Tag: emissions
Legal action against high emitters failing to use latest climate science,...
Most of the lawsuits analyzed did not quantify the extent to which climate change was responsible for the impacts suffered by plaintiffs, known as “attribution science”.
Cleaning up methane pollution from Permian super emitters is ‘low hanging...
Experts shine a spotlight on the worst offenders in the Permian basin. The technological fixes are obvious, they say, but state regulators are so far unwilling to act.
Biden vows to cut emissions, but US continues to subsidize fossil...
President Joe Biden said the U.S. would cut its emissions by at least 50% below 2005 levels by the end of the decade.
Half of global methane emissions come from aquatic ecosystems – much...
We can effectively reduce methane emissions and help mitigate climate change with the right land use and management choices.
Electric semi trucks are actually cheaper per mile than diesel trucks,...
Electric semis could cost 13 percent less per mile than a comparable diesel-powered truck.
‘Grossly insufficient’: ExxonMobil lambasted over emissions reduction plan that pledges no...
“Any company that fails to keep pace with what science demands threatens its future while endangering the rest of us with escalating climate impacts and systemic risks to the global economy.”
CO2 levels hit record high despite pandemic lockdowns
Scientists calculate that emissions must fall by half by 2030 to give a good chance of limiting global heating.
Methane emissions soar 32% despite lockdowns and green pledges
“It is clearly time to reduce these emissions. They are easy to fix. We have the technology to fix them.”
Covid-19 lockdown demonstrates how economy-wide transformation can halt climate change
The blip in emissions will not have a longterm impact unless we invest in sustainable solutions on a grand scale.
In break with Trump’s EPA, Nevada announces plan to cut tailpipe...
“Clean car standards will provide Nevadans with more transportation options and much-needed relief from volatile gas prices and dirty air.”
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States settle antitrust suit over $111 billion Paramount-Warner Bros. merger
Critics say a force-majeure clause and a company-appointed editorial board leave the settlement's protections easy to escape.
Unions win settlement forcing Trump administration to rescind shutdown mass-firing policy
The agreement follows a court fight that began after roughly 4,200 federal employees received layoff notices during last fall's 43-day shutdown.
Federal judge orders White House to restore access for CNN, MS NOW and Politico
The order lasts 14 days, and the outlets have until Monday to seek a preliminary injunction after some reporters were briefly turned away despite the ruling.
The best comeuppance for the first anti-American administration – perpetual exposure as the seditious...
If Russia or China wanted a Manchurian candidate (a brainwashed stooge who betrays his own background and constituency), could they have surpassed the president harumphing in the White House?
Why didn’t Netanyahu’s cabinet preempt October 7 (since it knew about it in advance)?
New York Times reporting confirms Israeli leadership had advance intelligence before the October 7 attack, raising fresh questions about why it was not acted on.