Tag: Emissions

In the Race to Lower Global Emissions, the Middle East Is Certainly Not Helping

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April 25, 2024

Some of the countries facing the biggest threat from the climate crisis seem all too intent on making it far worse.

Oil workers gather at an oil refinery south of Tehran in Iran.

(Vahid Salemi, File / AP Photo)

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Last September witnessed what used to be a truly rare weather phenomenon:

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The EU’s Secret to Slashing Emissions

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April 10, 2024

Europe proves that putting a price on carbon can dramatically transform fossil fuel–based economies.

A man demonstrates in front of the school where a dialogue event with citizens is taking place about the future of lignite mining in Erkelenz, a midsize town in the state of North Rhine–Westphalia in Germany on March 11, 2023. He holds the number 1.5, signifying a global goal to limit Earth’s warming.

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Climate change is ‘off the charts’: Damning report reveals how records were smashed for greenhouse gas emissions, global temperatures and sea level rise in 2023 – and scientists warn ‘changes are speeding up’

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Climate change is ‘off the charts’ and presents a ‘defining challenge’ to humanity, a damning new report warns today.   

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) says several climate records were broken and in some cases ‘smashed’ last year.

Greenhouse gas levels, surface temperatures, ocean heat and acidification, sea level rises, and Antarctic ice loss all escalating in 2023 due to fossil fuel emissions. 

‘Sirens are blaring across all major indicators,’ said United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres. 

‘Some records aren’t just chart-topping,

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Stellantis unterzeichnet die kalifornischen Emissions- und Elektrofahrzeugvorschriften

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Stellantis NV, Eigentümer der Marken Jeep und Ram, hat den strengen Regeln Kaliforniens zur Förderung von Elektrofahrzeugen zugestimmt. Dies könnte den Vorstoß des Staates für saubere Autos vor Angriffen einer möglichen Trump-Regierung schützen.

Das California Air Resources Board, das die Emissionen im bevölkerungsreichsten Bundesstaat des Landes reguliert, sagte, die Vereinbarung werde dazu führen, dass der Autohersteller die Emissionen bis zum Modelljahr 2026 senken werde. Das Unternehmen stimmte außerdem zu, die staatlichen Anforderungen zu erfüllen, wonach emissionsfreie Fahrzeuge bis 2030 einen

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Can We Slash Carbon Emissions and Still Have Economic Growth? – Mother Jones

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This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.

For nearly 200 years, two transformative global forces have grown in tandem: economic activity and carbon emissions. The two have long been paired together, or, in economist-speak, “coupled.” When the economy has gotten bigger, so has our climate footprint.

This pairing has been disastrous for the planet. Economic growth has helped bring atmospheric CO2 concentrations all the way up to

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From gas stoves to dishwashers and NOW laundry detergent: How home appliances are in the crosshairs of America’s green crackdown… but what does the evidence actually show about their effect on emissions?

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A democratic New York City lawmaker last week introduced a bill to ban laundry detergent packs like Tide Pods – in the latest attempt to crack down on household goods because of climate change fears. 

Stores and laundromats would face a fine of up to $1,200 for repeated violations.

It’s the latest in a series of green regulations that target household products, rules that have frustrated some consumers and business groups.

Detergent packs join the ranks of gas stoves, washing

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The ‘dirty dozen’ of Davos – POLITICO

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It’s that time of year again: Leaders, business titans, philanthropists and celebs descend on the Swiss ski town of Davos to discuss the fate of the world and do deals/shots with the global elite at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum.

This year’s theme: “Rebuilding trust.” Prescient, given the dumpster fire the world seems to be turning into lately, both literally (climate change) and figuratively (where to

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What London’s mayor learned when he took on the cars – POLITICO

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It looked like group therapy. One late summer day, Sadiq Khan, the mayor of London, sat with a group of faith leaders and clean-air campaigners in a small circle in the near-empty hall of a suburban church.

The moment was meant to be one of celebration, for Khan and for London. He was marking the creation of the largest clean air zone in the Western world through the expansion of restrictions on polluting cars to cover the entire British capital,

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Oil industry rides into climate summit bigger than ever – POLITICO

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This article is part of the Road to COP special report, presented by SQM.

WASHINGTON — Eight years after Paris, the oil business is bigger than ever.

Profits are soaring. Production is climbing — and marking a record year in the United States. The industry is even poised to gain from the crusade to rein in climate pollution, including the billions of dollars in incentives that U.S. President Joe Biden is offering for wind farms, battery minerals and carbon-carrying pipelines.

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Anti-green backlash hovers over COP climate talks – POLITICO

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This article is part of the Road to COP special report, presented by SQM.

LONDON — World leaders will touch down in Dubai next week for a climate change conference they’re billing yet again as the final off-ramp before catastrophe. But war, money squabbles and political headaches back home are already crowding the fate of the planet from the agenda.

The breakdown of the Earth’s climate has for decades been the most important yet somehow least urgent of global crises,

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