The good news: US greenhouse-gas emissions are on track to fall 9% this year, marking the lowest levels of climate pollution in at least three decades, according to the research group BloombergNEF. The bad news: The dramatic decline is almost entirely attributable to …Continue reading
Would you like “milk” with that Impossible burger?
Impossible Foods has continued to expand throughout the pandemic, bringing its bleeding, sizzling plant-based burgers and sausages to more than 10,000 additional US stores this year. Now the company, which has raised $700 million in 2020, is preparing to move into new markets …Continue reading
California looks to eliminate gas guzzlers—but legal hurdles abound
California governor Gavin Newsom made a bold attempt today to eliminate sales of new gas-guzzling cars and trucks, marking a critical step in the state’s quest to become carbon neutral by 2045. But the effort to clean up the state’s largest source of …Continue reading
How falling solar costs have renewed clean hydrogen hopes
The world is increasingly banking on green hydrogen fuel to fill some of the critical missing pieces in the clean-energy puzzle. US presidential candidate Joe Biden’s climate plan calls for a research program to produce a clean form of the gas that’s cheap enough …Continue reading
Climate change-fueled heatwaves could kill millions
Blistering heatwaves are breaking temperature records around the globe this year, from Iraq to the American Southwest. And it’s only going to get worse, as climate change accelerates. By the end of this century, extreme heat spells could kill roughly as many people as all …Continue reading
If China plans to go carbon neutral by 2060, why is it building so many coal plants?
China’s president, Xi Jinping, has announced plans for the nation to become carbon neutral by 2060, setting a bold goal for the world’s biggest climate polluter. But it’s hard to reconcile Xi’s pledge, made before the UN General Assembly on Tuesday, with the nation’s …Continue reading
Why the coronavirus outbreak is terrible news for climate change
This story is part of our ongoing coverage of the coronavirus/Covid-19 outbreak. You can also sign up to our dedicated newsletter. It appears increasingly likely that the global coronavirus outbreak will cut greenhouse-gas emissions this year, as deepening public health concerns ground planes and squeeze international trade.
Humans are producing a far larger share of methane emissions than we thought
Humans are responsible for 25% to 40% more of the total share of methane emissions than previously estimated, according to a new study in Nature. The methane problem: Methane is one of the most potent greenhouse gases: about 28 times more effective than carbon …Continue reading
Here’s where Jeff Bezos could start spending that $10 billion tackling climate change
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos announced Monday he would donate $10 billion to combat climate change, marking one of the largest individual philanthropic commitments ever to the crucial environmental challenge. The details: “This global initiative will fund scientists, activists, NGOs – any effort that offers a …Continue reading
The 2010s were another lost decade on climate change
We’ve lost another decade on climate change. Even as greenhouse gases in the atmosphere race toward levels that could lock in catastrophic warming, the world continued to pump out more. Our collective failure to begin cutting emissions over the last 10 years …Continue reading