The Latest Breaking News from Emissions

Hit the accelerator, CTA, on going electric

Diesel buses that were recently purchased by the CTA will continue to emit dangerous greenhouse gases for almost the entire decade of the 2030s, a former transit executive and member of the Climate Reality Project writes.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 12, 2024

Mating anchovies stir up the sea as much as a major storm – and it’s good for the environment too

Why would oceanographers ever care about anchovies having sex? We do because these small fish can help mix different layers of the ocean when they mate. This circulates nutrients, oxygen and greenhouse gases around different layers of the ocean, thereby sustaining the ecosystem.

The Conversation · Jan 10, 2024

Carbon pollution is down in the US, but not fast enough to meet Biden's 2030 goal, new report says

A new report says climate-altering pollution from greenhouse gases declined by nearly 2% in the United States in 2023, even as the economy expanded at a faster clip

The Independent UK · Jan 10, 2024

12 billionaires are polluting the Earth

A Guardian analysis reveals that a dozen billionaires produce as much greenhouse gases as more than 2 million homes

Salon · Nov 20, 2023

UN says greenhouse gases in atmosphere hit record high in 2022

Leader of UN’s meteorological agency says the world is still ‘heading in the wrong direction’ and must cut fossil fuels.

Al Jazeera · Nov 15, 2023

China and the U.S. pledge to step up climate efforts ahead of Biden-Xi summit

The nations promised to accelerate efforts to address climate change ahead of a major U.N. meeting on the issue, making plans to cut emissions of methane and other greenhouse gases besides CO2.

WEKU · Nov 15, 2023

Here's what's driving the record autumn heat (it's not just carbon emissions)

Climate scientists have detected a striking jump in global temperatures during 2023. September was 1.75°C above Earth’s pre-industrial average temperature and a whole half-degree celsius warmer than the previous hottest September.

The Conversation · Oct 11, 2023

Climate change is about to play a big role in government purchases – with vast implications for the US economy

Each year, the federal government purchases about 50,000 new vehicles. Until recently, almost all of them ran on diesel or gasoline, contributing to U.S. demand for fossil fuels and encouraging automakers to continue focusing on fossil-fueled vehicles.

The Conversation · Oct 3, 2023

Ukraine war sped the world on a path to net zero emissions: Report

Russia’s invasion has helped put the world on a path to net zero emissions of greenhouse gases by 2050, a study says.

Al Jazeera · Sep 26, 2023

How rising water vapour in the atmosphere is amplifying warming and making extreme weather worse

This year’s string of record-breaking disasters – from deadly wildfires and catastrophic floods to record-high ocean temperatures and record-low sea ice in Antarctica – seems like an acceleration of human-induced climate change.

The Conversation · Sep 13, 2023