Many countries have embraced a climate target of achieving net-zero emissions by 2050, but one country is taking it further. Finland’s parliament passed a new Climate Change Act last week committing itself to achieving net-zero emissions by 2035 and negative emissions by 2040. While the timeline itself is notable, the act also makes Finland the […]
The most recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report found that the most important thing an individual can do to reduce their climate impact is to stop driving gas-powered cars. So it’s appropriate that New York City is celebrating Earth Day with its largest-ever Car-Free Earth Day.
Policies in place to reduce emissions as of December 2020 would lead the planet to 3.2 degrees Celsius of warming, more than double the 1.5 degrees limit that scientists say is essential for avoiding the worst impacts of the climate crisis. That’s the urgent warning from the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report released Monday.
Several cities, regions and companies have made commitments to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions in order to combat the climate crisis, but how do we know they will actually follow through? In response to this question, the UN’s leader announced a new panel of experts Thursday to set robust and straightforward standards for net-zero pledges […]
World powers must take “radical action” to shift away from fossil fuels quickly enough to avoid the most disastrous effects of planetary warming, said Director-General of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) Francesco La Camera, as reported by The Hill. To do so, IRENA’s World Energy Transitions Outlook, which laid out what it sees as […]
As baby boomers age, they are upping the carbon footprint of the senior demographic. A new study published in Nature Climate Change March 9 found that the share of national greenhouse gas emissions contributed by people over 60 rose from around a quarter to nearly a third between 2005 and 2015.
Are new fossil-fuel projects a good bet? The world’s second-largest reinsurer is saying no. Swiss Re announced an enhanced oil and gas policy that rules out insuring most new oil and gas projects, making it the first major insurer in the industry to do so. “Swiss Re is one of the world’s ultimate risk managers […]
As gas prices climb to an average of $4.316 per gallon in the U.S., and reach nearly $7 per gallon in parts of California, more people are searching for electric cars, according to Cars.com. The retailer has seen searches for electric cars more than double over the two weeks after Russia invaded Ukraine. E&E News […]
An environmental activist group called the Tyre Extinguishers has deflated hundreds of SUV tires in Britain in order to send the message that the luxury, off-road vehicles are not welcome in urban areas. The group said it is the first in what is to be a series of protests. Thus far, Tyre Extinguishers has “disarmed” […]
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