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The frozen carbon of the northern permafrost is on the move – we estimated by how much

Only swift, complete cuts in human emissions can prevent permafrost thaw, avoiding a warming-driven carbon feedback loop.

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Where will captured carbon go? Ohio company among those seeking to embed it in new products

Quasar Energy Group heads up a team awarded a U.S. grant to use carbon dioxide from biodigesters to make algae-based polyurethane.

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Crushed rock spread across Ontario fields in new push to capture carbon

A carbon capture partnership in Ontario is harnessing crushed rock to remove CO2 from the air and store it in soil.

FILE - Trash is unloaded at the Otay Landfill in Chula Vista, Calif., Jan. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)
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Cutting food waste would lower emissions, but so far only one state has done it

The difficulty of cutting food waste has spoiled several states’ attempts to ban it, and only one — Massachusetts — has actually succeeded.

A free library and bench sit in a meadow in Callahan Park in Detroit, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
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Urban communities that lack shade sizzle when it’s hot. Trees are a climate change solution

DETROIT – Along a busy road in west Detroit, there’s little respite from the sun for residents stopping for gasoline, attending places of...

FILE PHOTO: Sheets of copper cathode are pictured at BHP Billiton's Escondida, the world's biggest copper mine, in Antofagasta, Chile March 31, 2008.  REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado/File Photo
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Mining industry struggles with valuation gap amid shift to copper

Miners including Rio Tinto, BHP Group and Glencore are watching rival copper producers gradually grow beyond their reach.

FILE PHOTO: The Houston Ship Channel and adjacent refineries, part of the Port of Houston, are seen in Houston, Texas, U.S., May 5, 2019.  REUTERS/Loren Elliott/File Photo
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US Gulf Coast oil prices to take center stage as exports dominate

Rising US crude oil exports are boosting the prominence of Gulf Coast price benchmarks and buoying trading volumes on Houston contracts.

FILE PHOTO: Cooling towers are seen at Google's new data center near Fredericia, Denmark November 30, 2020. Frank Cilius/Ritzau Scanpix/via REUTERS/File Photo
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Analysis: Power thirst complicates ESG investors’ love affair with tech stocks

ESG investors press Microsoft and Alphabet about AI's energy needs to determine the tech sector's place in sustainable funds.

A construction barge and crane float next to the first jacket (Centre) installed to support a turbine for a wind farm in the waters of the Atlantic Ocean off Block Island, Rhode Island July 27, 2015. Other support jackets and platforms sit on a barge (Left) behind the crane. The project by Deepwater Wind off the coast of Block Island, was North America's first offshore wind farm. At the time, the company said the milestone could pave the way for an industry long established in Europe but still struggling with opposition in the United States. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
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Status update: U.S. offshore wind projects from permit stage to online

With U.S. offshore wind capacity set to grow rapidly over the next few years, we take stock of where things are now and...

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