Carbon Emissions

Three companies want to capture carbon dioxide from Midwestern ethanol plants, transport it by pipeline and store it underground. Many in the ethanol industry claim it’s essential to the industry’s survival. Environmentalists and even farmers argue the pipelines are a boon for the industry — not a real solution for climate change.

State regulators were able to show that because of people buying new cars, emission levels will keep dropping even without testing to document it.

The city gets more trees, and companies are able to offset their carbon use.

The three-year program includes MIT and Georgia Tech and will give students training and experience in a field that will need more employees in the near future.

The new law promises significant changes for communities in the state, but it will take a few years before residents start to see them where they live.

Scientists at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center and Washington University are studying the long-term consequences of exposing plants to high levels…

Missouri and Illinois are producing less carbon pollution than a decade ago but are still emitting more than many other states, according to the U.S.…

Ameren Missouri has proposed expanding its energy-efficiency programs to ease the company’s impact on the environment.In a proposal to the Missouri Public…

The coal industry has hit hard times.This summer several coal companies, including Alpha Natural Resources and Patriot Coal, filed for bankruptcy.St.…

A tractor trailer from Anheuser-Busch’s St. Louis brewery will be hard to miss.The trucks have gone green, both literally and figuratively.The beer giant…