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With Hale, a sleek new portable air filter, the Swedish brand Airinum wants you to have a ‘personal clean air zone’ wherever you go. Over the last few years, we’ve all become more aware of what’s in the air we breathe—and for good reasons. Among them? The aerosol transmission of COVID-19, an increase in wildfire smoke, and the growing recognition that indoor air quality is worse than we realize.

A researcher argues that for marginalized job seekers, finding a job in today’s economy is becoming more difficult because of AI. I am an assistant professor of management and organizations at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management. My research investigates how AI, undergirded by algorithms, is impacting the nature of work and employment relationships in organizations and labor markets.

$500 million from the EPA will support small lenders to invest in renewable energy. This story was originally published by Grist and BPR, a public radio station serving western North Carolina. Gwen Christon runs an IGA grocery store in Isom, a town in eastern Kentucky that struggles with exorbitant utility bills and few grocery options.

The power plant that fuels the Bitcoin mine wants to expand, but neighbors are worried about the impact on their health. Granbury, Texas—About 150 angry residents gathered in a conference center here on Monday for a public meeting hosted by the state environmental agency regarding Constellation Energy’s proposal to build a new 300-megawatt power plant alongside two existing power plants that border residential neighborhoods.

Your team is looking at you to be a voice of calm in the chaos, these management consultants say. Take these five steps to reduce election anxiety. Around 73% of Americans report feeling election anxiety. No matter where your political leanings lie, chances are if you watched last week’s debate, you felt it—the stream of news alerts flooding your phone; the fear of what might happen if the election doesn’t go your way; and the tension within your community and among colleagues, friends, and family.  

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