Carbon-trading systems will likely be a boon to lawyers, lobbyists and arbitrage junkies, a panel on emissions trading heardย at the International Economic Forum of the Americas conference underway inย Montreal.
But it is unlikely that the requisite global trading mechanisms will be in place and working quickly enough to rescue the planet from a climate catastrophe, Michael Dorsey, an environmental studies professor at DartmouthCollege in the U.S.,ย said.
Federal lawsuit claiming local officials illegally pushed polluting industries into Black communities reaches new stage.
Record LNG exports to Europe pushing up prices for U.S. consumers even more than forecast.
Off-shore industrial boats illegally harvest thousands of tonnes of small fish vital to the marine food web in Guinea-Bissau, a DeSmog investigation with The Guardian reveals.
First Nations are furious, environmentalists feel betrayed, oil companies are demanding more, and the clock is ticking.
