Focus on Emissions
Electricity from farm waste: how biogas could help Malawians with no power
Ehiaze Ehimen and Thomas Robin study energy efficiency and energy poverty in marginalised communities. They unpack what they found in their research into...
Manhattan judge hearing arguments on challenges to NYC driver fee
New York’s plan to levy a hefty toll on drivers entering Manhattan is the focus of a legal battle set to play out...
US appeals court won’t pause EPA power plant emissions rule for now
A federal appeals court on Friday refused to temporarily pause a landmark rule issued by the EPA requiring reductions in carbon emissions
US proposes ending new federal leases in its biggest coal region
The Bureau of Land Management proposal would affect millions of acres of U.S. federal lands and underground mineral reserves in the Powder River...
How should U.S. electricity markets evolve to get ready for an emissions-free world?
Resources for the Future: As reforms to the U.S. electricity market are considered, what priorities should regulators keep in mind?
How Europe reduced its greenhouse gas emissions last year
EU countries churned out 3.4 billion tons of all greenhouse gas emissions last year, 5.1% less than in 2022
US must act to slash landfill methane emissions, report says
Climate-warming methane emissions at nearly two dozen U.S. landfills regularly exceeded limits, and in some cases were higher than reported
Hot history: Tree rings show that last northern summer was the warmest since year 1
The broiling summer of 2023 was the hottest in the Northern Hemisphere in more than 2,000 years, a new study published in the...
Tesla is sued over emissions from California plant
Tesla emissions lawsuit filed by environmental group, accusing the car company's California plant of exposing residents and workers to harmful chemicals.
Carbon dioxide increasing ten times faster than any point in last 50,000 years: study
The rate of atmospheric carbon dioxide increase is currently 10 times faster than at any point in the past 50,000 years, says study...
