Saturday, June 27, 2026

Tag: 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.

Ahead of COP30, UN report warns 1.5°C breach as countries commit...

With fewer than one third of Paris Agreement signatories submitting updated climate plans, the UN’s new synthesis report shows global pledges would cut emissions by only 10 percent by 2035 as world leaders admit “overshooting is now inevitable.”

Trump says America’s oil industry is cleaner than other countries’. New...

Does Texas, the heart of America’s oil and gas industry, tell a different story?

Reduction in construction could cut emissions worldwide, UN reports

Because the sector depends on materials like steel and cement, which contribute to construction waste, it highlights the need for greater ambition in six areas, including renewable energy, building financing and energy codes.

Just 36 companies drove half the world’s climate-altering emissions in 2023:...

Released today by the Carbon Majors project, the list is dominated by coal, cement, and oil producers.

New state-of-the-art aluminum smelter to increase aluminum production and cut emissions

The Green Aluminum Smelter project, led by Century Aluminum Company, will have the ability to emit 75 percent less climate pollution than the existing aluminum production facilities.

Seaweed supplements for grazing cattle: A breakthrough in methane emission reduction

New study reveals feeding grazing cattle seaweed reduces methane emissions by 40 percent, offering a sustainable solution to agriculture’s climate impact.

US Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration to award millions for port...

$580 million from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to fund 31 port improvement projects in 15 states and one U.S. territory.

Europe’s cruise ships produce toxic sulphur emissions equivalent to 1 billion...

This led to a nine percent increase in SOx emissions, a 25 percent increase in particulate matter 2.5 and an 18 percent jump in nitrogen oxide emissions.

Revealed: Big Oil told 70 years ago that fossil fuel emissions...

Compelling new evidence shows this pattern of behavior was already hardwired into the industry’s DNA by 1955 and persists today. 

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Bipartisan bill introduced in House to ban use of pesticide paraquat in US agriculture

The bill would "direct the Environmental Protection Agency to cancel all existing paraquat registrations, revoke any tolerances permitting paraquat residue in food, and ban the sale and use of existing stocks upon enactment."

Why Biden’s debate disaster two years ago matters for the future

Looking ahead, a great need will be to overcome the ongoing culture of conformity that so badly damaged the Democratic Party in 2024 and helped Trump get back into the White House.

Losing face, losing the base, losing the midterm race—a tidal trifecta 

Though daring MAGA lies seem tidal,/ Denying outcomes suicidal.

Anti-ICE protesters sentenced to decades as Trump turns ‘antifa’ label into prosecution tool

The Prairieland case transformed a July 4 protest outside a Texas immigration jail into a terrorism prosecution, with sentences from 30 to 100 years and warnings of a new federal playbook against left-wing dissent.

Alaska governor vetoes single-use polystyrene foam foodware ban

For now, polystyrene products will remain legal for use by commercial food vendors statewide.