So far 17 states plus Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico have adopted laws or executive orders setting goals for reaching 100% clean electricity by 2050 or sooner. And 46 U.S. utilities have pledged to go carbon-free.
The 2015 Paris Agreement was a groundbreaking diplomatic effort – 196 countries committed to prevent average temperatures from rising by more than 2 C (3.6 F), with an aim of less than 1.5 C (2.7 F). To meet that goal, scientists argue that fossil fuel use will have to reach net zero emissions by midcentury.
The European Union is considering a new tax on imports as it tries to fight climate change, and the U.S. is raising concerns about it.
Many kinds of extreme events can disrupt electricity service, including hurricanes, earthquakes, floods, wildfires, extreme heat, extreme cold and extended droughts. Major disasters can leave thousands of people in the dark. The Texas deep freeze in February knocked out 40% of the state’s electric generating capacity.
Trees are the Earth’s lungs – it’s well understood they drawdown and lock up vast amounts of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. But emerging research is showing trees can also emit methane, and it’s currently unknown just how much.
Wealthy frequent flyers who take several holidays a year should pay higher taxes each time they fly, a British charity says.
Putting a price on carbon should reduce emissions, because it makes dirty production processes more expensive than clean ones, right?
Climate-labeling clearly affects consumers—both those people who are keen to be aware of the climate impact, as well as those who actively seek to ignore this sort of knowledge
The day Joe Biden becomes president, he can start taking actions that can help slow climate change. The question is whether he can match the magnitude of the challenge.
To avert the worst effects of climate change, global greenhouse gas emissions should fall at faster rates than they have risen for over a century. Economies must essentially turn on a dime and then move quickly toward a carbon-free future.
A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine tackles a controversial question: Is solar geoengineering – an approach designed to cool the Earth by reflecting sunlight back into space or modifying clouds – a potential tool for countering climate change?
A move to “make buses the transport of choice, reducing the number of car journeys and improving quality of life for millions” has been launched as part of a national bus strategy in the UK.
A global energy company’s mistake renewed debate on how to slow the climate crisis. Trees can help − but where, and how?
Governments are investing in a new range of small nuclear power plants, with little chance they’ll ease the climate crisis.
Hydrogen is often touted in the scientific and general media as a silver bullet for reaching net zero emissions. Such articles might include the following claims:
There’s great excitement about Australia potentially producing hydrogen as a clean fuel at large scale, for export to countries such as Germany, Japan and South Korea.
As our country faces the interlocking challenges of a global pandemic, economic downturn, racial injustice, and the climate crisis, we must transition to a brighter future for everyone.
Coal generated less than 2% of Britain’s electricity in 2020, despite being the largest single energy source seven years earlier.
Electric vehicles are catching on in many countries, notably the Nordic states – and Scottish tides are powering cars there.
Desperate times demand desperate measures. So just possibly a lunar Noah’s Ark might help to avert the threat of extinction.
Almost every city now has some form of climate target. For instance Manchester, in northern England, aims to be zero carbon by 2038.
In air pollution terms alone, the price of coal is huge. The true price of energy in almost any fossil form is colossal.
Ten years ago, the Japanese nuclear power station at Fukushima was devastated by a tsunami. Its baleful ruins remain today.
Page 1 of 38
