- Wall Street has a staggering problem with greenhouse-gas emissions. Regulators should rein in the financial sector’s toxic, risky investments before they do irreversible damage to our economy and our planet. https://www.marketwatch.com/story/wall-street-has-a-staggering-problem-with-greenhouse-gas-emissions-11639677668 9 comments environment
- The hard truths of climate change — by the numbers. A set of troubling charts shows how little progress nations have made toward limiting greenhouse-gas emissions. https://www.nature.com/immersive/d41586-019-02711-4/index.html 11 comments worldnews
- Making All Cars Driverless Would Reduce Greenhouse-Gas Emissions by 90 Percent. http://newscenter.lbl.gov/2015/07/06/autonomous-taxis-would-deliver-significant-environmental-and-economic-benefits/ 77 comments worldnews
- Scientists find emissions from EVs’ increased electricity demand in Biden’s clean energy plan will offset more than half of greenhouse gas emissions reductions from taking gas-powered cars off the road. https://www.inverse.com/innovation/the-first-ev-tundra-buggy-is-tackling-its-treacherous-new-landscape 10 comments environment
- Biden Administration Announces Rule to Cut Millions of Tons of Methane Emissions | The measure, which requires oil and gas producers to detect and fix leaks of the greenhouse gas, came as the U.S. vice president spoke at the COP28 climate summit. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/02/climate/biden-methane-climate-cop28.html?unlocked_article_code=1.C00.B3tm.kQJAC5olnvzq 5 comments climate
- 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
- Analysis challenges U.S. Postal Service electric vehicle environmental study. An all-electric fleet would reduce lifetime greenhouse gas emissions by 14.7 to 21.4 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalents when compared to the ICEV scenario. The USPS estimate was 10.3 million metric tons. https://news.umich.edu/u-m-analysis-challenges-u-s-postal-service-electric-vehicle-environmental-study/ 624 comments science
- Methane hunters: what explains the surge in the potent greenhouse gas? Levels of the gas are growing at a record rate and natural sources like wetlands are the cause, but scientists don’t know how to curb it https://www.ft.com/content/9ef195d6-dcc3-4378-bb35-2721981d6416 8 comments climate
- Between 2003 and 2018, the diet-related greenhouse gas emissions of US citizens has fallen 35% as Americans have shifted away from beef and other animal-based foods. https://www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2022/05/a-15-year-snapshot-of-us-diets-reveals-a-gradual-shift-away-from-beef/ 4 comments upliftingnews
- A Florida Chemical Plant Has Fallen Behind in Its Pledge to Cut Emissions of a Potent Greenhouse Gas | Documents show that Ascend Performance Materials, the nation’s largest emitter of nitrous oxide, is still emitting significant amounts of the climate super-pollutant. https://insideclimatenews.org/news/18022022/florida-ascend-plant-super-pollutants/ 6 comments climate
- Japan’s total greenhouse gas emissions dropped for the seventh consecutive year to 1.149 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent in fiscal 2020, according to the Environment Ministry. Emissions were down 5.1 percent, or 62 million metric tons of CO2 equivalent, from fiscal 2019 https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14499657 82 comments worldnews
- Methane: The lesser-known greenhouse gas that’s key to solving climate change https://www.vox.com/22613532/climate-change-methane-emissions 4 comments climate
- Defying Trump, 4 Automakers Lock In A Deal On Greenhouse Gas Pollution https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/17/climate/california-automakers-pollution.html 59 comments technology
- E.P.A. to Lift Obama-Era Controls on Methane, a Potent Greenhouse Gas https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/10/climate/trump-methane-climate-change.html?campaign_id=9&emc=edit_nn_20200811&instance_id=21164&nl=the-morning&regi_id=53831380&segment_id=35750&te=1&user_id=fe5d662adf685ae9dedd7464c832fcdf 6 comments politics
- Greenhouse gas emissions drop in Spain as power plants ditch coal https://elpais.com/elpais/2020/01/06/inenglish/1578314036_180989.html 60 comments europe
- US leads greenhouse gas emissions on a per capita basis, report finds https://www.cnbc.com/2019/11/26/us-leads-greenhouse-gas-emissions-on-a-per-capita-basis-report-finds.html 25 comments politics
- Eight European countries have proposed a quarter of the European Union‘s budget be spent on tackling climate change. Belgium, Denmark, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain and Sweden also said the EU should cut greenhouse gas emissions to a net-zero level “by 2050 at the latest”. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/climate-change-eu-countries-demand-budget-a8906221.html 3 comments worldnews
- Warming Arctic permafrost releasing large amounts of potent greenhouse gas https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/04/190415090848.htm 3 comments worldnews
- EPA announces new plan to weaken Obama-era greenhouse gas rule https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/420072-epa-announces-new-plan-to-weaken-obama-era-greenhouse-gas-rule 3 comments politics
- Greenhouse gas emissions produced by humans are making heatwaves 30 times more likely https://news.sky.com/story/greenhouse-gas-emissions-produced-by-humans-are-making-heatwaves-30-times-more-likely-11572843 5 comments worldnews
- Trump's EPA Takes Credit for Lower Greenhouse Gas Emissions After Slashing Rules https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-10-17/trump-touts-lower-greenhouse-gas-levels-as-u-s-is-on-defensive 11 comments politics
- Trump White House axes Nasa research into greenhouse gas cuts https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/world-us-canada-44067797?__twitter_impression=true 57 comments worldnews
