Climate change

Carbon Emissions

How the Aluminum Industry Is Forging a Path Toward Decarbonization

Humanity produced nearly 66 million metric tons of aluminum in 2020 — along with 2 percent of total global emissions.

Carbon Emissions

California’s Forest Carbon Buffer Pool Found to be Severely Undercapitalized

Researchers have found that California's forest carbon buffer pool, designed to ensure the durability of the state's multi-billion-dollar carbon offset program,…

Carbon Emissions

Chicago Announces Plan to Power City With 100% Renewable Energy

Chicago’s public buildings could all be powered by renewable energy under a plan announced by Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Aug. 8.

United States

U.S. Senate Passes Inflation Reduction Act to Energy Industry Applause

The clean energy industry celebrated a moment on August 7, 2022, that would have seemed impossible just a few weeks earlier: The Senate passed a budget measure …

Carbon Emissions

Climate Change Compensation Fight Brews Ahead of COP27 Summit

Tensions are mounting ahead of this year's U.N. climate summit, as vulnerable countries ramp up demands for rich countries to pay compensation for losses inflic…

Carbon Emissions

Inexpensive Melamine Used to Capture Carbon Dioxide in Energy-Efficient Process

Chemists have used melamine to create an inexpensive and energy-efficient way to capture carbon dioxide, an advance that could one day be scaled down and employ…

United States

Climate Groups React to U.S. Senate Passing the Inflation Reduction Act

The Senate passed the most ambitious climate spending package in U.S. history on Sunday, prompting optimism among environmental advocates after months of gridlo…

Novel Technology can Help to Tackle Climate Change

Northumbria University's Dr Shafeer Kalathil is among a team of esteemed academics behind the project, which uses a chemical process that converts sunlight, wat…

Carbon Emissions

Plant-Based Beef Alternatives Reduce Carbon Dioxide Emissions, but Could Disrupt the Agricultural Workforce

Plant-based alternatives to beef have the potential to help reduce carbon dioxide emissions, but new economic models show their growth in popularity could disru…

Net Zero Emission

Decarbonisation Barred by Energy Sector Challenges – WEF

The transformation of industrial sectors is pivotal to reaching net-zero emissions by 2050, however, decarbonisation is lagging due to the complex nature of cha…

Net Zero Emission

Europe to Install 45 Million Heat Pumps in the Residential Sector by 2030

Norway and Italy frontrunners, but UK falls behind in heat power decarbonisation

European Consumers Want More Renewable Power to Ease Climate and Affordability Concerns

New research commissioned by Statkraft found that three quarters of the 18,000+ respondents say they’re worried about the negative effects of climate change, …

Carbon Emissions

Novel Photocatalyst Sheet Helps Curtail the Rise of Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide

Addressing the global energy crisis and moving away from a dependency on fossil fuels is key to combating climate change and thus moving towards a more sustaina…

United States

Rhode Island’s Renewable Energy Goal Is a Beacon for Other States

Analysts say it’s not perfect, but it gets a lot right.

Carbon Emissions

Tata Power Unit Commissions 225MW Hybrid Power Project in Rajasthan

This is Tata Power’s first hybrid project.