emissions reductions
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Metro areas can grow and cut emissions at the same time. Here’s how.
Cities have a problem: They’re trying to slash their carbon emissions while, at the same time, growing rapidly. Take the region that includes Baltimore and Washington, D.C., for example: In the next two decades, it’s projected to add nearly 1.5 million jobs and grow by over half a million households. Meanwhile, Washington, D.C. set a […]
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China’s new 5-year plan is out, and it doesn’t sacrifice the environment for the economy
The plan calls for a cap on energy consumption while maintaining economic growth.
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Dutch citizens just sued their own government for not stopping climate change
The ruling suggests that any nation that contributes to climate change is abusing the human rights of its citizens, not to mention the rest of the world.
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CEOs to world leaders: Get off your asses and fix climate change
Executives from 43 major companies want real progress to come out of the U.N. climate talks in Paris this December.
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These magic CO2-dissolving capsules want to save the world
Scientists think they've found a new technology for pulling carbon from the air, and it looks like weird fish roe.
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No, economic growth and climate stability do not go hand-in-hand
The carefully worded New Climate Economy report says that we can take climate action and grow the economy too. Avoiding catastrophic warming is a separate issue, apparently.