U.S. greenhouse gas emissions jumped 6.2% in 2021-report
U.S. greenhouse gas emissions rose by 6.2% from 2020 levels last year as the use of coal-fired electricity jumped 17% and drivers returned to the roads after the first year Continue Reading
U.S. greenhouse gas emissions rose in 2021 as coal use spiked, Rhodium Group says
U.S. greenhouse gas emissions roared back in 2021, the latest indicator that the country remains far off track from meeting President Biden’s ambitious climate change targets for the end of Continue Reading
Video: Aerial Detectives Dive Deep Into North Carolina’s Hog and Poultry Waste Problem
Conditions were optimal for an overflight on a bright, sunny November day in New Bern, a riverfront city that was North Carolina’s first state capital and the birthplace of Pepsi. Continue Reading
More than 40 percent of Americans live in counties hit by climate disasters in 2021
2021 ended as it began: with disaster. Twelve months after an atmospheric river deluged California, triggering mudslides in burned landscapes and leaving a half-million people without power, a late-season wildfire destroyed hundreds of Continue Reading
Bank Fees for Green Debt Surpass Fossil-Fuel Financing
It’s official. For the first time since the unveiling of the Paris climate agreement in 2015, banks earned more fees arranging green-related bond sales and loans than they did helping Continue Reading
How to Tell Real Climate Solutions From False Ones
After six years of writing about all things climate change, I’ve come to see my beat as covering both real and false solutions. That might actually be a sign of Continue Reading
Arctic Heat Record Confirmed for Siberian Town That Sizzled
The Siberian town of Verkhoyansk can officially claim to be the hottest spot in the Arctic. The northeast Russian community known for its extremely cold winters reached a record-setting Arctic Continue Reading
2021 Ranks as Fifth Hottest Year, With More Data Coming Soon
The year 2021 ended as the fifth hottest in records maintained by the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service that go back to 1979. That finding comes from publicly available Continue Reading
Europe Spars Over Green Label for Gas and Nuclear Plants
The European Union proposal to classify investment in some natural-gas and nuclear projects as sustainable exposed deep divisions among member states, underscoring the challenges facing the bloc as it reaches Continue Reading
2022 Could Be A Turning Point For America’s Clean Energy Ambitions
America’s failing electric grids and clean energy goals will be key themes in the U.S. energy sector this year. The coming months will also be a test for President Biden’s Continue Reading