• Climate Watchdog Under Scrutiny for New Leniency on Carbon Offsets

    This development follows intense industry pushback against the organization's strict guidelines aimed at preventing greenwashing.

  • 'New phase' of carbon markets seeks impact not offsets

    Investors are holding back on climate and nature repair investment in Australia as uncertainty continues for the carbon market. Carbon credits have been at the heart of Australia’s climate policy under coalition and Labor governments, along with a safeguard mechanism that sets a speed limit for emissions by heavy industry. “I can’t stress enough that […]

  • Climate target organisation faces staff revolt over carbon-offsetting plan

    Employees at SBTi have called for their CEO to resign over controversial plans which they fear will enable greenwashingStaff at one of the world’s leading climate-certification organisations have called for the CEO and board members to resign after they announced plans to allow companies to meet their climate targets with carbon offsets.They fear that companies will use the offsets for greenwashing, while avoiding making the necessary cuts in greenhouse gas emissions – without which the world...

  • Could 'Ted Lasso' Season 4 Still Happen? Why There's Still Hope

    Although 'Ted Lasso' was always planned around a three-season arc, recent comments from cast and crew have fans believing in a possible return.

  • Rangers' playoff opponent still unknown with several teams still scrambling

    With four games remaining, after Sunday’s win over the Canadiens, the Rangers’ first-round opponent in the playoffs is still very much up in the air.

  • ‘Carbon colonialism’ in Africa meets resistance as companies seek to sell carbon credits from conservation projects that often upend local livelihoods—or worse

    “Many such projects are associated with appalling human rights abuses against local communities at the hands of park rangers.”

  • Still, red tape

    The country has a law against red tape, which was later enhanced by another law to promote ease of doing business. There is an Anti-Red Tape Authority. And yet something always gets lost in the implementation of even the most well-intentioned laws in this country.

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    • CNET

    What's a Carbon Footprint and Does Yours Matter?

    While your carbon footprint is a useful tool that can help you reduce your environmental impact, there are more effective ways to help the planet.

  • From the Publisher: Still Mooning

    I can't stop thinking about last week's eclipse. I know it's been nine days — an eternity in the news business — since the sun silhouetted the moon in the path of totality, an awe-inspiring display for everyone lucky enough to have seen it. While the hot stories of the day burn up like so many meteors, time hasn't faded the image of that fire-ringed orb for me. Judging from the conversations I've had in the past week, I'm not alone. Much has already been said about the rare glimpse of...

    • WNYC

    Still No Budget in Albany

    The New York State budget was due on April 1st and lawmakers have still not come to an agreement. Jon Campbell, Albany reporter for WNYC and Gothamist, reports on what is reportedly in the budget, the remaining sticking points and whether late budgets are now the norm in Albany.

  • Is India Still a Democracy?

    Christophe Jaffrelot Narendra Modi has hollowed out institutions and targeted opponents, all the while sowing interethnic tensions.