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The most innovative companies in economic development for 2025

Fast Company Tech

Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park , seeks to build out the future of cutting-edge quantum computing on the site of a former steel plant site in Chicago. But the challenging road required to hit that target inspired the city government to seek out new kinds of partnerships to meet that bold pledge.

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Funding & Grant Resources For Nonprofits Focused On The Environment And Conservation Efforts

Kindful

Today’s funder list focuses on nonprofits supporting the environment and conservation efforts. Funding Priority: The Environment and Conservation Efforts. The Conservation, Food & Health Foundation. Alaska Conservation Foundation. The Conservation, Food & Health Foundation. The Green Climate Fund.

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This is what your life will be like when the world hits a dangerous climate tipping point

Fast Company Tech

and thats a conservative estimate. Its not only crops and livestock that are affected, says Gerald Nelson, professor emeritus at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaigns College of Agriculture, Consumer, and Environmental Sciences. Still, heat-related deaths will continue to rise to 20,000 annually in the U.S., degrees Fahrenheit.

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Where to recycle your used and unwanted gadgets

Engadget

Fortunately, companies and governments alike have made it possible to dispose of your old devices responsibly. Some nonprofit recyclers may still accept the items, and you should check to see if your local government is hosting any drop-off events. Heres how to find places that will take your old gadgets.

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TikTok’s success has made it a big target for regulators

The Verge

Because it was required to by the authoritarian Chinese government, TikTok took content moderation deadly seriously. The trade war with China is very much real, though, and has already led to the Trump administration banning government use of Huawei and ZTE telecommunications equipment , for fear of espionage. Governing. ?

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Hundreds of U.S. communities are making reparations for slavery and colonization

Fast Company Tech

Ever since the United States governments unfulfilled promise of giving every newly freed Black American 40 acres and a mule after the Civil War, descendants of the enslaved have repeatedly proposed the idea of redistributing land to redress the nations legacies of slavery.

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Trump seeks IVF expansion with new executive order

Fast Company Tech

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order meant to expand access to and reduce costs of in vitro fertilization and issued a presidential memorandum calling for “radical transparency requirements” from the government, which he suggested could reduce wasteful spending. Illinois Sen. But he’s a patriot.”

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