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Beyond AC: 3 Materials Chilling Our Cities 🧊⚡
Across modern Western societies, staying cool usually means cranking up the air conditioning. As heat waves intensify worldwide, power demand for space cooling is surging toward catastrophic grid brownouts. Here is how three material breakthroughs are rewriting the rules of cooling without burning through megawatts.
Where Are They Now? NextNow Innovators Turn Prototypes into High-Flying Reality ✈️
Moving climate technology out of the lab and onto factory floors requires raw grit and massive capital. This week, six NextNow alumni prove that scaling up is actively reshaping our skies, batteries, and home renovations. From historic electric flights to climate-smart butcher blocks sitting on hardware store shelves, here is how some of our favorite pioneers are breaking ground.
Crude Awakening: The Last Straw
We all know plastic is an environmental nightmare. And earlier this year, what was supposed to be the world's most historic treaty to rein it in, ended in total collapse. Read on for hidden clues as to why the odds were stacked against it from the get go, and what the failed treaty can teach us about creating global change.