- Looking for a new adventure bike, preferably a drop-handle carbon-frame hardtail for under $2000 budget... any recommendations? (including used/secondhand) https://www.reddit.com/r/bicycling/comments/94aeya/looking_for_a_new_adventure_bike_preferably_a/ 2 comments bicycling
- Carbon-Free Nuclear Fusion Is Coming, if It Survives Budget Cuts - "By 2025, the consensus goes, the scientific joint venture should be able to create and sustain a fusion reaction that produces more energy than it took to start" https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-06-29/carbon-free-nuclear-fusion-is-coming-if-it-survives-trump-s-budget-cuts 16 comments technology
- Wildfires Are Burning Through Humanity’s Carbon Budget, Study Shows https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2024/10/wildfires-forests-carbon-budget-sinks-paris-accord/ 2 comments environment
- A study finds that the world's remaining carbon budget for 1.5 °C of global warming is only half that of previous estimates, at less than 250 gigatonnes of carbon dioxide, or around six years of annual worldwide emissions. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/oct/30/climate-crisis-carbon-emissions-budget 10 comments environment
- World on track to exceed 1.5°C consistently in seven years, Global Carbon Budget shows https://www.euronews.com/green/2023/12/05/world-on-track-to-exceed-15c-consistently-in-seven-years-global-carbon-budget-shows 2 comments environment
- Climate Alert: Depletion of 1.5°C Carbon Budget Anticipated by 2029 https://vidhyashankr22.medium.com/climate-alert-depletion-of-1-5-c-carbon-budget-anticipated-by-2029-523025df4c89 3 comments climate
- The carbon dioxide budget for stopping the earth heating 1.5C above pre-industrial levels could run out in the next six years, according to a study https://www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/2023/10/31/climate-change-six-years 32 comments worldnews
- Jeremy Hunt’s budget to announce £20bn funding to cut carbon emissions https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/mar/10/jeremy-hunt-budget-cut-carbon-emissions-clean-energy-small-nuclear-reactors 2 comments climate
- Earth has 11 years to avoid the worst scenarios Carbon dioxide emissions are rebounding after a dip in 2020, and researchers say that at the current rate, Earth's "carbon budget" will be exhausted in roughly 11 years. https://twitter.com/santosh_arron/status/1571088684157661186?s=20&t=kT_VsvMPUrMmwrAxo4494Q 3 comments india
- Wildfires in US, Canadian boreal forests could release sizable amount of remaining global carbon budget https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/950604 8 comments science
- New budget deal marks the biggest climate investment in U.S. history- The $555 billion focused on cutting carbon emissions includes tax credits for businesses and consumers, but omits a key plan targeting the U.S. power sector. https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2021/10/28/climate-biden-build-back-better/?utm_campaign=Carbon%20Brief%20Daily%20Briefing&utm_content=20211029&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Revue%20Daily 20 comments politics
- Opposition from a single moderate Democrat to corporate and income tax rate increases has revived efforts in the Senate to draft a tax on carbon dioxide pollution as a way to pay for the Democrats’ proposed $3.5 trillion budget bill https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/24/us/politics/carbon-tax-democrats.html 344 comments economics
- Sinema’s Income Tax Stance Has Democrats Looking Anew at a Carbon Tax | With Arizona’s iconoclastic senator cool to increased tax rates, the Senate Finance Committee is drafting a carbon dioxide fee to fund a budget bill. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/24/us/politics/carbon-tax-democrats.html 8 comments climate
- In the Democrats’ Budget Package, a Billion Tons of Carbon Cuts at Stake https://insideclimatenews.org/news/17092021/democrats-budget-climate-bill-joe-manchin/ 6 comments politics
- Carbon pricing back in the mix for US budget reconciliation bill https://www.eenews.net/articles/carbon-pricing-back-in-the-mix-for-reconciliation/ 4 comments climate
- Americans sent 50K+ messages to Senators over the last 3 weeks to ask for serious climate policy | Now, the House of Representatives is starting discussions about climate change | Write and call your rep to ask that a price on carbon be included in this year's budget reconciliation! https://cclusa.org/house2 49 comments climate
- The science has never been clearer: We know what's causing climate change. That means we know what to do about it | Contact your senators and ask them to include a price on carbon in the budget reconciliation package! [USA] https://cclusa.org/senate 9 comments environment
- The science has never been clearer: We know what's causing climate change. That means we know what to do about it | Contact your senators and ask them to include a price on carbon in the budget reconciliation package! [USA] https://cclusa.org/senate 61 comments climate
- Report: Circular economy could deliver 80% of UK's next carbon budget https://www.edie.net/news/5/Report--Circular-economy-could-deliver-80--of-UK-s-next-carbon-budget/ 6 comments europe
- Senate Democrats unveil details of $3.5 trillion budget deal: Create 80% clean electricity and 50% economy-wide carbon emissions by 2030. Clean energy & vehicle tax incentives. The resolution will also propose a new methane reduction and polluter import fees (aka carbon tariff) https://www.axios.com/senate-democrats-budget-reconciliation-1f959ad2-d804-4e2e-9eda-d1f840387301.html 12 comments climate
- 'Greener’ COVID-19 recovery plans are needed to reach the Paris Agreement’s temperature goals. Even if the growing list of countries committing to 2050 net-zero emissions targets reached their goals, we would still deplete the 1.5C remaining carbon budget more than a decade too soon. https://theconversation.com/new-research-suggests-1-5c-climate-target-will-be-out-of-reach-without-greener-covid-19-recovery-plans-151527 3 comments science
- The case for a border carbon tax as an own resource to the EU budget https://www.euractiv.com/section/economy-jobs/opinion/the-case-for-a-border-carbon-tax-as-an-own-resource-to-the-eu-budget/ 17 comments europe
