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Making Plastic Good

The Good Plastic Company turns plastic waste into a range of surfaces. What’s next? Expansion in the U.S.

Neolith products not cause silicosis
“Rock Dust Menace”

As silicosis cases rise, architects reconsider engineered stone

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Market Signal

Gensler’s Product Sustainability (GPS) Standards are a step toward a more circular economy and less carbon-intensive industry

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Unification

The California Green Building Conference will take place on May 23 in Los Angeles

Environmental Saviorism

Geo-Fantasies at Citygroup peels back the layers of the carbon capture industry

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Naval Novelty

Cargill debuts the world’s first ever wind-powered ocean liner with WindWings®

The International African American Museum will be presented at Outdoor Spaces
Equity and the Environment

Outdoor Spaces will take place virtually on May 8

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Now or Never

Earth Day Digest: Stories keeping AN editors hopeful about the planet’s future

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Real Alpha

The International Mass Timber Conference promotes community through design, manufacturing, and a shared love of craft

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Urbanist’s Checklist

In Houston, BIG and Skanska promote sustainability with new tower 1550 on the Green

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Electric Avenue

KPF and Atelier Ten unveil New York’s first purpose-built, all-electric lab building at Columbia University

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It Takes a Village

The Phoenix by Human Nature could become the U.K.’s most sustainable neighborhood

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“Green Collar”

Object Territories among six winning teams named by Trust for Governors Island to design Climate Solutions Challenge pilot projects

Crystal Clear

Architects, engineers, and contractors support a nationwide definition of what constitutes a zero-emissions building

It Takes a Village

World Monuments Fund awards $15 million for climate heritage solutions in Nepal, Peru, the United Kingdom, and elsewhere

Fueling Debate

At COP28 conversations on the phasing out of oil felt paradoxical amidst the Dubai backdrop

A Scorcher

It’s official, 2023 was the hottest year recorded since 1850

Prefab Collab

Olson Kundig debuts a net-zero, single-family prototype in the Bay Area

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