': Indigenous Australians take carbon farming to Canada.

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