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World’s tallest hybrid-timber tower coming to Australia
The novel use of wood in the 600-foot-tall timber, concrete, and steel tower will make it carbon-neutral upon completion. Which city Down Under will have the honor?
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New York City will redesign its truck routes
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A new geothermal plant in the Nevada desert is helping power Google data centers
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'Missing' blob of water predicted to be in the Atlantic finally found
The newly discovered water mass, called the Atlantic Equatorial Water, stretches from Brazil to West Africa.
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What curtailed Great Lakes offshore wind boom?
Offshore wind projects cropped up all over the Great Lakes region in the early 2010s. By the end of the decade, all but one were gone. Developers are reluctant to return.

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