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Vehicles are Now America’s Biggest CO2 Source but EPA is Tearing Up Regulations
Some of the most common avatars of climate change - hulking power stations and billowing smokestacks - may need a slight update. For the first time in more than 40 years, the...
Why Transportation Is now the Top Source of US Pollution
With the holidays coming around, it may be a good time to note that the countless miles that Americans will drive, train or fly has a big planetary impact.
In fact, the transportation...
New Zealand May Become First Country to Create Climate Refugee Visas
New Zealand had a general election this month, and the government was voted out of power. Already, the nation’s new Prime Minister, Labour’s Jacinda Ardern, has made climate change advocacy a priority....
World Can Meet Growing Food Demands and Limit Warming to 1.5°C, Study Says
Agriculture and food production is responsible for around 30 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions. Slashing the sector's emissions is considered to be key to limiting global warming to 1.5°C above pre-industrial...
FCO Climate Headcount Down 60 Per Cent Since 2011, FOI Reveals
The number of UK-based diplomats working on climate change issues for the UK government has fallen dramatically over the last six years, new Freedom of Information data released publicly earlier this week...
Wind and Solar Power Helped Prevent Up To 12,700 Deaths
The massive increase in wind and solar energy helped prevent the premature deaths of up to 12,700 people over a nine-year period in the US, according to new research which illustrates the...
Orlando Becomes 40th City to Commit to 100% Renewable Energy
The Orlando City Commission unanimously approved a resolution Tuesday establishing a goal to move Orlando to 100 percent clean and renewable energy by 2050. Orlando is now the largest city in Florida...
University of Northampton Opens £6.5m Biomass Energy Centre
The University of Northampton has officially opened a £6.5m Biomass Energy Centre that will help deliver heat and hot water via a district heating network at its Waterside campus.
The project saw the...
Shell Investors Dismiss Climate Resolution to Set Carbon Reduction Targets
Shareholders in Shell rejected proposals for the oil giant to set public emission reduction targets at its Annual General Meeting (AGM) in the Netherlands yesterday.
The proposals were rejected by 94 per cent...
Scottish Tories Look to Quash Hopes of Onshore Wind Revival
Hopes that a Conservative government could open the door for new onshore wind projects outside of England were dealt a blow late last week, after the Scottish Conservatives' manifesto underlined the party's...
Mayors Take Bold Step Toward 100% Clean Energy
Mayors from across the nation joined with the Sierra Club's Ready for 100 campaign Wednesday to announce a new effort to engage and recruit mayors to endorse a goal of transitioning to...
Survey: Renewable Energy Ranks as One of the Most Disruptive Forces in Global Energy
Renewable energy and energy efficiency programmes are top priorities for energy executives around the world, as the world presses ahead with efforts to decarbonise energy systems, according to the latest World Energy...
Trump has Launched a Blitzkrieg in the Wars on Science and Earth’s Climate
Yesterday, Donald Trump signed an executive order taking aim at America’s climate policies. On the heels of a report finding that the world needs to halve its carbon pollution every decade to...
EPA Chief Denies CO2 as Primary Driver of Climate Change
Scott Pruitt, the new head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), does not think that carbon dioxide is a "primary contributor" to climate change—even though the actual science says it is.
"I...
Argentina in the G20 Troika: the Boost to Sustainable Financing
The Ministry of Treasury recently hosted the UN Environment Mission as part of the country’s commitment to boosting sustainable financing.
In its first steps as part of the G20 troika, a set of...
Cities in Transition
The EUROCITIES Knowledge Society Forum (KSF) and the Green Digital Charter (GDC) jointly hosted the conference ‘Cities in transition – the role of digital in shaping our future cities’ on 25 January...