- Fossil fuel output to greatly exceed Paris climate pledges: Production of coal, oil and gas is set to outstrip carbon budgets required to limit global warming to below 2 degrees Celsius https://www.dw.com/en/fossil-fuel-output-to-greatly-exceed-paris-climate-pledges/a-51328077 7 comments worldnews
- Climate scientists slam easyJet for creating shortest mainland UK flight: ‘Pointless waste of carbon’ - ‘One of the great challenges of this century will be how we allocate that limited carbon budget amongst vitally important industries’ https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/easyjet-flight-birmingham-edinburgh-flying-environment-carbon-a9110926.html 3 comments worldnews
- Federal carbon plan will cost the rich and benefit the poor, Parliamentary Budget Officer says https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal/2019/04/25/federal-carbon-plan-will-cost-the-rich-and-benefit-the-poor-parliamentary-budget-officer-says.html?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=socialmedia&utm_campaign=800pm&utm_campaign_id=politics_canada&utm_content=federalcarbonplanwillcosttherich&fbclid=iwar116itwwlxhzb2ll-uoqnx0ii7s58nmyze5fw2vet6mqdfusekfufblv_w 35 comments worldnews
- Climate crisis: today’s children face lives with tiny carbon footprints | Fast, deep cuts in global emissions from energy, transport & food are needed to keep temperature rises in check & an analysis has shown this means the new generation will have lifetime carbon budgets almost 90% lower than 1950 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/apr/10/climate-crisis-todays-children-face-lives-with-tiny-carbon-footprints 10 comments worldnews
- Government spending foreign aid money to promote fracking in China: ‘It is a flagrant misuse of the UK’s aid budget to fund the fossil fuel industry overseas when the priority must be shifting to low carbon energy and boosting climate resilience’ https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/fracking-china-foreign-aid-shale-gas-climate-change-environment-dfid-funding-promoting-a8637601.html 37 comments worldnews
- Carbon budgets for 1.5 and 2 °C targets lowered by natural wetland and permafrost feedbacks https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-018-0174-9 6 comments science
- Carbon budget for limiting the Earth’s warming to 1.5 degrees C recalculated - suggesting that humanity could have considerably more time than previously thought to avoid a “dangerous” level of global warming. http://www.nature.com/ngeo/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/ngeo3031.html?foxtrotcallback=true 11 comments science
- Fossil fuel emissions have stalled, according to the Global Carbon Budget of 2016 http://theconversation.com/fossil-fuel-emissions-have-stalled-global-carbon-budget-2016-68568 4 comments worldnews
- Our carbon budget just became significantly smaller as new research finds a significant positive feedback to future climate warming. Warming triggers more intense El Niños, triggering more intense peat bog fires across Equatorial Asia releasing more stored carbon, which increases warming. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2016/10/03/there-are-our-carbon-emissions-and-then-there-are-the-ones-the-earth-will-punish-us-with/?utm_term=.b619c1245e23 17 comments science
- New research finds that for every 1°C of warming, the Earth’s plants and soils will add CO2 to the atmosphere to the tune of about 20ppm, implying a potentially significant reduction in the available carbon budget for fossil fuel emissions. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/planet-oz/2016/jul/29/antarctic-ice-core-study-has-probably-just-made-the-job-of-cutting-fossil-fuel-emissions-even-more-urgent?cmp=share_btn_tw 8 comments science
- Amid North Korean Threat: South Korea will develop a Devastating Graphite Bomb called The Black Out Bomb; Carried by cruise missiles, the bomb explodes above its target, releasing fine carbon filaments which float down in a cloud melting electrical grids.They will develop it on a massive budget. http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/south-korea-plans-devastating-blackout-7666543 223 comments worldnews
- The Paris Talks will avoid the idea of a "Carbon Budget" http://nyti.ms/1tda4up 4 comments worldnews
- Tony Abbott has nominated repealing the carbon tax as his greatest achievement as Minister for Women, saying women are “particularly focused on the household budget”. http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/politics-news/abbott-repealing-carbon-tax-best-thing-i-did-as-minister-for-women/story-fn59nqld-1227164048700 8 comments worldnews
- CBO: Carbon tax chops $1 trillion from deficit. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) floated 103 ways to help cut the deficit Wednesday, and one option takes out a much bigger bite than any other: A carbon tax. http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/e2-wire/190167-cbo-carbon-tax-chops-1-trillion-from-deficit 30 comments politics
- Taxing carbon could break the budget impasse. It doesn't violate the Norquist pledge, and it actually accomplishes something Democrats support. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-09-13/is-this-the-tax-to-pass-the-grover-norquist-test-.html 4 comments politics
- Here’s a way to make the ENTIRE US carbon neutral - trim 10% from the DOD Budget. http://dontfearthetruth.com/2007/07/26/heres-a-way-to-make-the-entire-us-carbon-neutral-trim-10-from-the-dod-budget/ 6 comments reddit.com
- We’re running out of time: World’s carbon budget is depleting much faster than expected | With current greenhouse gas emissions, the world's carbon budget will be exhausted by 2029, making the Paris Agreement's 1.5°C target increasingly challenging to achieve. https://www.zmescience.com/science/climate-crisis-time-ruinning-out/ 5 comments environment
- New research estimates the world's remaining 1.5C carbon budget: 230-440bn tonnes of CO2 (GtCO2) from 2020 onwards, or an equivalent of 6-11 years of global emissions at current emissions rates. There is also a 1 in 6 chance that the remaining carbon budget for 1.5C has already been exceeded. https://www.carbonbrief.org/guest-post-refining-the-remaining-1-5c-carbon-budget?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed%3A+carbonbrief+%28the+carbon+brief%29 15 comments science