“Joe Biden, the projected winner of the U.S. presidency, will move to restore dozens of environmental safeguards President Donald Trump abolished,” reports the Washington Post, “and launch the boldest climate change plan of any president in history.” destinyland shares their report: While some of Biden’s most sweeping programs will encounter stiff resistance from Senate Republicans and conservative attorneys general, the United…
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Japan’s New Leader Sets Ambitious Goal of Carbon Neutrality by 2050
Japan will be carbon neutral by 2050, its prime minister said this week, making an ambitious pledge to sharply accelerate the country’s global warming targets, even as it plans to build more than a dozen new coal-burning power plants in the coming years. From a report: The prime minister, Yoshihide Suga, laid out the goal during his first major policy speech…
Japan steps up climate ambition with 2050 net zero emissions goal
The Japanese government has said it will cut the country’s carbon emissions to net zero by 2050, in the latest sign of growing momentum on international climate action Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2258163-japan-steps-up-climate-ambition-with-2050-net-zero-emissions-goal/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Building digital twins of Earth could help Europe cut carbon emissions
Work is set to begin within months on building “digital twins” of Earth to better predict the future of climate change, extreme weather and the environment Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2256715-building-digital-twins-of-earth-could-help-europe-cut-carbon-emissions/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Exxon’s Plan For Surging Carbon Emissions Revealed In Leaked Documents
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Bloomberg: Exxon Mobil has been planning to increase annual carbon-dioxide emissions by as much as the output of the entire nation of Greece, an analysis of internal documents reviewed by Bloomberg shows, setting one of the largest corporate emitters against international efforts to slow the pace of warming. The drive to expand both fossil-fuel…
Countries that backed renewables over nuclear power have cut more CO2
Countries that embraced renewable sources of energy have significantly cut their carbon emissions, but nations pursuing nuclear power failed to do so, researchers have found Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2256123-countries-that-backed-renewables-over-nuclear-power-have-cut-more-co2/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Airbus Reveals Plans For Zero-Emission Aircraft Fueled By Hydrogen
Airbus has announced plans for the world’s first zero-emission commercial aircraft models that run on hydrogen and could take to the skies by 2035. The Guardian reports: The European aersospace company revealed three different aircraft concepts that would be put through their paces to find the most efficient way to travel long distances by plane without producing the greenhouse gas emissions…
Google Reverses Lifelong Carbon Emissions To Fight Climate Change
A few months after Microsoft pledged to undo by 2050 the climate harm it’s done to the atmosphere by emitting carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, Google said it’s already done so. “We have eliminated Google’s entire carbon legacy,” Chief Executive Sundar Pichai said Monday in a blog post. From a report: Carbon dioxide, which can trap heat from the sun in…
UK citizen’s assembly backs flight taxes to reduce climate emissions
A group of more than 100 UK citizens tasked with recommending ways to reduce the country’s carbon emissions to net zero has backed scaling taxes for flights and bans on new petrol, diesel and hybrid cars Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2254114-uk-citizens-assembly-backs-flight-taxes-to-reduce-climate-emissions/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
You Can Now Track Carbon In an Ear of Corn From Farm to Table
Companies will be soon able to track the carbon emissions from an ear of corn to a pork chop, allowing them to market products to environmentally conscious eaters. Bloomberg reports: Farmer’s Business Network Inc. — which has been likened to an “Amazon” for farmers — has launched Gro Network, which will track and score the carbon intensity of grain. That will…