The problem with forcing people back to the office? All the carbon emissions.

When office workers stopped working in offices in 2020, trading their cubicles for living room couches during COVID-19 lockdowns, many began questioning those hours they had spent commuting to work. Read More

Global carbon emissions dropped a record 7% due to COVID-19. Don’t count on it to last

The COVID-19 pandemic ... the dip in emissions is not expected to significantly slow the warming of the planet. Emissions are projected to drop by 2.6 billion tons of carbon dioxide in 2020 ... Read More

US’s power grid continues to lower emissions—everything else, not so much

Separately, direct use of fossil fuels for things like furnaces, water heaters, etc., has been largely flat for the entire 30 years the EIA is looking at, although milder weather led to a slight ... Read More

Study says remote work could cause drop in carbon emissions

The researchers, however, noted that a reduction in on-site work would cause a significant drop in public transit ... that at-home work helps reduce carbon emissions. Last year, Cornell University ... Read More

US’s carbon emissions drop slightly, mostly due to using less coal

Excluding one pandemic year, emissions are lower than they've been since the 1980s. So, even with all the pushback from the Right, we have still been able to reduce immissions by a gigaton? Read More

Using pulp and paper waste to scrub carbon from emissions

The technique they've pioneered not only reduces the energy required to convert carbon into useful products ... Capturing carbon emissions is one of the most exciting emerging tools to fight ... Read More

Coal-to-gas switch spurs 3% drop in energy emissions

Mild winter weather and increasing air and car travel also affected carbon dioxide emissions from electricity, fuel and heating. U.S. energy-related carbon dioxide emissions dropped last year as ... Read More

Offshore wind turbines won't reduce carbon dioxide emissions. This is why

As we venture further into the era of renewable energy, offshore wind farms have been celebrated as beacons of progress, promising to reduce our reliance on fossil fuels and curb carbon emissions. Read More

Most carbon dioxide emissions linked to 57 entities: Research

Eighty percent of worldwide carbon emissions since 2016 are attributable to fewer than 60 companies and countries, according to a report published Thursday by the think tank InfluenceMap. Read More

The 57 Companies Most Responsible for Global Carbon Emissions

As much as 80% of the world’s carbon dioxide emissions between 2016 through 2022 can be traced to just 57 corporate and state fossil fuel and cement producers, think tank InfluenceMap said in a ... Read More

These 150-foot-high sails could help solve shipping’s climate problem

To cut costs and carbon emissions, cargo ships are putting a new ... ship owners and ship designers. That’s a drop in the bucket compared to the roughly 100,000 cargo ships plying the seas ... Read More

What are carbon credits and how much are they?

Businesses will be able to offset emissions ... carbon credits are sold determine their price. The average cost of carbon credits is currently £35.82 per tonne at the time of writing, having ... Read More