Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It’s great to see companies—and by extension the public—caring more about the environmental consequences of the economy. But ...

If you go to a pro sports event today, there’s a good chance the stadium or arena will be powered at least in part by renewable energy. The team likely takes steps to reduce energy and waste. Some ...

The next time you buy a plane ticket or get a package delivered, you might see a pop-up on the website: the chance to buy a carbon offset with your purchase. That offset is basically a promise, says ...

Carbon offsets have become big business as more companies make promises to protect the climate but can’t meet the goals on their own. When a company buys carbon offsets, it pays a project elsewhere to ...

Academics at the University of Oxford and the University of Pennsylvania have conducted the most comprehensive review of evidence on the effectiveness on carbon offsetting to date and concluded the ...

One of the most climate-conscious travel operators is axing carbon offsets as part of a new climate action plan worth €1.13 million a year. Intrepid Travel, which has been carbon neutral since 2010 ...