Michigan
Michigan officials look to state forests as an offset for carbon emissions
Skeptics worry the plan will give polluters an inexpensive and imprecise option to meet future emission targets.
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania lawmaker hopes carbon capture can bridge partisan divide over climate change
State Sen. Sharif Street, a Democrat from Philadelphia, thinks incentives for carbon capture and storage could win over unions and Republicans.
North Dakota
Can this North Dakota co-op prove the potential of carbon capture and storage?
Project Tundra represents a potential harbinger for the technology that could extend the viability of coal power.
biomass
Estonia is beginning to see the cost of wood pellets. Is North Carolina next?
Turning ancient forests into wood pellets is putting the country’s tourism and climate commitments at risk.
biomass
Wood pellets cause more climate pollution than coal when they’re burned. So why does Europe call them ‘carbon neutral’?
Within the time frame climate scientists say we must make drastic reductions in greenhouse gas pollution, could wood pellets be considered “carbon neutral,” as the European Union and other governments have deemed them?