CARBON EMISSION

Christopher Flavelle
Can We Solve Drought By Piping Water Across the Country

Why don’t we create a national acequia system to capture excess rain falling primarily in…

Emissions associated with the extraction and combustion of fossil fuels from US federal lands and waters
‘One quarter’ of US emissions since 2005 come from fossil fuels on public lands

Emissions equivalent to nearly a quarter of the US total since 2005 have come from…

Somini Sengupta
Your Climate Newsletter is Getting Better

If you’re reading this, you know all about the stellar climate coverage done by my…

Guest post: Is China living up to its pledges on climate change and energy transition?
Guest post: Is China living up to its pledges on climate change and energy transition?

In September 2020, China pledged to become carbon neutral by 2060 and this climate target…

The climate change mitigation potential from natural restoration of forests varies across the Indian states.
Guest post: How can restoring forests reduce India’s emissions?

India, along with many other countries has made ambitious commitments to restore forests to combat…

Lisa Friedman
Environmental Racism without mentioning Race: Taking a stance against it

Before we get into the news this week we wanted to tell our readers about…

National average carbon footprints for 116 countries
Eradicating ‘extreme poverty’ would raise global emissions by less than 1%

Lifting hundreds of millions of people out of “extreme poverty” – where they live on…

Raymond Zhong
The Beijing Olympics are Environmentally Unfriendly

If you’ve been watching the Winter Olympics in Beijing, it’s hard to miss: Just beyond…

Matthew Futterman
How Beijing Created Snow for Winter Olympics

Many competitions in winter sports are held on artificial snow. This is an extremely unfriendly…

Matthew Futterman
How Beijing Created Snow for Winter Olympics

Many winter sports competitions are held on artificial snow, which is an environmentally damaging practice.…