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• STANFORD UNIVERSITY · Apr 30 2026 · EVENT · ENERGY · FOOD · MATERIALS · MITIGATION

  Stanford Sustainability Forum: Realities of B2C in Sustainability

  

• HEATMAP · Jan 1 2026 · ENERGY · FOOD · MITIGATION

  Another way companies majorly undercount their emissions

  Companion paper: The importance of multiregional accounting for corporate carbon emissions · Nature Communications · 2025

• NEW YORK TIMES · Aug 8 2025 · ENERGY · FOOD · MITIGATION

  Popular E.P.A. Database Is in Limbo Amid Science Cuts

• HEATMAP · Jan 1 2025 · MATERIALS · ENERGY · MITIGATION

  A net-zero world will have fewer trade wars

  Companion paper: Trade risks to energy security in net-zero emissions energy scenarios · Nature Climate Change · 2025

• CIPHER · Jan 1 2024 · OP-ED · FOOD · MITIGATION

  To save the climate, let’s consider making food without farms

  Companion paper: Food without agriculture · Nature Sustainability · 2023

• NEW YORK TIMES · Nov 14 2023 · CLIMATE · ENERGY · FOOD · MITIGATION

  The Toll of Climate Disasters Is Rising. But a U.S. Report Has Good News, Too

• WASHINGTON POST · Mar 2 2023 · CLIMATE · IMPACTS

  Carbon emissions from boreal forest fires rose in 2021

  Companion paper: Record-high CO₂ emissions from boreal fires in 2021 · Science · 2023

• CNN · Mar 2 2023 · CLIMATE · IMPACTS

  Boreal forests could be a planet-warming ‘time bomb’ as wildfires expand, says new study

  Companion paper: Record-high CO₂ emissions from boreal fires in 2021 · Science · 2023

• WIRED · Jan 1 2023 · FOOD · CLIMATE · IMPACTS

  The Foods the World Will Lose to Climate Change

• THE HILL · Jan 1 2023 · OP-ED · ENERGY · MITIGATION

  A glimpse of optimism on climate change

• WALL STREET JOURNAL · Jan 1 2023 · MATERIALS · MITIGATION

  Concrete Has a Big Carbon Footprint. Can Green Tech Fix It?

• MY CLIMATE JOURNEY (PODCAST) · Jan 1 2023 · ENERGY · FOOD · MITIGATION

  Startup Series: Watershed

• NEW SCIENTIST · Jan 1 2023 · CLIMATE · IMPACTS

  Northern forests released a record amount of carbon dioxide in 2021

  Companion paper: Record-high CO₂ emissions from boreal fires in 2021 · Science · 2023

• FINANCIAL TIMES · Jan 1 2023 · CLIMATE · IMPACTS

  Wildfires in boreal forests release record levels of carbon, satellite study shows

  Companion paper: Record-high CO₂ emissions from boreal fires in 2021 · Science · 2023

• NEW SCIENTIST · Jan 1 2023 · ENERGY · MITIGATION

  Net-zero aviation needs up to $1 trillion in carbon offsets by 2050

  Companion paper: Pathways to net-zero emissions from aviation · Nature Sustainability · 2023

• BLOOMBERG · May 20 2022 · FOOD · MITIGATION

  The Climate Threat Hidden in Your Hamburger

• NEW YORK TIMES · Apr 10 2022 · OP-ED · ENERGY · MITIGATION

  We Are Wasting Time on These Climate Debates. The Next Steps Are Clear

• ASSOCIATED PRESS · Jan 1 2022 · MATERIALS · MITIGATION

  Cement carbon dioxide emissions quietly double in 20 years

• NEW YORK TIMES · Mar 8 2021 · ENERGY · MITIGATION

  How Bad Was 2020 for Tourism? Look at the Numbers

• NATURE · Jan 1 2021 · ENERGY · MITIGATION

  Carbon emissions rapidly rebounded following COVID pandemic dip

• MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEW · Jan 1 2021 · ENERGY · FOOD · MITIGATION

