carbon emissions

World’s Largest Fossil Fuel and Cement Producers Are Responsible for About Half the Intensity of Recent Heat Waves, New Study Shows

Scientists say such source attribution could help power litigation aimed at holding the fossil fuel industry accountable for damages from heat waves and other extreme weather linked to climate change.

By Dana Drugmand

Temperatures and Carbon Emissions Continue to Rise

By Dylan Baddour

EPA Plan to End Greenhouse Gas Regulations, Expected Imminently, Will Harm Human Health, Experts Say

By Amy Green

Startups Make Products From the Carbon in Fossil Fuels

By Dylan Baddour

 The True Cost of Pretending Climate Change Doesn’t Exist

Interview by Jenni Doering, Living on Earth

Seagrasses Capture Carbon 35 Times Faster Than Tropical Rainforests. Scientists Are Working to Save Them

By Teresa Tomassoni

Turning Kazakhstan Into a Beef-Producing Machine, the American Way

Story and photos by Georgina Gustin

As Wildfire Season Approaches, Phytoplankton Take On Fires’ Trickiest Emissions

By Jenaye Johnson

Vehicle Carbon Pollution Would Be Cut, But More Slowly, Under New Biden Rule

By Marianne Lavelle

Pennsylvania’s Governor Wants to Cut Power Plant Emissions With His Own Cap-and-Invest Program

By Jon Hurdle

Canada’s Tar Sands Are a Much Larger Source of Air Pollution Than Previously Thought, Study Says

By Nicholas Kusnetz

What Will Kathy Hochul Do for New York Climate Policy? More Than Cuomo, Activists Hope

By Kristoffer Tigue

Dutch Court Gives Shell Nine Years to Cut Its Carbon Emissions by 45 Percent from 2019 Levels

By Kristoffer Tigue, Dan Gearino

Uber and Lyft Are Convenient, Competitive and Highly Carbon Intensive

By Phil McKenna

Drilling, Mining Boom Possible But Unlikely Under Trump’s Final Plan for Southern Utah Lands

By Judy Fahys

Is Natural Gas Really Helping the U.S. Cut Emissions?

By Nicholas Kusnetz

As Climate Change Hits the Southeast, Communities Wrestle with Politics, Funding

By James Bruggers

Court Throws Hurdle in Front of Washington State’s Drive to Reduce Carbon Emissions

By Kristoffer Tigue

EPA Carbon Rules Head to Court

By Elizabeth McGowan, InsideClimate News