Will Republican Climate Change Proposals Work?
As conservative opinion shifts, lawmakers like Matt Gaetz and Lamar Alexander have put forward solutions that focus on "innovation" at the expense of regulation.
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What’s Next for the Green New Deal?
Republicans in Congress have criticized progressives' Green New Deal as an impractical, ludicrous, or even dangerous plan. What are they offering in its place?
Why the Social Policies in the Green New Deal Are Essential to Its Success
Green New Deal detractors argue that the economic policies in the plan are extraneous. They're wrong.
Why Aren’t We Using Nature to Fight Climate Change?
Forests, mangroves, and wetlands are sometimes seen as the easy option—yet using nature to tackle climate change can be surprisingly controversial.
The New IPCC Report Offers Climate Solutions That Depend on Magic
To solve the crisis, we'd have to slow growth. And no one wants to admit that.
Scientists Create a Cheaper Way to Pull Carbon Dioxide From the Atmosphere
In a study released Thursday, a group of scientists announced the creation of what they say is a significantly cheaper method to scrub carbon dioxide emissions from the atmosphere.
Warehousing CO2: What Lies Beneath
Seagrass meadows are some of the most productive ecosystems on the planet. New research shows that they’re enormous carbon sinks, too.
Ocean Carbon Sequestration: The World’s Best Bad Idea
Putting carbon dioxide in the ocean is a terrible way to deal with climate change. Maybe we should do it.
Changing the Equations for Carbon, Biomedicine
Reporting from the El Paso innovation conference, our Michael Haederle explains how a toy frog may have hopped over some biomedical manufacturing obstacles.