Emissions reduction

Climate crisis

Carbon offset markets aren’t working. A new private-sector reform movement aims to make them better

Will this reboot spur real reductions in carbon emissions — or just usher in another wave of corporate greenwashing?

By Jason Deign . 29 July 2021
Guest essay

How to green the steel industry? Start with steel buyers

As we push to decarbonize heavy industry, it helps to start with an industry's customers.

By Jenny Chu . 23 July 2021
Solar

Newsletter: Nature abhors a vacuum, carbon accounting edition

Startups are jumping in to fill a policy gap when it comes to business-sector carbon tracking.

By Julian Spector . 21 July 2021
Clean industry

Carbon accounting is hard. These startups want to make it easier

In the absence of policy, can the corporate community decarbonize itself?

By Emma Foehringer Merchant . 20 July 2021
Climate crisis

How do you know if a climate policy is good? Here’s the test

Clean electrification at warp speed for the next decade is the most important thing of all.

By David Roberts . 9 July 2021
Guest essay

Cities want to ban natural gas in new construction. State lawmakers are blocking them

Twenty states have already passed "ban the ban" laws and more might follow suit. They're backed by money and lobbyists from the gas industry.

By Rushad Nanavatty, Daniel Tait . 9 July 2021
Carbon-free buildings

Newsletter: The hard truth about clean concrete

Plus, the limits of moderation in the climate context.

By Julian Spector . 1 July 2021
Climate crisis

IEA: World still has ‘narrow’ path to reach net-zero carbon by 2050

Adding clean energy capacity at unprecedented rates and halting all fossil fuel investment could avert the worst climate change impacts — if governments can commit to action.

By Jeff St. John . 18 May 2021
Policy & regulation

The decarbonization gap that's splitting Colorado Democrats

A new analysis offers criticism — and potential solutions — in the battle between an incentives-based approach and demanding mandatory emissions limits.

By Jeff St. John . 18 May 2021
Climate crisis

Newsletter: Banking on "technologies that we don't yet have"

Something to keep in mind while processing the comments from Climate Envoy John Kerry that kicked up a ruckus over the weekend.

By Julian Spector . 18 May 2021