Electrifying trucks and cars and shifting to renewable energy are crucial for California’s zero-emissions future.
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California is one of the world’s largest economies, and it’s aiming for net-zero emissions by 2045. A transportation expert involved in the plan explains why it just might succeed.
Emissions from space heating and cooling in homes represent almost one-fifth of global greenhouse gas emissions.
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Policies that encourage the use of low-carbon technology like heat pumps can help motivate residents to decarbonize their homes.
The U.S. and EU are headed in different directions with tariffs, including on steel.
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Both sides have reason to find common ground, says a group of energy and climate policy analysts.
SUVs produce more greenhouse gas emissions per kilometer than cars on average.
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New research explores why Canadians want SUVs, what they like about them and what might steer drivers towards lower-emitting cars.
People buy produce at a wholesale market in Nakuru, Kenya, on Dec. 24, 2022.
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Many developing nations have little cold storage and lose much of their perishable food before it gets to markets. Climate-friendly refrigeration can provide huge environmental and social benefits.
Industry wants to keep people cooking with gas.
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Energy companies have marketed natural gas as cooks’ favorite for years because homes with gas hookups will also use it for space and water heating.
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Has climate action bogged down? Hardly. Nations are redoubling their efforts in visible and less visible ways.
Is the EU’s new legislation a coup de grâce or a promise of transition for sensitive sectors in fragile countries, such as the steel industry in Bosnia-Herzegovina?
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Already lacking the means to decarbonise their industry or turn to greener alternatives, poor countries could also be deprived of revenues from exports to Europe.
An electric bus charging on the side of a street in Montréal. Funding public transit is a good way to reduce greenhouse emissions while ensuring economic equality in moving to clean transportation.
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Rather than promoting individual electric vehicles for lower-income consumers, governments should fund electric public transit instead.
Participants during the closing ceremony of the UN Climate Summit COP27. Photo by Christophe Gateau/picture alliance.
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African leaders must take radical actions to strengthen the continent’s voice and participation in future events.
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For the first time, Australia has moved to cap natural gas prices in a bid to stop energy price pain. Is the cap too high – or was it necessary to mollify the producers?
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Here’s what I’ve learned from researching the history of UK climate policy.
Shipping emitted the same amount of carbon as Germany in 2018.
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A lack of clarity over certain issues risks preventing the shipping industry’s energy transition from taking off.
Redwood forests like this one in California can store large amounts of carbon, but not if they’re being cut down.
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Millions of dollars have gone into California’s forest carbon offset program – with little new carbon storage to show for it, a new study suggests.
Germany passed an emergency legislation in July to reopen coal-powered plants in the face of gas shortages.
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Canada and its allies must advocate for international peaceful diplomacy to stop the threat of nuclear war and prevent further climate devastation.
Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry closes COP27 in the early hours of Nov. 19, 2022.
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It’s a landmark agreement, acknowledging for the first time that wealthy countries bear some responsibility to help. But it leaves many unanswered questions.
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Tangible solutions would reduce livestock methane emissions, while also improving productivity and livelihoods.
NASA’s Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO-2) satellite can make precise measurements of global atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) from space.
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Tracking CO2 emissions with satellites can help to support emission reduction efforts under the Paris Agreement.
Methane can leak from pipelines, oil and gas wells, even burners on your stove.
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130 countries have signed a pledge to cut methane emissions by 30%. Success could have a swift impact on global warming.
Rising pollution on the Delhi-Jaipur Expressway, India.
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The best way to cut air pollution is to burn less fossil fuel.