In 2009, as congressional Democrats tried to advance a cap-and-trade system to address the climate crisis, then-Rep. John Shimkus made a memorable argument during a House committee hearing. Reducing ...

Global trade and climate policy are increasingly entwined. Across the globe, policymakers seek to drive investment into domestic green industry, reduce emissions, and avoid carbon leakage, all while ...

Carbon credits have emerged as a crucial tool in the global effort to combat the risks associated with climate change. By allowing companies and individuals to offset their carbon footprints by ...

Where would carbon-based life be without carbon? There are 118 known chemical elements, but carbon is the fourth most abundant and perhaps the most important to human life. Everywhere you look, ...

Businesses have an opportunity to align financial performance with sustainability objectives by adopting a whole-life carbon strategy. This process assesses an asset’s carbon impact across its ...

Best chance of finding liquid water, and even life on other planets, is to look for the absence of carbon dioxide in their atmospheres. Scientists at MIT, the University of Birmingham, and elsewhere ...

Carbon border adjustments confront the trade and climate nexus with two primary policy paths: a race to the bottom or a virtuous circle. A race to the bottom scenario occurs when countries abandon ...

Carbon seal rings are silently revolutionizing industries—from oil rigs to rocket engines. Carbon seal rings can have significant effects. Take a recent upgrade by ExxonMobil. By switching to advanced ...

Where would carbon-based life be without carbon? There are 118 known chemical elements, but carbon is the fourth most abundant and perhaps the most important to human life. Everywhere you look, ...