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In this Nov. 28, 2019, photo, a solar panel installation is seen in Ruicheng County in central China's Shanxi Province.

Green China: Where authoritarianism and environmentalism meet 

Environment

Yifei Li, an environmental researcher and co-author of the book, “China Goes Green,” speaks to The World’s host Marco Werman about the downfalls of authoritarian environmentalism in China.

Under a new carbon offset program that is gaining popularity in Congress, oil and gas companies — and other manufacturers of products involving — fossil fuel would have to pay $40 for every ton of carbon emitted into the atmosphere.

New carbon offset program may have the bipartisan support it needs on Capitol Hill

Politics
A child stands in front of a herd of cows in Samburu County in Kenya, one of the many tropical countries that would have a larger hit to its overall gross domestic product if the overall global temperature continues to steadily rise. Climate change has le

Limiting temperature increase to 1.5 Celsius could result in $30 trillion of savings for global economy, study shows

Airplane takeoff

Airlines embrace carbon reductions, but fear the Trump administration might get in their way

Environment
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The ‘single biggest assault’ against environmental policies?

Environment

New report blames most rising seas on humans — but this scientist remains hopeful

Environment

Independent research organization Climate Central has released a map comparing the amount of coastal flooding caused by humans versus natural causes — following a study saying we are living with the fastest sea-level rise in 28 centuries.

The Obama administration's plan to clamp down on climate pollution from coal-fired power plants like this one in Wyoming hit a potentially big speed bump at the Supreme Court this week.

A Supreme Court speed bump could signal big trouble for Obama’s signature climate plan

Environment

The Obama administration says its plan to require big cuts in climate pollution from power plants is on firm legal ground. But an unexpected procedural ruling by the Supreme Court suggests a key swing justice could cast a vote to scuttle it.

Pollution smokestacks

An obscure clause in an old law could help regulate US carbon emissions

Environment

President Obama’s Clean Power Plan has been put on hold by the Supreme Court, but this academic thinks Section 115 of the 46-year-old Clean Air Act allows Obama’s plan to function.

Power plant pollution

Until Monday, the EPA was making progress with President Obama’s clean power plan

Environment

EPA administrator Gina McCarthy says the agency’s efforts to fight global warming have put the United States in a good position to be a leader at the Paris climate negotiations in the fall.