Carbon
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News
Carbon Offsets, a Much-Criticized Climate Tool, Get Federal Guidelines
The new principles aim to define ‘high-integrity’ offsets amid concerns that current practices often don’t cut greenhouse gas emissions as claimed.
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News
Carbon Markets Are in Limbo. That’s Not Stopping This Firm.
An Emirati company wants to broker a nascent market in which nations trade emission reductions even before regulations are agreed upon.
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Science
For the First Time, Genetically Modified Trees Have Been Planted in a U.S. Forest
Living Carbon, a biotechnology company, hopes its seedlings can help manage climate change. But wider use of its trees may be elusive.
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US
Could Air Someday Power Your Flight? Airlines Are Betting on It.
New technologies, including one fuel extracted from the atmosphere itself, could make flying more sustainable. But the challenges are many and the timeline is uncertain.
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World
Europe Reaches Deal for Carbon Tax Law on Imports
If approved, as expected, the plan would impose tariffs on countries that fail to take strict steps to curb their greenhouse gas emissions.
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Newyork
The Global Carbon Surveillance State Is Coming
For decades, those of us wondering why so little action had been taken to reduce carbon emissions, and why the public felt so little urgency ...