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Jacob Simon

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Everything I do to reduce my waste (that I forgot to mention last time)

Having déjà vu from this headline? You're not going crazy. Last week, I made and sent a big list of everything I've done to reduce my personal waste over the past year. If you missed it, give it a read right here. But since then, I've remembered and gotten reminded

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I chatted with climate content creators

If you could talk to a group of climate content creators, what would you ask them? If you're me (hi, me) then you ask about getting started, challenges with communicating the sometimes boring and often controversial topic of climate change, misinformation vs. disinformation, and your go-to karaoke song. I had

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There are 83 climate tech unicorns!

The biggest reason fossil fuels continue to be burned is money. There's a lot of money in oil and gas, and even though renewable sources are cheaper to make, maintain, and put less strain on taxpayers, company profit frankly isn't as high. But what if fixing climate change did make

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How to not waste your dog's poop

If you live in New York City like me, or honestly pretty much anywhere, you've probably run into the problem of dog poop everywhere. Yes, it's annoying and gross (and unsurprisingly bad for the environment) when people don't pick up after their pets. Especially if you weren't looking where you

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Renewables are on course to create 25% of US energy!

Imagine a world where you walk around and all of the tech and energy sources you see include solar panels on every roof, wind turbines in the distance off the shore, the soft whine of electric vehicles, and pollution-free deep breaths of air everywhere you go. Sounds like a far-off

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All the ways I've reduced my waste over the past year

Almost a year ago today, I quit my job to pursue a career in combatting climate change. While I feel the work I've done has had a far-reaching and long-lasting impact, so have the personal choices I've made, particularly in the past 6 months. When I first started pursuing a

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England bans some single-use plastics

Today's a great day, and here's why: A ban on single-use plastics is set to go into effect for restaurants in England. Why is that great? Because it'll include plastic utensils, plastic plates, and foam trays, and drastically reduce the estimated 5+ billion single-use plates and utensils used yearly. What