Holly Secon
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California, United States
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Textile recycling tech startup triumphs in Circularity 22's Accelerate competition
The Atlanta audience voted for Sortile, a New York-based startup that uses imaging technology to enable low-cost apparel sorting by fiber type. → Read More
What does it mean to hold businesses accountable for climate change?
Accurately measuring and reporting on corporations' emissions remains a challenge. WBCSD is suggesting a new framework to solve it. → Read More
Extreme weather is a risk to companies — here’s how they’re preparing
How Liberty Mutual, Lendlease and Duke Energy insures their operations against future investments for climate change. → Read More
How to engage with frontline communities to deliver climate solutions at scale
Authentic listening and engagement, community buy-in and elevating marginalized voices are crucial approaches to deploying any new clean energy or technology project. → Read More
How alt-protein companies Impossible Foods, Memphis Meats hope to reshape diets
Each has its own theory of change for full-scale market transformation. → Read More
About 90% of Americans have been ordered to stay at home. This map shows which cities and states are under lockdown.
Thirty-nine states are under stay-at-home orders. Four states have lifted their restrictions, reopening some nonessential businesses. → Read More
An interactive map lets you see how prepared your county is for a coronavirus outbreak — from Delta, Michigan's 1 to Kalawao, Hawai'i's 100
A new map ranks every county in the US on how ready it is for COVID-19. Counties that got the highest scores tend to be rich and near hospitals. → Read More
An animated map shows how the coronavirus spread through the US, state by state, since the first confirmed case in January
An animated map shows when coronavirus cases were detected in each US state, and how quickly the outbreak has grown. → Read More
A Colorado town was the site of the first widespread antibody testing in the US. But the results are held up due to coronavirus infections at a New York lab.
In Telluride, Colorado, two biotech founders promised the first county-wide antibody testing project. But it hasn't gone according to plan. → Read More
New research raises questions about coronavirus immunity: 8% of recovered patients in one study didn't develop antibodies at all
A new study found that the levels of antibodies that recovered coronavirus patients develop differ by age — and that some patients don't develop any. → Read More
7 US states are setting up drive-through coronavirus testing stations. Trump said Americans can expect to see more soon.
California, Colorado, Connecticut, Minnesota, New York, Texas, and Washington have opened drive-through stations to test more people for coronavirus. → Read More
The coronavirus could pass between people who are up to 6 feet apart, the CDC warns
The coronavirus jumps from person to person in saliva and phlegm droplets, and those typically travel 3 to 5 feet. → Read More
Chinese social-media platform WeChat saw spikes in the terms 'SARS,' 'coronavirus,' and 'shortness of breath,' weeks before the first cases were confirmed, a study suggests
A study found discussions about SARS-like infections on WeChat in early December, raising questions about the timeline of the coronavirus outbreak. → Read More
People can get the coronavirus more than once, experts warn — recovering does not necessarily make you immune
People who have gotten the coronavirus before could still get it again. This happened to a tour guide in Japan. → Read More
How Scotts Miracle-Gro uses community gardens to grow neighborhoods, markets
Empowering communities to design their own gardens amplifies the company's corporate responsibility impact, plus boosts its customer base. → Read More
Pluto was discovered 90 years ago this week. Controversy about its identity rages on.
This week marked the 90th anniversary of Pluto's discovery. "In my view, Pluto is a planet," NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine has said. → Read More
Betelgeuse, one of the brightest stars we see, has been fading for months. It could signal a fiery explosion, but it may just be dust.
The star Betelgeuse is less than half as bright as it was five months ago. Here's what it looks like. → Read More
The novel coronavirus seems to have a low fatality rate, and patients are making full recoveries. Experts reveal why it's causing panic anyway.
The coronavirus outbreak that originated in China is sparking fear, distrust, and xenophobia around the world. → Read More
Australian wildfires claimed the mothers and habitats of these baby kangaroos. New photos show their lives with animal carers.
The devastating bushfires in New South Wales have finally all been contained, officials announced Thursday. → Read More
The Gates Foundation is spending $100 million to fight the coronavirus outbreak. Bill Gates has warned about a pandemic for years.
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will give $5 million to support the outbreak response in China and the other half to efforts in Africa. → Read More