Greenhouse Gas

The bullet train won't open for years, but it's already taking cars off the road and clearing the air. Here's how.

New European Union regulations will require products that last longer and are easier to recycle

Humankind needs more and more resources, from computing power to concrete, to meet the growing demands associated with data centers, infrastructure, and other mainstays of society. Advanced materials key to that growth were the focus of an MIT workshop.

The company is nearing its global emissions goal.

The rulings are setbacks to Trump's efforts to halt climate and environmental funding approved under the Biden administration.

Fast fashion retailers rely heavily on shipping by air. The president's tariffs could change that.

Places like Maui and Asheville, North Carolina, rebuilding after wildfires and hurricanes, are doing so with a mind to sustainable tourism

President Donald Trump signed executive orders Tuesday to bolster the country's declining coal industry, relaxing restrictions on coal mining, leasing and exports in what the White House said was an effort to meet the energy-intensive needs of artificial intelligence data centers.

Globalization and trade have lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty. Will tariffs end that?

Companies may maintain a low profile about climate change while the Trump administration is in power, but they have strong financial incentives to continue to reduce their emissions and their own climate risks.

President Donald Trump continues dismantling climate policy with a move of questionable legality that benefits fossil fuels. States are sure to sue.

More than 100 nations in the International Maritime Organization have agreed to fuel standards for ships and fees for carbon emissions offenders, which the Trump administration opposes.

World's first global tax in shipping industry is scheduled to start in 2028

The production of coal is cleaner now than it has been historically, but that doesn't mean it's clean.

A draft global agreement sets a fee for cargo ships, which carry the vast majority of world trade, to pay for their greenhouse gas emissions.

Liquid air energy storage could be the lowest-cost solution for ensuring a reliable power supply on a future grid dominated by carbon-free yet intermittent energy sources, according to a new model from MIT researchers.

Washington needs to recognize Chinese strengths, not rail against them.

For 12 years, scientists thought they knew how much extreme heat human bodies could cope with. New research shows how wrong they were.

The International Maritime Organization, which regulates international shipping, set a target for the sector to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by about 2050.