Tag: emissions
Surging methane crisis: 2023 emissions flout global climate commitments, IEA warns
Despite global vows to cut greenhouse gases, methane emissions from the energy sector hover near all-time highs, challenging the effectiveness of international commitments.
Electric school bus commitments in the US more than doubled in...
Electric school buses operating in the U.S. rose from 598 in 2022 to 1,285 in June 2023.
Pandora announces shift to recycled silver and gold for all jewelry
Switching to recycled metals will help the company avoid 58,000 tons CO2 every year.
Greenhouse gas emissions fell by 1.9 percent in 2023 in US
After two years of increased emissions, emissions in 2023 fell 17.2 percent lower than those recorded in 2005.
eWeek highlights digitalization’s growing environmental footprint
The digital transformation the world has seen is causing raw material depletion, an increase in water and energy use, and more pollution and waste, the speakers said.
Meat and dairy alternatives could cut food system emissions by 31%,...
How realistic is it to expect people around the world to reduce their meat and dairy consumption by half?
Research expedition discovers extensive emissions of methane from bottom of Baltic...
The research project aimed "to expand knowledge about methane and its sources and sinks in the oxygen-free environments in the deeper parts of the Baltic Sea."
US responsible for one-third of global oil and gas expansion
While the U.S. is the frontrunner when it comes to the size of new oil and gas plans, Canada, Russia, Iran, China, Brazil and United Arab Emirates are consecutive on the list.
Department of Agriculture approves first cultivated meat for sale in US
Cultured meat will Initially be used in two restaurants.
Maryland opens largest transit bus charging station
"The transportation infrastructure of tomorrow is up and running today in Montgomery County."
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A First Lady in a New York Cell
One year later, Cilia Flores, the wife of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, languishes in a cell in New York City, having been dragged out of her room and kidnapped by U.S. forces on the Jan. 3 attack on Venezuela.
Daniel Ellsberg speaks to us as the war on Iran continues
"We owe it to our troops, as well as to other potential victims of this war, to speak the truth about ourselves: what we believe, what we reject, and what we want.”
Why guns?
From personal power to autocracy in Donald Trump's America
Homer nails uncivilized, all-devouring MAGA Trump brutality – and strategic aikido to return fire
As Polyphemus falls to the aikido of seeming weaklings, Trump underestimates top experts, battling Democrats, anti-oligarchy citizens and committed activists promoting prosperity for the many, even (yikes!) sharing the wealth.
Iranian American scholars denounce US-Israeli attack, warn regime change efforts will backfire
Far from leading to a popular uprising against the government, as President Trump has encouraged, the U.S.-Israeli attacks have forced Iranians to worry about their immediate safety from the bombs.