regional greenhouse gas initiative

Power plants in Pennsylvania are now required to pay a fee for every ton of Earth-warming carbon dioxide they release into the atmosphere. Here are the benefits to joining the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative and how it works.

There is no better way to experience the reality of climate change than to see glaciers calving and melting in Alaska. And the effects of this dramatic scene can be felt in ways that touch all parts of our world. NBCLX climate storyteller Chase Cain traveled to Alaska to get an up close look at the dramatic decline of Alaska’s...

Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration went to court Thursday to force through its regulation imposing a price on carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel-fired power plants, the centerpiece of the Democrat’s plan to fight climate change that is stuck in a dispute with the Republican-controlled Legislature.

The news about climate change wasn’t ALL bad in 2021. NBCLX storyteller Chase Cain shares eight good things that happened for the environment this year, including new standards for fuel economy, a pledge to end deforestation and a movement encouraging major investors to divest from fossil fuel companies.