Greenhouse gases
The Lede
The E.P.A.’s Disastrous Plan to End the Regulation of Greenhouse Gases
With a new proposal, the Trump Administration, which has already laid waste to dozens of programs aimed at limiting climate change, has managed to outdo itself.
By Elizabeth Kolbert
Annals of a Warming Planet
What Is the Opposite of Oil Drilling?
A growing industry aims to remove carbon from the atmosphere—but it’s still in its infancy, and greenhouse-gas emissions remain dangerously high.
By Michelle Nijhuis
Annals of Climate Action
A Security Camera for the Planet
A new satellite, funded by a nonprofit, aims to pinpoint emissions of methane—a gas that plays a major role in global warming.
By David W. Brown
Annals of a Warming Planet
The Promise of Carbon-Neutral Steel
A new manufacturing technique could drastically reduce the footprint of one of our dirtiest materials.
By Matthew Hutson
Annals of a Warming Planet
Can Green Energy Power the Cannabis Boom?
We’ve found a huge new electricity hog in indoor industrial production of the crop.
By Bill McKibben
Profiles
The Climate Expert Who Delivered News No One Wanted to Hear
How a scientist known as the “father of global warming” watched his dire predictions for the planet come true.
By Elizabeth Kolbert