Stories Tagged as
Carbon
Big Tech is buying into the early carbon-removal market
Sep 7, 2023
Microsoft is paying $200 million to a company using crushed rock to absorb carbon, and the Frontier consortium is backing emerging technology.
Are Republicans softening on carbon taxes?
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Jed Kim
Sep 12, 2018
A few GOP lawmakers are bucking the party line by backing a tax on CO2 emissions.
When a big carbon emitter is the main economic driver in town
by
Gigi Douban
Jul 20, 2017
For local residents, the Miller power plant is the economic center of the city.
U.S. halts new coal leases to reprice for carbon
by
Scott Tong
Jan 15, 2016
Lease prices for federal coal lands are below market value, and don't factor in any cost for the carbon pollution coal causes
A city earns revenue from not cutting its timberland
by
Jeff Tyler
Nov 12, 2015
A trust selling carbon credits pays Astoria, Oregon, to harvest less timber.
Texas has its own supply of cheap — and dirty — coal
Aug 6, 2015
About a third of the state's electricity comes from burning lower-quality lignite.
EPA's carbon rules are catching up with the market
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Scott Tong
Aug 3, 2015
The rules limiting carbon emissions will speed utilities' movement away from coal as a fuel.
For public good, not for profit.
Your electric car may be a carbon polluter
Aug 3, 2015
Some electric cars may cause more carbon pollution than a standard gasoline engine.
Pope Francis: climate, economics, and values
Jun 18, 2015
The pope offers a moral interpretation of the global economy.
The elements: Carbon's all around
by
Kai Ryssdal
Jan 21, 2014
Carbon is the ultimate bonder but in some forms, it can be dangerous. Carbon Monoxide can poison you. Carbon Dioxide is blamed by some for global warming.