Emission

Coal Mine

Revealed: UK Banks' £25 billion Support for Global Coal

HSBC, Standard Chartered, Barclays and Royal Bank of Scotland have continued to finance companies which are investing in new coal plants even after the Paris cl…

European Cities Commit Commit to Net Zero Carbon Buildings

On 4 December 2019, leading European cities and companies pledged to slash carbon emissions from their buildings to net zero. Helsinki, Finland and Valladolid, …

Fossil Fuel Use Continues to Push Up CO2 Emissions

Global carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels and industry are expected to grow slowly in 2019 due to a decline in the use of coal, according to a study by …

Global CO2 Emissions From Coal Down This Year

Global emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) from coal-fired power plants and industrial facilities fell in 2019, according to research published Dec. 3, though ove…

How Sprüngli and Co. Is Reducing Energy Consumption

$249,973 (CHF250,000) – this is the amount the confectionery Sprüngli saves per year thanks to Swiss government efforts to reduce energy consumption.

Nuclear Power Plant

Emerging Europe’s Nuclear Option

No matter how many emission targets we put on ourselves, the quantity of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere keeps growing.

Coal-Fired Power Plants

America And Europe Cut Emissions By Closing Coal‑fired Power Stations

Emissions of CO2 have fallen in the US and EU at the same rate this year despite their leaders having starkly different positions on the need to tackle climate …

Clean emission

Meralco Pushes the Utilization of High Efficiency, Low Emission Technology in Philippines

“We have pioneered the utilization of HELE in the Philippines and I think we are in the right direction,” said Litz Santana, MGen vice president for external …

Europe Risks Hitting Environmental 'Tipping Point'

Bloc must take 'urgent action' to address climate emissions, biodiversity loss and natural resource use, warns European Environment Agency.

Thermal Plant

Turkey Won't Allow Public to " Get Poisoned" Erdoğan Says After Thermal Plant Veto

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Dec. 3 said Turkey will not allow toxic fumes from unfiltered thermal plants to “poison” its public and accused ene…

Greenhouse Gas Emissions

New Ethanol Conversion Approach Can Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions 40%-96%

One way of increasing sustainability is to reduce carbon fuel emissions within transportation. In 2017 greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) from this sector surpassed…

New Technology

Making Higher-energy Light to Fight Cancer

Researchers have achieved photon up-conversion, the emission of light with energy higher than the one that excites the material, using carefully designed struct…

CCS

UK ‘Contemplating CCUS for Too Long’ Warns Industry Report

A new report has called for rapid action on a vital technology for reducing carbon emissions which the UK has been “contemplating for too long”.

Clean emission

Using Technology to Tackle Power Plant Emissions

Power plant owners and operators have a range of systems available to help reduce pollutants at their facilities, depending on a number of factors. And industry…

Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Japan's Greenhouse Gas Emissions Fall to Record Low in 2018/19

Japan’s greenhouse gas emissions fell 3.6% to a record low in the year to March 2019, government figures showed on Friday, thanks to growing use of renewable e…