Tag: carbon emissions
Africa’s forests no longer help fight climate change, shift to net...
Data published in the journal Scientific Reports reveals that this "safety net" has diminished.
World to exceed 1.5°C heating threshold, extreme urgency for fossil fuel...
Current emissions trajectories mean the remaining "carbon budget" for a 50 percent chance of staying below 1.5°C will likely be depleted by 2030.
EPA administrator Lee Zeldin moves to rescind ‘legal foundation for all...
The move was anticipated. What has been anticipated has happened—and is happening.
EU ‘well on track’ to meet its 2030 climate targets, European...
The updated NECPs reflect greater efforts by EU member states to reduce their emissions in the past two years, even in the face of demands from some that the bloc weaken its green commitments.
States can take meaningful climate action, even without federal support: Study
The team also found that there was potential for state efforts to impact pollution in neighboring states.
Trump executive order targets state climate laws, shields fossil fuel industry...
New order directs Justice Department to block enforcement of state climate laws, raising legal questions and stoking fears of fossil fuel immunity.
Scientists develop carbon-capturing 3D printing method to revolutionize construction
NTU Singapore researchers unveil a breakthrough that reduces the carbon footprint of concrete while enhancing its strength and efficiency for 3D-printed buildings.
Harvard set up worthless carbon offsetting scheme that sold millions of...
EasyJet, British American Tobacco and Ernst & Young are all among the biggest buyers of credits from the project.
Supreme Court allows EPA to implement carbon emission standards despite ongoing...
The fossil fuel industry filed lawsuits with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit requesting the court block the program and the Supreme Court put the EPA's new rule on hold until it was settled in court.
Earth’s land and trees absorbed almost no net carbon in 2023
The planet’s ability to absorb carbon weakening even moderately would make much steeper reductions in greenhouse gas emissions necessary to get to net zero.
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Thousands rally at Lincoln Memorial to defend voting rights
Civil rights leaders say this is the first march since the Supreme Court gutted a core Voting Rights Act protection.
Networks Were Ordered to Stop Filming Trump—and They Didn’t Protest the Illegal Censorship
"Cameras off the president now": The command was an astonishing call for press censorship on behalf of Trump and a direct violation of the First Amendment.
Syracuse University Seeks to Prevent Campus Rape Victim From Obtaining Police Records
The university, whose 1980s rape crisis figured prominently in a ProPublica article, committed to support survivors at “every step of the process.” Now it’s in court to stop police from sharing many records with a student who was assaulted in 1987.
Nuclear regulator moves to drop 50-year-old radiation safety standard
The rule NRC officials are preparing to eliminate has required the nuclear industry to keep exposure below legal limits, not just under them.
Officer Pleads Guilty to Violating Civil Rights After Leaving Teen in a Coma
Last week, a former Independence police officer pleaded guilty to violating the constitutional rights of a minor in his custody. He faces prison time and a fine for this violation.