What Biden’s pick to run the USDA can do on climate change
Joe Biden just picked one of his most important — if unheralded — Cabinet members when it comes to enacting his agenda on climate change. Tom Vilsack, who ran the Continue Reading
EU leaders agree to reduce emissions after all-night talks
European Union leaders reached a hard-fought deal Friday to cut the bloc’s net greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% by the end of the decade compared with 1990 levels, Continue Reading
The world’s rich need to cut their carbon footprint by a factor of 30 to slow climate change, U.N. warns
Despite sharp drop in greenhouse gas emissions during the pandemic, the world remains on pace for catastrophic warming in coming decades Students gather at John Marshall Park in Washington to Continue Reading
How climate change could undo 50 years of public health gains
A child collects usable goods from the garbage in the Buriganga River in Dhaka, Bangladesh, December 2, 2020 It’s hard to remember, in the midst of a calamitous global pandemic, Continue Reading
JPMorgan, Disney, Blackrock Buy Nature Conservancy’s Useless Carbon Offsets
At first glance, big corporations appear to be protecting great swaths of U.S. forests in the fight against climate change. JPMorgan Chase & Co. has paid almost $1 million to Continue Reading
Banks Keep Funneling Billions Into Polluting Energy Projects
Almost five years after countries signed the landmark Paris Agreement on climate change, financial institutions are still providing billions of dollars to companies extracting and burning the earth’s most-polluting resources. Since the start of Continue Reading
Heat Records, Oxygen on Everest, and More Climate Science During the Pandemic
No matter how often we hit one, a global temperature record never gets less shocking. Nineteen of the 20 hottest years on record have occurred in this century—which is only 20 Continue Reading
Ricardo: e-fuels better focused on aviation and shipping rather than road
A new Ricardo report finds that the use of synthesized e-fuels should be prioritized for shipping and aviation ahead of road transport where other forms of electrification are more effective. Continue Reading
Electric vehicles will contribute to decarbonization, but big investments in charging needed
Highlights EVs not expected to overwhelm grid in near-term DOE says battery costs are ‘coming down’ Houston — Electric vehicles are projected to comprise 40% of new car purchases by Continue Reading
Wildfire Risk Leaves Californians Without Homeowners Insurance
Homes nestled amongst dense brush and power transmission lines in the Oakland Hills area of Oakland, Calif. Photographer: Philip Pacheco/Bloomberg Acquiring home insurance has long been a mundane but necessary Continue Reading