Have you ever seen those ads to adopt a star? While paying to name one in someone’s honor may sound like a nice gesture, the companies selling these gifts aren’t even officially authorized to name stars — only the International Astronomical Union can. With...

Buying carbon offsets is typically associated with balancing your carbon footprint. By financing a carbon emissions reduction, removal, or avoidance — such as capturing methane from a landfill or reducing logging activity so forests can sequester more carbon — you c...

If you’re feeling discouraged about the challenges facing environmental progress, you’re not alone. In several aspects, we are increasingly feeling the effects of climate change while confidence in the ability of government to reduce climate change is fading...

A common issue in sustainability is the constantly changing language of climate action. It feels like many climate science organizations use conflicting language to talk about the same thing, such as carbon offsets vs. carbon credits, and carbon credits vs. carbon remov...