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Higher tariffs may be bad for trade, but good for the environment

by Justin Ho
Oct 16, 2023
Recent research finds that higher tariffs on dirtier imports could reduce carbon emissions.
Steel production in the U.S. is a lot cleaner now than before the 1970s, thanks to the use of more energy-efficient electric arc furnaces. Above, a steel plant in Pennsylvania.
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Occidental Petroleum makes a $1.1 billion bet on carbon capture technology

by Sabri Ben-Achour and Alex Schroeder
Aug 25, 2023
The giant U.S. oil and gas company is paying over $1 billion for a carbon-capture tech firm.
To make progress against climate change, we'll need to invest in technologies that pull carbon dioxide out of the air, in addition to reducing global greenhouse gas emissions.
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French entrepreneurs look to agriculture and forestry for the future of aviation fuel

by John Laurenson
Dec 28, 2022
One company says it can make sustainable aviation fuel using beets, sugar cane and forestry waste.
France is Europe's largest producer of sugar beets. Now, a bioenergy company there is using bacteria from the sugar to produce sustainable aviation fuel.
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Fizzling out: a shortage of carbon dioxide hits U.K. food and drink industry

by Stephen Beard
Oct 11, 2022
The war in Ukraine and the sharp hike in the price of natural gas has sent the cost of C02, a vital industrial chemical, soaring in Europe.
The U.K. is dealing with a shortage of CO2, which is essential in the meat industry as well as the brewing and serving of beer.
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Ocean acidification raises economic concerns for shellfish hatcheries

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Jul 5, 2022
Lower pH water, caused by higher carbon dioxide emissions, can kill baby oysters as they fight for minerals to grow their shells.
Oceans are the most acidic they’ve been in 26,000 years, according to the World Meteorological Organization. That can impact the development of shellfish, like the ones fishermen depend on for income.
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Thirty countries agree to methane emissions cuts to protect the climate

by Samantha Fields
Oct 13, 2021
Pound for pound, it's 28 times better at trapping atmospheric heat than CO2.
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) (L) and Senator Martin Heinrich (D-NM) participate in a news conference about the Senate vote on methane regulation outside of the U.S. Capitol on April 28, 2021 in Washington, DC.
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Craft brewers cut down carbon dioxide pollution during COVID-19

by Andy Uhler
Jul 7, 2020
Capturing carbon is expensive, so most brewers usually just release the gas into the atmosphere. That's changing during the pandemic.
One thing that’s driving breweries to capture their own carbon dioxide is that right now some suppliers don’t want to bother with low-volume customers.
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British business seeks to cash in on carbon

by Stephen Beard
Jul 8, 2019
British entrepreneurs scramble to make money from carbon emissions without causing further climate change.
Exhaust plumes from cooling towers at a coal-fired power station in Jaenschwalde, Germany.
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5 ways to treat your allergies on the cheap

by Eliza Mills
May 4, 2018
Because this allergy season is longer and worse than last year.
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Market forces help stabilize CO2 emissions for third year

by Kimberly Adams
Mar 17, 2017
The plateau in emissions comes amid global economic growth.
"The switch from coal to gas really happened because of the shale gas revolution and because of markets,” said Laura Cozzi of the International Energy Agency. Above, a coal power plant from American Electric Power in New Haven, West Virginia.
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