carbon pollution

Tough new EPA rules would force coal-fired power plants to capture emissions or shut down

Politics
Amanda Smith

WASHINGTON (AP) — Coal-fired power plants would be forced to capture smokestack emissions or shut down under a rule issued Thursday by ...

Can this ocean-based carbon plant help save the world? Some scientists are raising red flags

Science
Dr. Sarah Adams

Editor’s Note: CNN Films ”Blue Carbon: Nature’s Hidden Power” takes viewers from the mangroves of Vietnam to the salt marshes of France to investigate ...

UK government approves controversial $2.5B project for ‘carbon negative’ power plant

Science
Dr. Sarah Adams

The UK government approved a £2 billion (around $2.5 billion) project on Tuesday to create a “carbon negative” wood-burning power plant. But ...

World’s richest 1% emit as much carbon as 5 billion people, report says

Science
Dr. Sarah Adams

The “polluter elite” are disproportionately driving climate change, according to a new report — with the wealthiest 1% of people in the ...