Podcast
Why methane matters
The potent greenhouse gas remains in the atmosphere for just over a decade, but cutting methane emissions is a critical step in slowing short- and long-term global warming.
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Emissions reduction
Emissions reduction
Unpacking EPA’s newly proposed power emissions rule
The proposed rule would regulate emissions from existing power plants for the first time. If it passes legal hurdles, what will it mean for U.S. power plants?
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Carbon capture
Carbon capture for New York high-rise apartments is a real thing now
As New York City works to reduce building-related carbon emissions, one 30-story apartment tower is proving you can trap and sequester carbon from gas boiler exhaust.
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Air travel
Major airlines are teaming up to tackle planet-warming plane contrails
American, Southwest and United are joining with Airbus, Boeing, RMI and researchers in an effort to mitigate heat-trapping condensation trails.
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Podcast
A reality check on corporate sustainability
How large companies are claiming credit for climate progress that isn’t actually happening.
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Fossil fuels
Gas plants without the emissions? This startup says it's cracked the code
North Carolina–based NET Power uses a novel combustion cycle that captures its own emissions. Now it's building a 300MW plant in Texas to prove it works at scale.
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Air travel
193 countries pledge to slash air-travel emissions by 2050
It's the first international agreement of its kind for the hard-to-decarbonize aviation industry, but critics say the nonbinding target lacks teeth.
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Guest Essay
Big Steel starts prepping for a net-zero world
Key players involved in global steel — from major mills to big steel buyers to industry financiers — gathered in Pittsburgh to plot the industry’s low-carbon future.
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Marine transport
Zero-emissions cargo shipping catches on in cities and port communities
Los Angeles and Long Beach are now joined by Minneapolis, home to retail giant Target, in asking importers to slash all shipping emissions by 2030.
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Emissions reduction
Chart: Net-zero targets have gone global — but how meaningful are they?
National pledges to cut emissions to zero now cover 91% of the global economy, but many of them are too vague and reliant on offsets and carbon removal.
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Emissions reduction
California could ban new gas heaters after 2030. The goal: Healthier air
Ditching fossil-gas furnaces and water heaters isn't just good for the climate. Research shows it's a smart move for human health.
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