Clean Air Policy

Ethics and costs are contentious issues tackled by the next Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report

Editor's note: This April, geologist and Ph.D. candidate Ulyana Horodyskyj will be climbing Mount Everest to determine how much soot is settling on snow at the top of mammoth glaciers, which could slow their growth at the top, even as they melt at much lower elevations.

After the latest round of IPCC climate reports, some scientists are calling for a more streamlined process

Gas-powered electricity could slash greenhouse gases, but only if we get methane emissions under control

New incinerators appeal to cities looking to get rid of garbage and produce renewable power. But local leaders find it tough to weigh sparse evidence on health threats against public opposition

Global warming is a challenge for the largest private oil company, but fossil fuels will remain predominant

Smartphones, cheap satellite imaging and crowdfunded enterprises have made citizen oversight possible that was undreamed of by past transparency advocates and environmentalists. David Biello reports

 

United Nations prepares to codify shipping rules for the Arctic and Antarctica

The rate of global temperature rise mayhave hit a plateau, but a climate crisis still looms in the near future

Poor people will suffer the most, unless the world exploits vanishing opportunities to adapt