  Companies hoping to grow carbon-sucking kelp may be rushing ahead of the science

• THE ECONOMIST · Dec 3 2020 · ENERGY · MITIGATION

  Coal’s endgame: The dirtiest fossil fuel is on the back foot

• KQED · Jan 1 2020 · HEALTH · IMPACTS

  California Wildfires Killed 106 People Two Years Ago. Researchers Say the Smoke Killed 3,652

• SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN · Jan 1 2020 · ENERGY · MITIGATION

  Why a Historic Emissions Drop from COVID Is No Cause to Celebrate

  Companion paper: Targeted opportunities to address the climate–trade dilemma in China · Nature Climate Change · 2015

• HUFFINGTON POST · Jan 1 2020 · ENERGY · MITIGATION

  New Study Casts Doubt On The Climate Benefits Of Natural Gas Power Plants

• WIRED · Jan 1 2020 · ENERGY · IMPACTS · MITIGATION

  In an Odd Twist, Cleaner Air in China May Mean a Warmer Earth

• NATURE · Jan 1 2020 · ENERGY · MITIGATION

  How the coronavirus pandemic slashed carbon emissions – in five graphs

• REUTER · Jan 1 2020 · ENERGY · MITIGATION

  For richer or poorer: coronavirus, cheap oil test climate vows

• THE NEW YORKER · Jan 1 2019 · ENERGY · MITIGATION

  Is Nuclear Power Worth the Risk?

• ALL THINGS CONSIDERED (NPR) · Jan 1 2019 · ENERGY · MITIGATION

  Global Carbon Emissions Continue To Rise Despite Efforts To Cut Them

• NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC · Jan 1 2019 · ENERGY · MITIGATION

  We have too many fossil-fuel power plants to meet climate goals

• LOS ANGELES TIMES · Jan 1 2019 · ENERGY · MITIGATION

  To meet Paris climate targets, some power plants may need to take an early retirement

• MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEW · Jan 1 2019 · ENERGY · MITIGATION

  We’ve already built too many power plants and cars to prevent 1.5 ˚C of warming

• SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN · Jan 1 2018 · FOOD · IMPACTS

  Trouble Brewing? Climate Change Closes In on Beer Drinkers

  Companion paper: Decreases in global beer supply due to extreme drought and heat · Nature Plants · 2018

• ASSOCIATED PRESS · Jan 1 2018 · FOOD · IMPACTS

  Global warming to leave us crying in our costlier beer

  Companion paper: Decreases in global beer supply due to extreme drought and heat · Nature Plants · 2018

• NEW YORK TIMES · Jan 1 2018 · ENERGY · IMPACTS · MITIGATION

  You’ve Heard of Outsourced Jobs, but Outsourced Pollution? It’s Real, and Tough to Tally Up

• MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEW · Jan 1 2018 · ENERGY · MITIGATION

  At this rate, it’s going to take nearly 400 years to transform the energy system

• NEW YORK TIMES · Jan 1 2017 · HEALTH · IMPACTS

  India’s Rising Temperatures Are Already Deadly, Study Shows

• CARBON BRIEF · Jan 1 2017 · ENERGY · MITIGATION

  India’s planned coal plants could ‘single-handedly jeopardise’ 1.5°C target

• SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN · Jan 1 2017 · ENERGY · MITIGATION

  India's Energy Landscape Is Rapidly Changing

• THE ECONOMIST · Jan 1 2017 · ENERGY · IMPACTS · MITIGATION

  Airborne particles cause more than 3m early deaths a year

• ASSOCIATED PRESS · Jan 1 2017 · ENERGY · IMPACTS · MITIGATION

  Dirty air from global trade kills at home and abroad

• USA TODAY,”HOW YOUR CHEAP CHINESE-MADE PRODUCTS MAY BE KILLI · Jan 1 2017 · ENERGY · IMPACTS · MITIGATION

  How your cheap Chinese-made products may be killing thousands in China

• NEW SCIENTIST · Jan 1 2017 · ENERGY · IMPACTS · MITIGATION

  Western demand for goods from China is killing 100,000 a year

• THE GUARDIAN · Jan 1 2017 · ENERGY · IMPACTS · MITIGATION

  Thousands of pollution deaths worldwide linked to western consumers – study

• ARCHITECT MAGAZINE · Jan 1 2016 · MATERIALS · MITIGATION

  Concrete as a Carbon Sink?

