Climate

Minnesota moves to regulate carbon dioxide pipelines
The move comes as two companies are planning to construct pipelines to collect carbon dioxide emissions from ethanol plants in Minnesota and surrounding states and store the CO2 underground in North Dakota and Illinois.
Eliminating fossil fuel air pollution would save about 50,000 lives, study finds
Burning oil, coal and other fossil fuels releases plumes of tiny, dangerous particles. A new study estimates that eliminating that pollution would save about 50,000 lives in the U.S. each year.
The U.S. pledged billions to fight climate change. Then came the Ukraine war
The U.S. promised to slash its emissions and send tens of billions of dollars to low-lying and less well-off nations. The war in Ukraine is delaying that even as the toll from climate change rises.