Global CO2 emissions from power sector fell 2% last year: study
Global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from the power sector fell by 2% last year, the biggest fall since at least 1990, owing to reduced coal usage in Europe and the Continue Reading
The four biggest differences between the Biden and Sanders climate plans
Super Tuesday whittled down the Democratic race for the White House to two viable candidates — and two different visions for what to do about climate change. Both Joe Biden and Continue Reading
Moscow crushes record for warmest winter as milestones are set across Europe and North America
The meteorological winter of 2019-2020 shattered temperature records in Russia and France as well as other parts of Europe and the United States. In Moscow, this was the warmest winter Continue Reading
Tropical Forests Are Reaching Their Carbon Dioxide Limit
Fire in the Amazon rainforest in the Candeias do Jamari region of Porto Velho in Brazil, on Aug. 24, 2019. Humanity has pushed atmospheric carbon dioxide levels almost 50% higher Continue Reading
Researchers say world faces air pollution pandemic
Air pollution is responsible for shortening people’s lives worldwide on a scale far greater than wars and other forms of violence, parasitic and vector-born diseases such as malaria, HIV/AIDS and Continue Reading
China’s Green Goals Overtaken by Worries Over Virus-Hit Economy
With global climate stress growing ever more apparent, the world’s biggest polluter is setting aside its lofty environmental ambitions as it confronts an unprecedented slowdown in growth. China, which spews Continue Reading
Insurance companies and lenders are responding to climate change — by shifting risk to taxpayers.
In a pair of little-noticed letters sent earlier this year, Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown and five other Democratic senators asked two giant organizations crucial to keeping the country’s housing market Continue Reading
Europe Looks To Pass 2050 Net Zero Carbon Goal Into Law
The European Commission proposed on Wednesday enshrining the European Green Deal’s commitment for carbon neutrality by 2050 into legislation, as part of the European Union’s heightened focus on climate action Continue Reading
UK’s CO2 Emissions have Fallen 29% Over the Past decade
The UK’s CO2 emissions fell by 2.9% in 2019, according to Carbon Brief analysis. This brings the total reduction to 29% over the past decade since 2010, even as the Continue Reading
Climate change is a catastrophe. But is it an ‘existential threat’?
With the Doomsday Clock ticking closer to midnight, “existential” is becoming the word of our times, encompassing a wide variety of apocalyptic anxieties. Especially those surrounding climate change. During last Continue Reading