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Passing aggressive climate laws will be highly difficult without Democratic control of the Senate. But there are other ways the next administration could make progress.

President Trump’s withdrawal formally came into force the day after Election Day in the United States. Here’s what it means.

Demand for environmentally friendly beef, milk and wool has buoyed businesses racing to lower the levels of methane released by livestock.

On a seasonably warm day in August along a rugged stretch of the Southern California coast, work crews put on their reflective vests and hard hats. They directed a fleet of heavy vehicles known as cask handlers to haul great white concrete barrels from the decommissioned San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, known as SONGS. Each…

If analysts from BloombergNEF are right, then all of the world’s most greenhouse gas polluting days are behind it, thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic. A sharp drop in energy demand caused by the global response to the coronavirus pandemic will remove 2.5 years of energy sector emissions between now and 2050, according to the latest […]

The U.S. military is determined to shed fossil fuels in a shift toward a carbon negative future, and its efforts offer a roadmap for business to follow.

Bacardi recently announced a new part of its plan to take on plastic pollution with the rollout of compostable bottles for several of its products by 2023.

Here’s how the General Mills subsidiary is going beyond organic and leading the packaged food industry toward regenerative agriculture.

To the extent that climate change is another weapon of mass destruction, we might consider borrowing some tools of the past.

The restaurant chain calculates the carbon footprint of what you eat and puts it on the menu, and popularize the term 'climatarian.'

Alphabet’s X lab has officially announced its latest "moonshot": a computational agriculture project the company is calling Mineral. The project is focused on sustainable food production and farming at large scales, with goal of using hardware and software to solve problems around feeding Earth’s growing population and managing crops amidst climate change.

From cashew apples to bread, these companies and nonprofits are turning potential food waste into goods. Over 1 billion tons of food is wasted annually across the globe. 

Only 20 of 100 U.S. cities surveyed in the 2020 City Clean Energy Scorecard have community-wide greenhouse gas reductions goals and are on track to meet them, according to the scorecard, released Oct. 6, by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy. New York City took first place in the ranking of U.S. cities and GHG reduction actions, spurred in part by a new law ensuring upgrades to many inefficient buildings, says ACEES. The city with the lowest score, ranking 100, is Augusta, Ga. The . . .

GreenBiz Vice President and VERGE Executive Director, Shana Rappaport, welcomes participants to VERGE 20 with a clean economy call to action and a surprise musical performance.

This World is on Fire” was written by Kiki Lipsett, with additional lyrics customized by Shana Rappaport for VERGE 20 (original song, “This Girl is on Fire,” by Alicia Keys). You can learn more about and connect with all the musical collaborators via their websites: Kiki Lipsett (songwriter, piano: kikilipsett.com), Liliana Urbain (drums: lilianaurbain.com), Jules Indelicato (sound producer: facebook.com/soundbyjules), and Shana Rappaport (lead singer, theseastars.org).

Businesses have an 18-month grace period to prepare for the new rules.

Researchers fear forestry offsets and other nature-based programs often overstate reductions in climate pollution, allowing companies to sidestep the tougher parts of cleaning up their operations.

L’Oréal has created a sustainable cosmetics bottle made with polyethylene from captured and recycled carbon emissions that it wants to commercialise within four years.

Researchers are hoping to use the opportunity to get a better handle on the language of Australia’s endangered Burrunan dolphins.

JPMorgan Chase is powering more than 500 of its buildings throughout New York with clean, renewable energy under a five-year agreement with Brookfield Renewable, the financial giant announced on Tuesday.

Brookfield Renewable is using its hydroelectric facilities to power JPMorgan…

In the COVID-19 era, the tech sector can have an huge impact, from eliminating single-use plastics to transforming supply chains to innovating for good.

Our special report examines the role of renewables, nuclear power and carbon capture in reaching this ambitious goal.

Yet fossil fuel demand still exceeds safe climate scenarios, and growing poverty is leaving millions without access to clean, reliable electricity.

The shift comes as global energy demand is expected to fall by 5% in 2020, a pullback not seen since World War II, according to the International Energy Agency.

Scientific American is the essential guide to the most awe-inspiring advances in science and technology, explaining how they change our understanding of the world and shape our lives.

Prince William's Earthshot Prize will allocate £50 million to be awarded over the 10 years to people who come up with innovative solutions to the climate crisis.