A plan by the Biden Administration aims to reduce aviation emissions by 20% by 2030 through increasing sustainable aviation fuels. But there are problems.Read More
The oil and gas industry intends to invest an estimated $4.9 trillion over the next 10 years to explore for and extract oil and gas from new fields. An analysis from Global Witness concludes that we can't afford any production from new oil and gas fields, much less new fields, if we're to meet the U.N. Paris Climate Agreement goals and avoid moving beyond a critical climate change tipping point. Read More
Besides warming climate by intensifying the greenhouse effect, modern coal-fired power plant emissions are the biggest source of ultra-fine particles (UFPs)Read More
Thirty-three global banks have financed the fossil fuel industry to the tune of $1.9 trillion since adoption of the U.N. Paris Climate Agreement in 2016. JPMorgan was the fossil fuel industry's biggest banker overall, while Chinese banks financed more coal mining and power plants than others. Read More
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Rising Sea Levels
A scan of the past week's climate news suggests this may be the case. Read More
Antarctica's ice sheets are losing mass more than six-times faster than previously believed and ocean temperatures are rising as much as 40-times faster than the latest U.N. IPCC report estimates. One in four UNESCO natural World Heritage sites are "highly threatened" as a result of climate warming, according to recent research.Read More
Despite efforts to stem the rising tide of human greenhouse gas emissions, oil & natural gas will remain the dominant source of energy out to at least 2040. Read More
