Turning Farm Leftovers into Fashion's Future

Turning Farm Leftovers into Fashion’s Future

Cellulose textiles could give fashion a sustainability glow-up, and not just the tree-hugging kind. A study headed by researchers from Chalmers University University of Technology in Sweden has found they can turn farm “trash”—byproducts like wheat straw and oat husks into dissolving pulp for clothing—using fewer chemicals and less hassle than wood-based methods. Why it…

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Trump's "big, beautiful bill" could end EV tax credit, but a Minnesota professor says it won't ruin the market

Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” could end EV tax credit, but a Minnesota professor says it won’t ruin the market

Getting an electric vehicle could get more expensive if President Trump’s budget bill passes, taking away a tax credit for an increasingly popular way to drive. That’s got the electric vehicle industry, including Tesla’s Elon Musk, charged up. He says slashing incentives to go electric could be “incredibly destructive.” Ashlee Wright and her husband are Tesla…

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