Over the last decade, humanity's emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) have stabilized after a period of huge growth. Average growth is now down to just 0.6% per year, compared to 2% per year in the ...

The high price of scrapping the social cost of carbon On climate policy, the new administration is entitled to recalculate this metric — but it cannot act arbitrarily. February 5, 2025 ...

Accenture says AI’s carbon surge can be avoided—but as Big Tech races to build ever-larger data centers, the question is whether anyone’s really trying.

Walker County’s carbon dioxide emissions fell the most, decreasing by around 78%. Meanwhile, emissions in Perry County almost doubled from 2018-2023, increasing by 99%, the biggest increase of ...

Microsoft defines “carbon negative” as reducing its direct emissions—known as Scope 1 and 2 emissions—to near zero, and lowering its indirect emissions—those that come from its supply ...

Stalled efforts to expand companies' use of carbon credits to offset greenhouse-gas emissions are raising the prospect that some will backtrack or abandon targets to shrink their carbon footprint.

Last year, the DOE awarded $1.5 billion in grants to six projects designed to curb carbon emissions by the cement industry. It’s not yet clear whether any of that money will be held up under the ...

How much does cutting down on carbon emissions, by doing things like using public transport, walking or cycling to get to places, ... Here are the stats of the Bhekisisa team's walking and use of ...

CO2 emissions increased an estimated 0.8% to a record 37.4 billion metric tons in 2024. ... Carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels inched higher in 2024 and are estimated to set a record, ...

As the window of opportunity for containing rising temperatures rapidly closes, expanding renewable energy sources and adopting an appropriate carbon price are urgently needed. In the interim, ...