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Air/Climate

Humanity Can Halve Climate Emissions by 2030: UN Panel

April 17, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on Humanity Can Halve Climate Emissions by 2030: UN Panel

GENEVA, Switzerland, April 17, 2022 (ENS) – In a rare encouraging climate report, the UN’s scientific Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, IPCC, has recognized “increasing evidence of climate action” and [...]

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TEXAS: Chevron Phillips Chemical Agrees to Cut Gas Flaring

March 11, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on TEXAS: Chevron Phillips Chemical Agrees to Cut Gas Flaring

HOUSTON, Texas, March 11, 2022 (ENS) – Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP has agreed to a legal settlement with the federal government that will eliminate thousands of tons of air [...]

Business

ArcelorMittal, France Invest Billions in Low-Emissions Steel

February 11, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on ArcelorMittal, France Invest Billions in Low-Emissions Steel

DUNKIRK, France, February 10, 2022 (ENS) – Steelmaking giant ArcelorMittal, based in Luxembourg, is decarbonizing its factories in France and has attracted the financial support of the French Government to [...]

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WASHINGTON: Methane Bubbles Up From Seafloor Near Seattle

January 30, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on WASHINGTON: Methane Bubbles Up From Seafloor Near Seattle

SEATTLE, Washington, January 30, 2022 (ENS) – At least 349 plumes of methane gas are bubbling up from the seafloor in Puget Sound, an inlet of the Pacific Ocean, a [...]

Food

Junk Food Has a Higher Carbon Footprint Than Nutritious Food

December 2, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on Junk Food Has a Higher Carbon Footprint Than Nutritious Food


LEEDS, UK, December 2, 2021 (ENS) – Cutting out that sugary morning pastry and those fries for lunch might help fight the climate crisis, new research from the University of [...]

Business

World’s Biggest Miners Vow Net-Zero CO2 Emissions By 2050

October 7, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on World’s Biggest Miners Vow Net-Zero CO2 Emissions By 2050

LONDON, UK, October 7, 2021 (ENS) – Some of the world’s largest mining companies signed a pledge on Tuesday to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 if not sooner. All [...]

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PENNSYLVANIA: State to Join Regional Greenhouse Gas Control Effort

September 8, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on PENNSYLVANIA: State to Join Regional Greenhouse Gas Control Effort

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, September 8, 2021 (ENS) – By the slimmest of margins, one vote, a Pennsylvania state commission has authorized a rule empowering the state to participate in the Regional [...]

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TEXAS: Port of Corpus Christi to Install Blue Hydrogen Production

August 22, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on TEXAS: Port of Corpus Christi to Install Blue Hydrogen Production

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas, August 22, 2021 (ENS) – The Port of Corpus Christi Authority and Howard Midstream Energy Partners, LLC have executed an agreement to convert Howard’s Javelina refinery services [...]

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New UN Climate Report ‘Code Red for Humanity’

August 9, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on New UN Climate Report ‘Code Red for Humanity’

GENEVA, Switzerland, August 9, 2021 (ENS) – Climate change is widespread and rapidly intensifying, and some of the changes already in motion, such as continued sea level rise, are irreversible [...]

Air/Climate

Biden, Dems Crack Down on Methane Emissions to Benefit Climate

June 30, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on Biden, Dems Crack Down on Methane Emissions to Benefit Climate

WASHINGTON, DC, June 30, 2021 (ENS) – President Joe Biden signed into law today a Resolution of Disapproval that invalidates the Trump administration’s 2020 Methane Rescission Rule and reinstates two [...]

Land Use/Forests

Forests Don’t Offset as Much CO2 as Countries Claim

April 29, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on Forests Don’t Offset as Much CO2 as Countries Claim

BRUSSELS, Belgium, May 3, 2021 (ENS) – A giant gap between the amount of greenhouse gases countries report emitting and the amount of these heat-trapping gases independent scientists estimate from [...]

Air/Climate

Canada’s Top Court Upholds Trudeau’s Carbon Tax

March 25, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on Canada’s Top Court Upholds Trudeau’s Carbon Tax

OTTAWA, Ontario, Canada, March 25, 2021 (ENS) – In a political win for Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, the Supreme Court of Canada today ruled that the Liberal Government’s carbon [...]

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Energy

Largest Coal-fired Power Plant in U.S. West Demolished

December 19, 2020 News Editor Comments Off on Largest Coal-fired Power Plant in U.S. West Demolished

 

PAGE, Arizona, December 19, 2020 (ENS) – For 45 years the Navajo Generating Station was the largest coal-fired power plant in the western United States – a 2.25-gigawatt facility [...]

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Land Use/Forests

CO2 Speeds Tropical Forest Growth, Slowing Climate Change

January 18, 2015 News Editor Comments Off on CO2 Speeds Tropical Forest Growth, Slowing Climate Change

 

BOULDER, Colorado, January 18, 2015 (ENS) – Tropical forests have a bigger appetite for the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide than many scientists have believed – even greater than [...]

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  • COLORADO: Wild Horses Get New Refuge Larger Than Manhattan
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  • LOUISIANA: US Sues Japanese Firm Over Chloroprene Emissions
    March 23, 2023 Comments Off on LOUISIANA: US Sues Japanese Firm Over Chloroprene Emissions
  • MASSACHUSETTS: Holyoke Must Spend $27M to Beat Sewage Overflow
    March 23, 2023 Comments Off on MASSACHUSETTS: Holyoke Must Spend $27M to Beat Sewage Overflow
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