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CNN —The Doomsday Clock that has been ticking for 77 years is no ordinary clock — it attempts to gauge how close humanity is to destroying the world. Last year the Bulletin set the clock at 90 seconds to midnight mainly due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the increased risk of nuclear escalation. The clock isn’t designed to definitively measure existential threats, but rather to spark conversations about difficult scientific topics such as climate change, according to the Bulletin. Originally, the organization was conceived to measure nuclear threats, but in 2007 the Bulletin made the decision to include climate change in its calculations. “When the clock is at midnight, that means there’s been some sort of nuclear exchange or catastrophic climate change that’s wiped out humanity,” she said.

Persons: Rachel Bronson, ” Bronson, Michael E, Mann, Eryn MacDonald, ”, Bronson, “, Boris Johnson, George H.W, you’re Organizations: CNN, Atomic Scientists, Midnight, Manhattan Project, Security, Sponsors, University of Pennsylvania, Union of, ’ Global Security, Bulletin Locations: Ukraine, Israel, Gaza, Glasgow, UK, Soviet Union, Iran, Paris

☆ A 26-year-old influencer who people think looks much older has a theory about why Gen Zers appear to be aging faster than millennials
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-22 | by ( Kieran Press-Reynolds | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A major TikToker gained traction with a theory that Gen Zers are aging faster than millennials. Howlett told BI he thinks the faster aging could be due to job- and economy-related stress. "Ain't no way in the world this man is Gen Z. Advertisement"When you said you're Gen Z, I gasped," one comment with over 110,000 likes said. "Gen Z didn't."

Persons: Jordan Howlett, Howlett, —, influencer Jordan Howlett, Howlett —, Gen, It's, Zers, depresso, Dwayne, Johnson, Gen Xers, they've, Millennials, Dwayne Johnson's, Taylor Donoghue, Donogue Organizations: Service

☆ Having your shelves filled with Stanley tumblers is not the point of the cup
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-21 | by ( Hannah Getahun | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

America's hottest reusable water container has a sustainability problem. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. On TikTok, influencers are showing off their shelves full of Stanley Tumblers, each in different colors. For one, as CBC News pointed out, Stanley does not offer any product recycling options. PMI Worldwide, the parent company of Stanley, did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Business Insider sent outside regular business hours.

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☆ Rare Earth Metals May Be Lurking in Your Junk Drawer
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-20 | by ( Hiroko Tabuchi | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

A vast and largely overlooked source of rare earth metals, materials critical for clean energy, could be in our homes, sitting in the back of our cabinets and junk drawers. A new study from researchers in China and the Netherlands estimates that reusing or recycling rare earth metals from old cellphones, hard drives, electric motors and turbines could meet as much as 40 percent of the demand for the metals in the United States, China and Europe by 2050. It’s a promising prospect, particularly for the United States, which relies heavily on imports of these materials, often just called rare earths. That reliance, industry experts say, can make American supply chains vulnerable to disruption and geopolitical risks.

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☆ Global Battery Race Heats Up With Billions for Europe’s Northvolt
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-16 | by ( Amrith Ramkumar | William Boston | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

One of the world’s most valuable battery startups is raising $3.4 billion in debt from the European Union and a group of banks including JPMorgan Chase , accelerating a race to build more batteries outside China and take advantage of a tidal wave of clean-energy subsidies. Europe’s Northvolt plans to use the funding to grow battery production at a factory in northern Sweden for customers such as Volkswagen and BMW . It also plans to expand a recycling facility next door that will convert scrap metal and old batteries into reusable battery materials.

Persons: Northvolt Organizations: European Union, JPMorgan Chase, Volkswagen, BMW Locations: China, Sweden

☆ You're not imagining it — it feels damn near impossible to get into top colleges right now
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-10 | by ( Geoff Weiss | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. AdvertisementEven students who have gone megaviral for acceptance videos showing they got into multiple Ivy League schools called social media a major stressor. Schools are rethinking their admissions processes amid a glut of applicantsAn exponential increase in applications has benefited schools financially and reputationally. "A lot of these schools are making so much money from these application fees, which are $80, $90," Rim said. AdvertisementAnd as the game gets more and more competitive year after year, students know they must rise to untold challenges.

