Biden wants to pay farmers to grow carbon-capturing crops. It’s complicated
President Joe Biden’s goal of paying farmers and ranchers to help battle climate change is running into the reality of how complicated and costly it...
The pandemic slashed the West Coast’s emissions. Wildfires already reversed it.
Wildfires raging across the US West Coast have filled the air with enough carbon dioxide to wipe out more than half of the region’s pandemic-driven...
Democrats Propose a Border Tax Based on Countries’ Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Democratic lawmakers on Monday proposed to raise as much as $16 billion annually by imposing a tax on imports from China and other countries that...
Steel Industry Responsible for 11% of Carbon Emissions
In Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario Canada, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau recently announced $337 million (CA$420 million) in federal funding to convert Algoma Steel's coal-fired blast...
Report: Climate Change at Yellowstone Threatens People, Wildlife
“Beautiful.” “Gorgeous.” “Breathtaking.” “Magnificent.” These are just a few of the words that tourists often use to describe the splendor that is the Greater Yellowstone...
The Food System’s Carbon Footprint Has Been Vastly Underestimated
As drought, heatwaves, and hurricanes ramp up for the summer, and the United Nations’ Food Systems Summit draws near, a group of scientists and policy experts hope...
Methane menace: Aerial survey spots ‘super-emitter’ landfills
The U.S. waste-management industry has become a darling of environmentally minded investors for its work in recycling trash and harvesting gases from landfills as an...
In Push to Find Methane Leaks, Satellites Gear Up for the Hunt
Stemming the methane leaks from landfills, oil fields, natural gas pipelines and more is one of the most powerful levers we have to quickly slow...