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U.S. carbon emissions grew in 2022, even as renewables surpassed coal

Emissions ticked up 1.3 percent last year as they continued to rebound from early pandemic lows.

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Biden’s biggest idea on climate change is remarkably cheap

A new analysis from researchers at the University of Chicago and the Rhodium Group, an energy-research firm, finds that one of President Joe Biden’s marquee energy proposals—the one of the most likely to make it through Congress—has a good chance of working.

Politics

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Covid took a bite from U.S. greenhouse gas emissions in 2020

Emissions plunged more than 10 percent. If the trend can be sustained, it would put the United States within striking distance of one of its major goals under the Paris climate agreement.

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Major COVID-related emissions drop still ‘no cause for cheer’

Greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S. fell 18% below last year's level in the three months ending June 15, reflecting an economy sharply hobbled by the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a new report by research firm Rhodium Group.

Causes

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U.S. carbon emissions surged in 2018 even as coal plants closed

America’s carbon dioxide emissions rose by 3.4 percent in 2018, the biggest increase in eight years.

ORIGINAL REPORTING

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U.S. carbon emissions grew in 2022, even as renewables surpassed coal

Biden’s biggest idea on climate change is remarkably cheap

Covid took a bite from U.S. greenhouse gas emissions in 2020

Major COVID-related emissions drop still ‘no cause for cheer’

U.S. carbon emissions surged in 2018 even as coal plants closed

Cars and trucks are America’s biggest climate problem for the 2nd year in a row

A climate-themed version of Catan sparks new conversations

Opinion: Building climate resilience fails to protect human health

Montana’s Supreme Court debates climate law's constitutionality

Hollywood’s quest to cut carbon emissions

Some US cities are promoting themselves as climate refuges despite concerns

Supreme Court to rule on key environmental cases

Amid LNG’s Gulf Coast expansion, community hopes to stand in its way