• SCIENCE · Jan 1 2016 · MATERIALS · MITIGATION

  Cement soaks up greenhouse gases

• NEW YORK TIMES · Jan 1 2016 · ENERGY · MITIGATION

  Today’s Energy System Could Blow Paris Climate Goals

• NEW YORK TIMES · Jan 1 2016 · ENERGY · HEALTH · IMPACTS

  Scientists Just Say No to ‘Chemtrails’ Conspiracy Theory

• FORBES · Jan 1 2016 · ENERGY · HEALTH · IMPACTS

  Scientists Published An Article On ‘Chemtrails’ (They Aren’t Real)

• MOTHERBOARD (VICE) · Jan 1 2016 · ENERGY · HEALTH · IMPACTS

  Annoyed Scientists Publish Study on Chemtrail Conspiracy Theories

• USA TODAY · Jan 1 2016 · ENERGY · HEALTH · IMPACTS

  Scientists disprove airplane ‘chemtrail’ theory

• CLIMATE CENTRAL · Jan 1 2015 · CLIMATE · MITIGATION

  Geoengineering a ‘Risky’ Bet, Scientists Warn Negotiators

• NPR, MARKETPLACE, “SHELL PULLS OUT OF ARCTIC. FOR HOW LONG?” · Jan 1 2015 · ENERGY · MITIGATION

  Shell pulls out of Arctic. For how long?

• SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN · Jan 1 2015 · ENERGY · MITIGATION

  Cheap Goods from China Have High Carbon Cost

• SINOSPHERE (NEW YORK TIMES BLOG) · Jan 1 2015 · ENERGY · MITIGATION

  China’s Exports Are Closely Linked to Its Emissions

• NEW YORK TIMES · Jan 1 2015 · ENERGY · MITIGATION

  China’s Carbon Dioxide Emissions May Have Been Overstated by More Than 10%

• SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN · Jan 1 2015 · ENERGY · MITIGATION

  How Far Does Obama's Clean Power Plan Go in Slowing Climate Change?

• NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC · Jan 1 2015 · ENERGY · MITIGATION

  Climate Mission Impossible: Scientists Say Fossil Fuels Must Go Untapped

• DOT EARTH (NEW YORK TIMES BLOG) · Aug 28 2014 · ENERGY · MITIGATION

  Accounting for the Expanding Carbon Shadow from Coal-Burning Plants

• NPR, MARKETPLACE, “AMERICAN POLLUTION: MADE IN CHINA”: · Jan 21 2014 · ENERGY · MITIGATION

  American pollution: Made in China

• SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN · Jan 1 2014 · ENERGY · MITIGATION

  Natural Gas Offers Little Benefit in Fight against Global Warming

• SCIENCE · Jan 1 2014 · ENERGY · MITIGATION

  Abundant natural gas may do little to reduce U.S. emissions, study suggests

• THE WASHINGTON POST · Jan 1 2014 · ENERGY · MITIGATION

  Natural gas won’t save us from global warming, study confirms

• NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC · Jan 1 2014 · ENERGY · MITIGATION

  New Reports Offer Clearest Picture Yet of Rising Greenhouse Gas Emissions

• NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC · Jan 1 2014 · ENERGY · MITIGATION

  Tons of emissions from power plants are already locked in, study says

• SCIENCE · Jan 1 2014 · ENERGY · MITIGATION

  Time to focus on committed, not current, carbon emissions, study argues

• WASHINGTON POST · Jan 1 2014 · FOOD · MITIGATION

  Beef pollutes more than pork, poultry, study says

  Companion paper: Global and regional trends in greenhouse gas emissions from livestock · Climatic change · 2014

• LOS ANGELES TIMES · Jan 1 2014 · FOOD · MITIGATION

  Climate scientists have a beef with beef

  Companion paper: Global and regional trends in greenhouse gas emissions from livestock · Climatic change · 2014

