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Carbon Emissions
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Arctic tundra is now a source – not a sink – of carbon emissions
Arctic tundra in Siberia Shutterstock / Andrei Stepanov The Arctic tundra now emits more carbon dioxide and other…
Mayors are the leaders we need to help fight climate change
It hasn’t been a good year for people who care about climate change. A hoped-for peak in carbon…
Countries are cheating their way to net zero by overrelying on forests
Russia’s plan to reach net zero by 2060 relies on existing forests to absorb ongoing carbon emissions VarnakovR/Shutterstock…
Carbon emissions from private jets have exploded in recent years
Elon Musk boards his private jet in Beijing in 2023 JADE GAO/AFP via Getty Images Flights taken on…
Camellia oil could be the greenest cooking oil – and the healthiest
A camellia farm in Jiangxi province, China Wan Xiang/Xinhua/Alamy Replacing some existing vegetable oil crops with camellia plants…
In Praise of Climate Virtue Signaling
These changes are real, and very significant, so it’s no wonder that some of the MPs Westlake interviewed…
Project 2025 Would Drastically Cut Support for Carbon Removal
That’s why government support like the DOE Regional DAC Hubs program is so important, says Jack Andreasen at…
People hugely underestimate the carbon footprints of the 1 per cent
Private jet use increases an individual’s carbon footprint Michael Edwards/Getty Images People consistently underestimate the personal carbon footprints…
Most climate policies do little to prevent climate change
Most political efforts at tackling climate change have little effect Shutterstock The vast majority of climate policies fail…
Stanford Engineers Unveil Game-Changing Electrified Reactor
This image depicts the inductively heated metamaterial reactor with catalysts filling the ceramic foam baffle. It is producing…