Environment Beef Eaters Contribute Almost Half of the U.S.’s Diet-Related Greenhouse Gas Emissions This study is one of the few to break down the environmental impacts of individual self-selected diets. Candace Butera
Environment White House Approves Federal Report That Pins Climate Change on Human Activity The report outlines the ways in which global warming has already caused harmful extreme weather in the United States. Francie Diep
Environment Tropical Forests Are Not the Carbon Sinks We Thought They Were A new study shows that tropical forests emit more carbon than they consume, mostly due to human activities. Kate Wheeling
Environment The Trump Administration Backs Away From Its Plan to Suspend the Transportation Greenhouse Gas Rule Lawsuits by states and advocacy groups are effectively blocking some of the most egregious attacks on environmental regulations. Bob Berwyn
Social Justice How Much Carbon Did You Emit Today? New research suggests a reminder may inspire more environmentally friendly behavior. Tom Jacobs
Environment Greening Government Procurement: Turning Uncle Sam Into an Eco-Friendly Consumer Seeking the environmental “hot spots” in $600 billion of government purchases. James Badham
Economics Greenhouse Gas Reports Send Stock Prices Higher? Coming clean about greenhouse gas emissions can make some companies squeamish. Because emissions are bad, businesses fear that… Rachel Swaby
Environment US, EU in Dogfight Over Airline Emissions Europe forges ahead on tackling greenhouse gas emissions, but the U.S. wants to ground certain rules that affect its airlines. Emily Badger
Social Justice Bipartisan Group Wants U.S. to Get Serious About Geoengineering Efforts at geoengineering to cool a warming planet are picking up steam. Michael Todd
Environment Russian Gas and the Cost of Germany’s Energy Revolution Doing deals with the Russians to put a pipe under the North Sea gives Germany some flexibility in its post-nuclear future, but at what price? Michael Scott Moore