Super-Pollutants

EPA Targets Potent Greenhouse Gases, Bringing US Into Compliance With the Kigali Amendment

The new rule mandates a phasing down of hydrofluorocarbons, but raises new pollution concerns in a community where the most potent gas, HFC-23, will be incinerated.

By Phil McKenna

China Just Entered a Major International Climate Agreement. Now Comes the Hard Part

By Phil McKenna, Lili Pike

Global Methane Pledge Offers Hope on Climate in Lead Up to Glasgow

By Phil McKenna

The Rate of Global Warming During Next 25 Years Could Be Double What it Was in the Previous 50, a Renowned Climate Scientist Warns

By Bob Berwyn

The IPCC Understated the Need to Cut Emissions From Methane and Other Short-Lived Climate Pollutants, Climate Experts Say

By Phil McKenna

Can California Reduce Dairy Methane Emissions Equitably?

By Liza Gross

EPA Struggles to Track Methane Emissions From Landfills. Here’s Why It Matters

By James Bruggers, Amy Green, Phil McKenna, and Robert Benincasa

A Colorado Home Wins the Solar Decathlon, But Still Helps Cook the Planet

By Phil McKenna

New Climate Research From a Year-Long Arctic Expedition Raises an Ozone Alarm in the High North

By Bob Berwyn

With the World Focused on Reducing Methane Emissions, Even Texas Signals a Crackdown on ‘Flaring’

By Jonathan Moens

North Dakota, Using Taxpayer Funds, Bailed Out Oil and Gas Companies by Plugging Abandoned Wells

By Nicholas Kusnetz

The EPA Proposes a Ban on HFC-23, the Most Potent Greenhouse Gas Among Hydrofluorocarbons, by October 2022

By Phil McKenna, James Bruggers

The Senate Reinstates Methane Emissions Regulations Rolled Back by Trump, Marking a Clear Win for Climate Activists

By Phil McKenna

Ahead of the Climate Summit, Environmental Groups Urge Biden to Champion Methane Reductions as a Quick Warming Fix

By Phil McKenna

An Unusual Coalition of Environmental and Industry Groups Is Calling on the EPA to Quickly Phase Out Super-Polluting Refrigerants

By Phil McKenna

Want to Buy a Climate-Friendly Refrigerator? Leading Manufacturers Are Finally Providing the Information You Need

By Phil McKenna

Louisville’s Super-Polluting Chemical Plant Emits Not One, But Two Potent Greenhouse Gases

By Phil McKenna, James Bruggers

Biden Takes Aim at Reducing Emissions of Super-Polluting Methane Gas, With or Without the Republicans

By Marianne Lavelle

Has the Ascend Nylon Plant in Florida Cut Its Greenhouse Gas Emissions, as Promised? A Customer Wants to Know

By Phil McKenna