carbon offsets
Rethinking the role of carbon-sucking seaweed as a climate solution
Researchers argue carbon offset hopefuls have jumped the gun in touting seaweed’s carbon-sucking potential.
Logging company’s deferrals of old-growth jewels bittersweet
Conservation hot spots on Vancouver Island are being temporarily protected under Mosaic forestry's carbon credit initiative, but environmentalists have outstanding concerns.
Will Sheldon’s growing a plan to help farmers reforest the Global South
Will Sheldon works with Vancouver-based not-for-profit Taking Root helping smallholder coffee, cacao and cattle farmers in the tropics improve their lives while saving the planet.
At UN climate summit, all eyes turn to nailing down Article 6
The United Kingdom wants to close COP26 with the rules of the Paris Agreement finalized. But a thorny section called Article 6 has pitted countries against each other for years.
This Washington state refinery community has pulled the plug on any new fossil fuel projects
A county in Washington state has become the first such jurisdiction in the U.S. to ban new fossil fuel infrastructure following a lengthy battle over the impact of oil refineries on the local community.
Nature can save us from climate doom — but not on its own
By restoring ecosystems, conservationists can help the land sequester carbon. But it's still no substitute for drastically cutting emissions.
Starbucks goals for sustainability will need consumer buy-in
Starbucks has an ambitious plan to reduce its environmental footprint, albeit one it acknowledges will require considerable buy-in from its customers.
This week in climate inaccuracy: the two airplanes
Andrew Scheer said the Liberal campaign's use of two planes makes them hypocrites. Let's unpack that.
Canada's climate gap twice as big as claimed - 59 million tonne carbon snafu
Canada’s proposed climate plan doesn’t even get halfway to its target because of problems with international offsets. The resulting emissions gap is twice as big as advertised.
Opinion: HFCs and Aviation head in opposite directions with global climate pacts
One commits to declining emissions. The other leaves them soaring.
Push to limit airline emissions takes flight
An international campaign launched in late March is targeting one of the top 10 global polluting industries: airlines.