Economics

Renewables surge, yet carbon emissions hit record. What gives?

The world’s emissions of heat-trapping carbon dioxide rose to record levels last year, according to a new report from the Intern...

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The Alarming Rise of India’s Pay-to-Breathe Industry

As the state’s solutions to pollution fail, the need for expensive air purifiers is driving a new kind of inequality....

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Deforestation Inc.: How ‘green’ firms prevent climate action

A new 9-month long cross-border investigation exposes the flaws of “green” forestry labels. Environmental auditors overlook ha...

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The cities built to be reusable

The remnants of most old buildings end up in landfill, but some cities are starting to design them for so they can be easily disas...

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Fighting Climate Change Was Costly. Now It’s Profitable.

It is a good time to be in the decarbonization business in the United States. The Inflation Reduction Act—with its $374 billion...

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Death in the marshes: environmental calamity hits Iraq’s unique wetlands

Small gangs of buffaloes sat submerged in green and muddy waters. Their back ridges rose over the surface like a chain of black is...

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How Pittsburgh found a secret climate weapon in ‘the thrilling world of municipal budgeting’

Governments the world over have made a lot of great-sounding climate commitments. In Pittsburgh, for example, an ambitious plan�...

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The world’s carbon price is a fraction of what we need – because only a fifth of global emissions are priced

At the end of last year, the world’s average price to emit one tonne of greenhouse gases was around US$5.29 (AU$7.77). For prici...

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Lithium exploration drilling near Litchfield National Park raises sustainability questions

The race to find lithium — the indispensable ingredient that is powering the world's electric vehicles — is heating up in the ...

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The obscure calculation transforming climate policy

Barring a mass Homo sapiens extinction event from, say, nuclear war or another disaster, many more billions of humans will be born...

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How an Early Oil Industry Study Became Key in Climate Lawsuits

For decades, 1960s research for the American Petroleum Institute warning of the risks of burning fossil fuels had been forgotten. ...

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In Mongolia, climate crisis threatens herding traditions

Myagmar-Ochir may be just three years old, but he already has big plans for his future. “I want to be a horseman”, he says. �...

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