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☆ One country dominated clean energy growth this year, and it isn't the US, UK, or Germany. It's China, by a landslide.
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-27 | by ( Associated Press | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

In the United States, California continues to have the most solar energy, followed by Texas, Florida, North Carolina, and Arizona. China was one of the few growing markets this year for wind, the Global Wind Energy Council said. Faster permitting and other improvements in key markets such as Germany and India also helped add more wind energy. The top three markets this year are still China, the United States, and Germany for wind energy produced on land, and China, the United Kingdom, and Germany for offshore. The analysts are predicting that the global industry will rebound next year and make nearly 12% more wind energy available worldwide.

Persons: Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Joshua A, Bickel, it's, Michael Taylor, IRENA, Karim Shahi, Rafiq Maqbool, Daniel Bresette, Bresette, Abigail Ross Hopper, Wood, Wood Mackenzie, Julia Nikhinson Construction, John Hensley, Seth Wenig, Hau Dinh, Evan Hartley, Paul Braun, John Eichberger, Daan Walter Organizations: Service, International Energy Agency, Business, IEA, United Arab Emirates, Climate, AP, International Renewable Energy Agency, Arizona . Workers, Energy Limited's, Energy, Environmental, Energy Study Institute, Solar Energy Industries Association, Global Energy Monitor, Wind Energy, Clean Power, Workers, Atlas Public, Benchmark Mineral Intelligence, Benchmark, University of Illinois, Panasonic, Toyota, Health, General Motors Co, LG Energy, Transportation Energy Institute, Rocky Mountain Institute Locations: Germany, Spain, Mohammed, Dubai, United, Bickel China, Europe, United States , California, Texas , Florida, North Carolina, Arizona, Karim, Khavda, Bhuj, India, Pakistan, Gujarat, China, Wood Mackenzie, Montauk Point , New York, Asia, United States, State, New London, Conn, United Kingdom, Hai Phong, Vietnam, Kansas, Ohio

☆ After we divorced, my ex and I decided to try 'nesting.' Our kids live in the family home, and we take turns staying with them.
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-25 | by ( Cordelia Newlin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Then a friend suggested nesting, which is when kids remain in the "family" home while the parents swap places. We decided to give nesting a tryWe knew nesting was the answer for us. We discussed how to split household chores and set our expectations regarding our kids' help around the house. Our kids let us know which big holidays they want to celebrate together as a family and which they'd prefer to split between parents. Nesting entails a lot of planning and discussion, flexibility, communication, and a willingness to embrace empathy and compromise.

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☆ The creation of a new high-entropy alloy is opening up possibilities in manufacturing, from 3D printing to paste-like inks
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-18 | by ( Sponsor Post | Created Tanaka With | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Using micro-order uniform powder alloys with unprecedented chemical properties opens up new possibilities for manufacturing that have never been seen before, such as in 3D printing and the use of paste-like inks. A high-entropy alloy powder of precious metals can potentially be used as a raw material for automotive exhaust gas sensors, resistors, and water electrolysis catalysts. Creating new value through exhaustive studyTANAKA began working on high-entropy alloy powders in response to the world's rapid development. TANAKAHosoi noticed that high-entropy alloys have recently been attracting international attention, largely due to their potential for unprecedented properties. Click here for more information on high-entropy alloy powders.

Persons: Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo, TANAKA, Takuya Hosoi, Yoshie Kondo, Hosoi, TANAKA Hosoi, Hosai Organizations: Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo KK, Metals, Insider Locations: Japan

☆ The Best Movies of 2023: ‘Oppenheimer,’ ‘Elemental’ and Originality’s Overdue Success
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-05 | by ( Kyle Smith | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

Illustration: Sean McCabeHas the pandemic changed American taste? The case for yes, at the movies anyway, might cite the top box-office performer this year: “Barbie,” which wasn’t a remake or a sequel or an adaptation of a comic book. The last time that happened was 2014, when “American Sniper” came out. As the movie industry returned to normal for the first time this decade, the audience kept suggesting it wanted a new normal. Who would have guessed that “Oppenheimer” would earn more than the year’s first three DC comics movies combined?