• WALL STREET JOURNAL, “U.S. CONSUMERS CONTRIBUTE, NOT A LITTL · Jan 1 2014 · ENERGY · IMPACTS · MITIGATION

  U.S. Consumers Contribute, Not a Little, to Chinese Air Pollution

  Companion paper: China’s international trade and air pollution in the United States · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2014

• WASHINGTON POST · Jan 1 2014 · ENERGY · IMPACTS · MITIGATION

  Study: Pollution from Chinese factories is harming air quality on U.S. West Coast

  Companion paper: China’s international trade and air pollution in the United States · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2014

• LOS ANGELES TIMES · Jan 1 2014 · ENERGY · IMPACTS · MITIGATION

  China's industry exporting air pollution to U.S., study says

  Companion paper: China’s international trade and air pollution in the United States · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2014

• WASHINGTON POST · Jan 1 2013 · ENERGY · MITIGATION

  China is testing out cap-and-trade—but will it actually work?

  Companion paper: Outsourcing CO₂ within china · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2013

• SCIENCE · Jan 1 2013 · ENERGY · MITIGATION

  Climate Study Highlights Wedge Issue

  Companion paper: Rethinking wedges · Environmental Research Letters · 2013

• NATURE CLIMATE CHANGE · Jan 1 2013 · ENERGY · MITIGATION

  Policy: Carbon emissions in China’s trade

  Companion paper: Outsourcing CO₂ within china · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2013

• THE GUARDIAN · Jan 1 2013 · ENERGY · MITIGATION

  China’s rich provinces outsource emissions to less developed areas

  Companion paper: The supply chain of CO₂ emissions · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2011

• BBC, ”CHINA OUTSOURCES CARBON EMISSIONS TO POORER AREAS,” ME · Jan 1 2013 · ENERGY · MITIGATION

  China outsources carbon emissions to poorer areas

  Companion paper: Outsourcing CO₂ within china · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2013

• VICE · Jan 1 2013 · ENERGY · MITIGATION

  Human Society Must Reduce Carbon Emissions to ‘Near Zero’ by 2060 or Face Catastrophic Climate Change

  Companion paper: Rethinking wedges · Environmental Research Letters · 2013

• NATURE CLIMATE CHANGE · Oct 28 2011 · ENERGY · MITIGATION

  Attributing carbon emissions

  Companion paper: Consumption-based accounting of CO₂ emissions · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2010

• THE GUARDIAN · Jan 1 2011 · ENERGY · MITIGATION

  Groundbreaking data tracks carbon emissions back to their source

  Companion paper: The supply chain of CO₂ emissions · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2011

• BBC · Jan 1 2011 · ENERGY · MITIGATION

  Carbon: What price simplicity?

  Companion paper: Consumption-based accounting of CO₂ emissions · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2010

• TIME MAGAZINE “INDUSTRIAL FARMING SLOWS CLIMATE CHANGE?” BRY · Jun 14 2010 · FOOD · MITIGATION

  Industrial Farming Slows Climate Change?

  Companion paper: Greenhouse gas mitigation by agricultural intensification · Proceedings of the national Academy of Sciences · 2010

• NEW YORK TIMES · Mar 8 2010 · ENERGY · MITIGATION

  Counting ‘Outsourced’ Greenhouse Gas Emissions

  Companion paper: Consumption-based accounting of CO₂ emissions · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2010

• THE ECONOMIST · Jan 1 2010 · ENERGY · MITIGATION

  Trading Down: Industry’s move from the rich to the poor world is confusing the carbon accounts

  Companion paper: Consumption-based accounting of CO₂ emissions · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2010

• NPR, ALL THINGS CONSIDERED, “FOR DEVELOPING NATIONS, EXPORTS · Jan 1 2010 · ENERGY · MITIGATION

  For Developing Nations, Exports Boost CO₂ Emissions

  Companion paper: Consumption-based accounting of CO₂ emissions · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2010

• WIRED MAGAZINE · Jan 1 2010 · ENERGY · MITIGATION

  Carbon Emissions Not at Doomsday Level…Yet

  Companion paper: Future CO₂ emissions and climate change from existing energy infrastructure · Science · 2010

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