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Emissions
A UN report says making cities more population-dense can help cut carbon emissions
by
Amy Scott
and Sean McHenry
May 2, 2022
Cities were responsible for over half of the world's carbon emissions in recent years. They could turn that around in the decades to come.
How do you calculate a company's carbon footprint? The SEC is figuring that out.
by
Lily Jamali
Jan 19, 2022
Emissions by a company's suppliers and customers could count towards the total.
Virtual conferences significantly cut greenhouse gas emissions
Dec 27, 2021
A new study in the journal Nature Communications says going virtual can reduce an event's carbon footprint by 94%.
Apparent death of Build Back Better has climate scientists searching for a solution
by
Andy Uhler
Dec 20, 2021
"We don't really have a plan without the Build Back Better Act to stop the warming," a UC Santa Barbara professor says.
If a carbon tax helps lower emissions, why doesn't the U.S. have one?
by
Andy Uhler
Oct 29, 2021
The tax has been a contentious topic among Washington lawmakers, but the U.S. is behind industrialized nations in not having one in place.
Report calls plastics the "new coal"
Oct 22, 2021
Plastics could be a bigger source of greenhouse gases in the U.S. than the coal industry by 2030, if current production trends keep up.
As foundations pledge to get endowments to net zero, monitoring emissions is a challenge
Oct 22, 2021
Companies aren't required to share data on their greenhouse gas emissions, which makes it hard for investors to evaluate their own progress toward net-zero portfolios.
For public good, not for profit.
Thirty countries agree to methane emissions cuts to protect the climate
Oct 13, 2021
Pound for pound, it's 28 times better at trapping atmospheric heat than CO2.
Bike-share programs aren't profitable but chip away at emissions
Oct 6, 2021
A new study says New York City's bike-share program saved nearly 500 tons of emissions over four years.
To control methane emissions, the EPA seeks better ways to measure them
by
Andy Uhler
Aug 23, 2021
Environmental groups argue that the oil-and-gas industry emits nearly twice as much of the greenhouse gas as the agency reports.