Persons: Sean McCabe, “ Barbie, ”, “ Oppenheimer ”, Indiana Jones, Creed III, — Organizations: Marvel, DC Locations: Hollywood

HONG KONG, Dec 5 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Why would the world’s largest battery maker want to sell shares when it’s already flush with liquidity? It ended June with 102 billion yuan ($14 billion) in net cash, Moody’s calculates. CATL has just started production at a new facility in Germany and is building a plant in Hungary, its first forays West. The company’s long-term loans have increased more than tenfold to more than 70 billion yuan and its long-term bonds by around a third to nearly 20 billion yuan since 2020, per Visible Alpha. But as Zeng’s electric dreams accelerate, he’ll want to be sure CATL’s own batteries are fully charged.

Persons: it’s, CATL, Robin Zeng, Breakingviews, Tesla, Antony Currie, Thomas Shum Organizations: Reuters, Hong, Thailand’s, Ford Motor, Technology, Thomson Locations: HONG KONG, Switzerland, CATL, Hong Kong, Shenzhen, China, Europe, Germany, Hungary, Fitch, Indonesia, Swiss

☆ A woman who lives in a 'housetruck' in the woods showed how she washes her hair in the freezing cold — and responded to critics about not using eco-friendly products
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-05 | by ( Geoff Weiss | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A TikToker who lives in a housetruck in the woods showed viewers how she washes her hair during winter months. Winters are the hardest part about living in a housetruck, Kai told BI — and one struggle in particular riveted viewers recently. AdvertisementBut some people — including one top-voted commenter — criticized her for her use of commercial hair products. While it's not an excuse for using conventional products, Kai told BI her overall lifestyle is "much more eco-friendly than … most other people." Nevertheless, she solicited recommendations for eco-friendly hair products that were affordable and accessible in Canada.

Persons: Garnier, Kai, who's, Winters, commenter —, she's, shea, it's, She's Organizations: Service, BI Locations: British Columbia, TikTok, Canada

☆ How old fishing nets could be part of the climate crisis solution
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-05 | by ( Paul Glader | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

De Bouter’s company, Brikole, is a startup “circular business” that recycles discarded nets from the industrial tuna fishing industry. Kyle de Bouter holds board shorts made of recycled Nylon fishing nets similar to the kind he is recycling. Since the area is prime for fishing, especially tuna fishing, many in Seychelles believe those industries are a good place to start. He championed activity by “inventive young entrepreneurs” to improve society, mentioning recycled fishing nets as one example. “This is solving the problem of exhausted fishing nets,” said Julio Morón, a managing director of the Spanish tuna fishing organization called OPAGAC.

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☆ The Best Films of 2023: ‘Oppenheimer,’ ‘Elemental’ and Originality’s Overdue Success
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-04 | by ( Kyle Smith | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

Persons: Sean McCabe, “ Barbie, ”, “ Oppenheimer ”, Indiana Jones, Creed III, — Organizations: Marvel, DC Locations: Hollywood

☆ Italian designers Krill are using fruit peel to make furniture
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-04 | by ( Arya Jyothi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Using fruit peel, orange seeds and coffee ground waste collected from businesses in Italy, Krill products can be redistributed to the same businesses for use in their offices, instead of furniture made from common plastics. “After three or four years, you have to change your furniture [anyway],” says Marco Di Maio, director of operations at Krill. “But if all that furniture was made using our materials, we would be able to recover them, crush them and print other furniture with the same material. First, the food waste is dried and crushed into a very fine powder. It’s also looking to develop injection molding — injecting the molten compound of food waste and PHB into a mold instead of 3D-printing — which could cut costs and save time.

Persons: “, ”, Marco Di Maio, Di Maio, won’t, Rekrill, we’ve, ” Di Maio, San, Iles, Ellen MacArthur, bioplastics, ” Iles, It’s Organizations: CNN, Circle Economy Foundation, bioplastics, Ellen MacArthur Foundation Locations: Milan, Italy, San Pellegrino, Sicily, “

REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsDec 4 (Reuters) - Caterpillar (CAT.N) is investing in recycling technology developer Nth Cycle as part of a push to boost the reuse of metals used to make batteries and construction equipment. "The beauty of our system is that it's truly modular," Megan O'Connor, Nth Cycle's co-founder and CEO, said in an interview. Texas-based Caterpillar, which makes heavy machinery emblazoned with its iconic yellow paint, said Nth's Cycle's technology can "help get valuable materials" back into circulation. "Caterpillar's collaboration with Nth Cycle supports our commitment to helping our customers achieve their climate-related objectives and establishing a circular value chain," said Rod Shurman, Caterpillar's senior vice president of electrification and energy solutions, in a statement released by Nth Cycle. Equinor had invested in Nth Cycle's last funding round, announced in 2022.