- Trump admin killed NASA project monitoring cuts to greenhouse gas emissions http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/387144-trump-admin-killed-nasa-project-monitoring-cuts-to-greenhouse-gas?amp&__twitter_impression=true 3 comments politics
- California and China Have Signed an Agreement to Develop Clean Energy Technology - "designed to drive innovation and commercialization in areas such as carbon capture and storage, as well as advanced information technology that could help cut greenhouse gas emissions." http://fortune.com/2017/06/05/california-china-clean-energy-climate/ 11 comments technology
- Arctic peatlands may release potent nitrous oxide (N2O) greenhouse gas as permafrost thaws [from r/peatlands] http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/international/2017-05-30/arctic-peatlands-may-release-potent-greenhouse-gas-as-permafrost-thaws/1674998 4 comments science
- New analysis, recently published in the Journal of Industrial Ecology, showed that consumers are responsible for more than 60 per cent of the globe's greenhouse gas emissions, and up to 80 per cent of the world's water use. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jiec.12371/abstract 113 comments science
- Atmospheric levels of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas, are spiking, scientists report https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2016/12/11/atmospheric-levels-of-methane-a-powerful-greenhouse-gas-are-spiking-scientists-report/?utm_term=.8a2dbc1b1f67 7 comments science
- A megadrought spanning several decades could be almost certain to hit the American southwest this century if greenhouse gas emissions are not curbed, a new study says. https://www.carbonbrief.org/climate-change-could-push-risk-megadrought-99-per-cent-american-southwest 13 comments science
- For the first time, an instrument onboard an orbiting spacecraft has measured the methane emissions from a single, specific leaking facility on Earth's surface. The observation is a breakthrough in our ability to eventually measure and monitor emissions of this potent greenhouse gas from space. http://phys.org/news/2016-06-nasa-methane-leak-space.html 9 comments worldnews
- NASA: Arctic Methane 33 times more effective greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide http://www.nasa.gov/jpl/carve/nasa-alaska-shows-no-signs-of-rising-arctic-methane/#.viduuwtf8vf 58 comments worldnews
- A Group Shout on Climate Change - the way to approach the task of harnessing greenhouse gas emissions was not to ask how much it would cost but how much nations stood to gain by investing in new technologies and energy efficiency. http://nytimes.com/2014/09/28/opinion/sunday/a-group-shout-on-climate-change.html?ref=opinion&_r=1&referrer= 4 comments politics
- Plug Methane Leaks in the Booming Natural Gas Industry - Gas-powered electricity could slash greenhouse gases, but only if we get methane emissions under control http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/plug-methane-leaks-in-the-booming-natural-gas-industry/ 2 comments politics
- If we do not cut greenhouse gas emissions, might it be possible to ameliorate the effects of rising CO2 directly, by ''geoengineering'' the Earth? http://www.smh.com.au/environment/true-science-or-fiction-20121110-294bw.html 60 comments science
- Ladies & gentlemen, Greenhouse gas levels pass symbolic 400ppm CO2 milestone http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/jun/01/record-greenhouse-gas-trouble-scientists?fb=native 236 comments science
- McCain Falsely Claims He Has ‘Never Favored’ Capping Greenhouse Gas Emissions http://thinkprogress.org/2010/02/17/mccain-never-favored-cap/ 4 comments politics
- Carbon pollution is down in the US, but not fast enough to meet Biden's 2030 goal. New EPA rules finalized last month will reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the oil and gas sector by nearly 40% compared to current levels. https://news.yahoo.com/carbon-pollution-down-us-not-100424241.html 2 comments environment
- 'Expensive, wasteful, limited CO2 reduction: Blending hydrogen into gas grid should be avoided'. Adding 20% green H2 to Europe’s distribution networks would increase end-user costs by up to 43%, while cutting greenhouse gases by just 6-7%, says Fraunhofer Institute study. https://www.rechargenews.com/energy-transition/expensive-wasteful-limited-co2-reduction-blending-hydrogen-into-gas-grid-should-be-avoided/2-1-1156262 31 comments energy
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Food Production are Far Greater Than Previous Estimates Suggest - A new study finds that if all parts of the food system are included, food production is responsible for as much as 40 percent of global emissions. https://insideclimatenews.org/news/10062021/agriculture-greenhouse-gas-emissions-food-production-climate-change-paris-agreement/?amp%3B_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9CiJSB_AflSfDAKCDy_l2RaBgx141HO1FnrkUuoW-5zT8Ow3LDyjM-kKhUQZ12yV08yKKnxpghxXveXaTNV76Zmdkvzg&%3B_hsmi=133116659&%3Butm_content=133116659&%3Butm_medium=email&%3Butm_source=hs_email 12 comments climate
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Food Production are Far Greater Than Previous Estimates Suggest - A new study finds that if all parts of the food system are included, food production is responsible for as much as 40 percent of global emissions. https://insideclimatenews.org/news/10062021/agriculture-greenhouse-gas-emissions-food-production-climate-change-paris-agreement/?amp%3B_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9CiJSB_AflSfDAKCDy_l2RaBgx141HO1FnrkUuoW-5zT8Ow3LDyjM-kKhUQZ12yV08yKKnxpghxXveXaTNV76Zmdkvzg&%3B_hsmi=133116659&%3Butm_content=133116659&%3Butm_medium=email&%3Butm_source=hs_email 9 comments environment
- New material could capture toxic gases from atmosphere - An international team of scientists has developed a material that can remove nitrogen dioxide gas and other toxic greenhouse gases from the atmosphere. http://www.manchester.ac.uk/discover/news/new-material-could-capture-toxic-gases-from-atmosphere/ 5 comments science