EU Presents $572 Billion Green Stimulus Package
European Union leaders agreed on Tuesday to allocate more than US$572 billion (500 billion euro), or 30 percent of the massive stimulus package , for investments in policies to fight Continue Reading
Crushed Rock Could Capture Billions of Tons of Carbon Dioxide
Crushed rocks could one day draw down billions of metric tons of carbon dioxide from the air. The idea, often referred to as “enhanced rock weathering” (ERW), is among a Continue Reading
EU Carbon Permits Climb to 14-Year High as Bloc Goes Green
When Joe Biden released his climate plan last week, the Democratic candidate for president emphasized one overarching goal—and it wasn’t the reduction of greenhouse gases. Instead, he unequivocally linked broad Continue Reading
Joe Biden Shows He Gets It on Clean Energy, Environmental Policy
As governments gear up to spend vast sums to deal with the economic fallout from the coronavirus, the world has an unprecedented opportunity to land a big blow against climate Continue Reading
How Joe Biden Can Make $2 Trillion Clean Power Climate Plan Work
Joe Biden’s long-anticipated climate plan landed this week, and it contained big promises designed to please some of the presumptive Democratic nominee for president’s key constituencies. After four years of borderline denialism and regulatory rollbacks Continue Reading
US District Court judge sets aside Trump administration methane rule on oil, gas operations
The US Bureau of Land Management’s rationale behind canceling the bulk of Obama administration-era regulations of methane from oil and natural gas sources on public lands was “wholly inadequate,” a Continue Reading
The oil lobby is already finding fault with Biden’s new climate plan –
The oil and gas sector is not thrilled with several parts of Joe Biden’s new climate plan. Petroleum industry representatives are arguing the former vice president’s plan to mandate a Continue Reading
Oil & Gas Methane Leaks Responsible For Rise In Emissions
Methane leaks from oil and gas production are one of the culprits behind increased methane emissions over the decade from 2007 to 2017, two new studies cited by Reuters have Continue Reading
Oil giants including Exxon set first joint carbon target
LONDON (Reuters) – A group of the world’s top oil companies, including Saudi Aramco, China’s CNPC and Exxon Mobil, have for the first time set goals to cut their greenhouse Continue Reading
Biden pleases some once leery liberals with new climate plan – The Washington Post
Joe Biden has won over some left-leaning parts of the Democratic coalition skeptical of his bid for president with a new climate plan. As Matt Viser and I report, the former Continue Reading