Persons: Brendan McDermid, Megan O'Connor, Nth's, Rod Shurman, Caterpillar's, Equinor, Ernest Scheyder, Kirsten Donovan Organizations: Caterpillar, REUTERS, Earth Ventures, Thomson Locations: Harbor, Brooklyn , New York, U.S, Massachusetts, Ohio, Texas

☆ In Argentina, land of the gaucho, a home for unloved old horses
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-04 | by ( Horacio Soria | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

REUTERS/Tomas Cuesta Acquire Licensing RightsBUENOS AIRES, Dec 4 (Reuters) - Lorena Melantoni dedicates her weekends running a sanctuary for abused and abandoned horses, an issue in the South American nation known for its polo and stallion-riding gauchos. "I am an option for these old horses, ones with disabilities, amputated horses, or one-eyed horses that nobody wants to take for adoption," Melantoni told Reuters. Located in Buenos Aires province, the "Let's Dream of Hope" refuge provides a place for horses that have no other home, she explained, adding that many had suffered terrible cruelty. And then, I can leave calm and happy and I say: that's it, that made my week." Reporting by Horacio Soria; Writing by Natalia Siniawski, Editing by Nick ZieminskiOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Lorena, Tomas Cuesta, Lorena Melantoni, Melantoni, Horacio Soria, Natalia Siniawski, Nick Zieminski Organizations: REUTERS, Reuters, Thomson Locations: La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina, BUENOS AIRES, American

Sibanye-Stillwater announced the layoffs Wednesday at the only platinum and palladium mines in the United States, near Nye, Montana, and other Sibanye-owned facilities in Montana, including a recycling operation. Another 187 contract workers — about 67% of the mining contract workers at the mine — will also be affected. Some contract work has been phased out over the past couple of months, said Heather McDowell, a vice president at Sibanye-Stillwater. Palladium prices have since fallen from a peak of about $3,000 an ounce in March 2022 to about $1,000 per ounce now. South Africa-based Sibanye bought the Stillwater mines in 2017 for $2.2 billion.

Persons: Heather McDowell, McDowell, Sibanye, Jason Small, Noah Dinger, Matthew Brown Organizations: Stillwater, of Labor, Forest Service, Mine, Montana AFL, Department of Labor, Industry, Associated Press Locations: Montana, Sibanye, United States, Nye , Montana, Stillwater, Nye, South Africa, Boulder, Falls , Idaho, Billings , Montana

☆ The Complicated Truth About Recycling - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-29 | by ( Oliver Franklin-Wallis | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

You probably throw a milk container in the recycling, put the bins out on collection day and forget about it. It is worth noting that the landfill-happy United States is far worse at recycling than other major economies. But just because recycling doesn’t work very well in the United States doesn’t mean it can’t be done well. Recycling steel, for example, saves 72 percent of the energy of producing new steel; it also cuts water use by 40 percent. Even anti-plastics campaigners agree that recycling plastics, like PET, is better for the climate than burning them — a likely outcome if recycling efforts were to be abandoned.

Organizations: Environmental Protection Agency, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Medicine, University of Southampton Locations: United States, Canada, Mexico, India, Malaysia, America, States, England

☆ I'm a Nespresso guy, and I'm trying to make a latte that's as good as Starbucks. It's not going well.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-29 | by ( Henry Blodget | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

I love my Nespresso machine, but it makes me sad to throw all those pods away. I love the simplicity and speed of my Nespresso machine. AdvertisementMy marvelous Nespresso machine. So imagine my surprise when, separated from my Nespresso machine by a trip, I got a Starbucks latte and found it… delicious. AdvertisementAnd then she explained the difference — water vs. steam, drip vs. pressure, Italy vs. France, night vs. day, etc.

