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2020 and 2021 were supposed to be landmark years for the planet, but leaders didn't deliver

After a rare pandemic-related dip in 2020, global carbon emissions bounced back with a vengeance. Climate disasters seemed relentless over the summer, from flooding in Western Europe and China to wildfires in Siberia and the American West. And although world leaders made some headway at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, their new emission-reduction commitments…

From blending two reserves to foregoing malolactic fermentation (MLF), the biggest champagne houses are doing things a little differently.

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“There is no such thing as ‘CO2-free LNG,’” Oh Dongjae, a researcher for Solutions for Our Climate, said.

It was a lurching, stammering year. But resilience was everywhere.

"They overcooked the milk on BBB. I think they pushed him too hard and pissed him off," one activist says

Annual meetings of obscure international bodies to discuss the intricacies of maritime law in waters beyond national jurisdiction are not exactly must-see-TV. But this year I am paying very close attention to the International Seabed Authority’s (ISA) general assembly in Jamaica (and online, due to pandemic travel restrictions) which concludes tomorrow. After all, the fate…

Few things signal something’s gone haywire on the planet quite like frozen land on fire. Now scientists have determined that Arctic fires, even milder ones, can reshape a landscape for decades, in ways that may make it even harder to keep global heating from eclipsing international goals. It’s mostly rising temperatures that are thawing out…

"The effects that we're seeing from climate change are the crisis of our generation," Administrator Deanne Criswell said on CNN

"I started to find stories about not just what we’re doing to the planet, but answers, too," says Ami Vitale. "You can continue to talk about the horrors of the world, shock people, but what were we going to do about it?"

For decades, U.S. presidents have reacted harshly to high oil prices, using whatever limited power they had to try to push them lower and then publicizing said efforts in hopes that they would win political points. Ronald Reagan took credit for oil prices falling during his tenure, crediting his deregulatory agenda. Bill Clinton released oil…

The U.S. is dumping billions of dollars into the tiny sector