By Meredith Rosenberg In early October, the United Nations released a climate change report forewarning of global catastrophes (severe flooding, wildfires, droughts) that could begin by 2040 unless drastic changes are made to reduce greenhouse gases. It might seem like a daunting task, but here are five lifestyle changes you can make right now to […]
President Donald Trump once again cast doubt on human contribution to climate change and accused climate scientists of having a “political agenda” during his interview with CBS’ 60 Minutes on Sunday. “Do you still think that climate change is a hoax?” correspondent Lesley Stahl asked the president point-blank. https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/statuses/427556692109574146 “I think something’s happening. Something’s changing […]
The world has hit “new twin peaks for demand and supply” of oil at 100 million barrels a day, the International Energy Agency (IEA) announced Friday in its monthly oil market report. Neither demand nor supply shows signs of ceasing to grow any time soon, the Paris-based organization said. The oil market report is a […]
An anti-fracking campaigner has lost a last-ditch legal effort to stop the first fracking in the UK in seven years, The Guardian reported Friday. Lancashire resident Robert Dennett had won a temporary injunction last week to stop shale natural gas company Cuadrilla from fracking in a well near Blackpool in northwest England. At a hearing […]
Correction: A previous version of this article ran the headline The World Banks Quits Coal. The article has been updated for accuracy to emphasize that the shift to renewables was driven by cost. The World Bank has withdrawn its support for a planned 500-megawatt coal plant in Kosovo because it cannot compete with renewable energy […]
Banksy, who infamously shredded his “Girl With Balloon” painting at an auction on Friday, has inspired people to whip up their own versions of the artwork. The images are centered around a timely and poignant theme: climate change. https://twitter.com/BridgeMuir/statuses/1049532444238475264 caption=”” photo_credit=”” On Sunday, the United Nations’ scientific panel issued a dire report that the world […]
Australia’s coal-loving lawmakers dismissed the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) warning to phase out the polluting fossil fuel by 2050. In a recent interview with SkyNews, deputy prime minister Michael McCormack said Australia will “absolutely” continue to use and exploit its coal reserves regardless of what the IPCC report says. Scientists: We have 12 […]
A Dutch appeals court upheld a historic climate liability ruling Tuesday, affirming that the Dutch government has to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 25 percent by 2020 compared with 1990 levels, The Associated Press reported. The original ruling, decided in June 2015, was the first time a court found that governments had a legal obligation […]
By Howard J. Herzog In a much-anticipated report, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) said the world will need to take dramatic and drastic steps to avoid the catastrophic effects of climate change. Featured prominently in the report is a discussion of a range of techniques for removing carbon dioxide from the air, called […]
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