Persons: —, Henry Blodget, I'm Organizations: Service, milli Locations: Ethiopia, Italy, France

☆ An island vacation with no mosquito bites – and no chemicals, either
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-27 | by ( Regan Stephens | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Soneva Fushi, a resort on the private Kunfunadhoo Island in the Maldives, has spent years working to eradicate these pests. Soneva has partnered with the Germany-based company Biogents, which has developed mosquito traps that rely on environmentally friendly attractants. A Biogents-created mosquito trap at Soneva Fushi Courtesy Soneva FushiWhat’s more, these techniques are typically only useful for eliminating adult mosquitoes. An overwater bungalow at Soneva Fushi Sandro Bruecklmeier/Courtesy Soneva FushiThe pest-combatting program has been a success, according to Soneva. The resort chain has gifted mosquito traps to Parliament in Malé, the country’s capital, and trained staffers on how to use them.

Persons: Soneva, “, ”, Arnfinn Oines, Oines, Fushi Sandro Bruecklmeier, Fushi, Sonu, Eva Shivdasani, Soneva Jani Organizations: CNN Locations: Maldives, Germany, GAT, Kunfunadhoo, Malé, Medhufaru, Noonu

☆ I moved to Germany from the US for free education and almost got deported. It's one of the best things that ever happened to me.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-26 | by ( Adriana Stein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

After studying for 6 months, she failed a German language test and lost her student visa. I spent six months learning German from scratch at an in-person German language school. I failed the language test and learned first hand how strict rules could be in GermanyEverything felt set. I still live in Hamburg, Germany with my husband, who I met here. Failing the German language test and being rejected from my master's program was tough, but the resilience that blossomed has been worth it.

Persons: Adriana Stein, —, I've, I'd, Germany —, I Organizations: Service, Portland State University, University of Hamburg, University, Craigslist, AS Marketing Locations: Germany, Spain, Hamburg, Eastern Oregon, undergrad, Oregon

It's part of a statewide program requiring larger businesses to donate edible food and, if they can, recycle remaining food scraps. In 2015, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Environmental Protection Agency announced a goal of 50% food waste reduction by 2030. California and Vermont have launched programs converting residents’ food waste into compost or energy, while Connecticut requires businesses, including larger food wholesalers and supermarkets, to recycle food waste. This is the problem.”Despite New York's success, advocates for food waste worry not enough is being done to meet the 2030 goal. “The best solution for food waste is to not have it in the first place,” Bender said.

Persons: —, Sean Rafferty, wasn't, Rafferty, ”, Emily Broad Leib, Broad Leib, we’re, Sally Rowland, Danielle Vasquez, Vasquez, Betsy Quiroa, Quiroa, Kathryn Bender, ” Bender, let's, ” ___ Casey Organizations: Harvard Food Law, Policy Clinic, The U.S, Harvard University, Food Law, U.S . Department of Agriculture, Environmental Protection Agency, District of Columbia, New York, New, New York State, Westchester, Carver, Port, Social Security, University of Delaware Locations: New York, ” New York, United States, U.S, California, Vermont, Connecticut, Farmers, Maryland, New, Rhode, Massachusetts, Westchester County, Port Chester's, Westchester, ., Boston

☆ Safi just raised $19.5 million for its B2B recycling marketplace. We got an exclusive look at the pitch memo it used to secure the funds.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-24 | by ( Tasmin Lockwood | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A London-based startup using AI to increase recycling rates has just raised a $19.5 million Series A funding round. Safi, which was founded in 2021, has built a B2B marketplace for trading recyclable materials such as plastic, paper, and metal. Only then will buyers move to use recycled materials whenever possible, he added. Using recycled material to make things creates significantly lower greenhouse gas emissions versus virgin sources, Stocker noted. That's thanks in part to pressure from manufacturers, consumers, and policymakers to use more recycled material, Stocker said.

Persons: Rishi Stocker, Revolut, Stocker, Safi Organizations: Business, Europe –, Italy –, Nosara, Lowercarbon Capital Locations: London, WhatsApp, Europe, Greece, Spain, Portugal, Italy, India

A friend suggested substitute teaching as a way to get extra income in a way that fits my schedule. The pay isn't great, but every little bit helps, and it's nice getting involved in my kids' schools. Substitute teaching is the perfect side hustle for meA friend suggested substitute teaching to me this summer when I was spinning in pre-holiday financial anxiety. But the difference is that, unlike volunteer PTA work, substitute teaching will also pay for my family's Christmas. I'm sure I'll have less time and more money someday, and substitute teaching will be the necessary trading card.

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