Science

Should We Use Geoengineering To Alter the Climate?

Ramin Skibba / Undark Dec 6, 2024 Scientists and companies increasingly support finding ways to block some sunlight to avoid the worst impacts of global warming. Dig deeper ( 18 Min. Read )

Environment

Nation’s First Commercial Carbon Sequestration Plant Is Leaking

Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco / Grist Oct 21, 2024 An Illinois community has learned of a second leak in Archer Daniels Midland’s sequestration well beneath Lake Decatur, their primary source of drinking water. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Environment

Carbon Capture Could Extend Oil Production by 84 Years

Geoff Dembicki / DeSmog Jun 11, 2024 A new industry study focuses on a Canadian oil field that should have shut down in 2016, but could now keep producing oil until 2100. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Environment

Solar Geoengineering—What Could Go Wrong?

Richard Heinberg / Resilience Apr 9, 2024 Discussions are underway for pilot projects to block the sun’s heat. But a global solar radiation management program risks creating a carbon bomb on a very short fuse. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Environment

How Much Carbon Can Farm Soil Store? Nobody Knows

Max Graham / Grist Feb 12, 2024 Advocates say the long-awaited farm bill could help fix that. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Environment

Big Oil Is Gaslighting the World

Juan Cole / TomDispatch Dec 20, 2023 Amid record heat, the oil industry, in concert with COP28, wants you to believe they're going green despite all evidence to the contrary. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Environment

Texas Goes All-In on Carbon Capture

Elliott Woods / Capital & Main Nov 8, 2023 Critics say Railroad Commission and politicians focus on business, not environmental protection. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Environment

Report: Chemical Recycling a “False Solution” to Plastic Crisis

Dana Drugmand / DeSmog Nov 1, 2023 Just 11 facilities are currently operational in the U.S. and they process a tiny fraction of the nation’s plastic waste, the report finds. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

TD Original

Using Nature to Heal Nature

Rachel Reeves / Truthdig Oct 3, 2023 A startup wants to store plants in the bottom of the Black Sea to save humanity from its carbon footprint. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Environment

Is Carbon Capture the Solution for Jobs and Climate Action?

Nicholas Kusnetz / Inside Climate News Dec 6, 2022 The idea that we would further stress the air, water and land that surrounds us by altering ocean chemistry or building a new power-hungry industry seems wrongheaded to many. Dig deeper ( 16 Min. Read )