The Latest Breaking News from Emissions

Holy cow: Lab-grown meat not so good for the environment

Along with the koala and the orange-bellied parrot, is the good old-fashioned cow-sourced burger doomed to extinction? What about the steak? At least for

The New Daily · Jun 22, 2023

Young plaintiffs' attorney closes Montana climate change trial with call for action

An attorney for 16 young plaintiffs has urged a judge to strike down as unconstitutional a Montana law that prohibits state agencies from considering the environmental effects when it weighs permits allowing the release of greenhouse gases

The Independent UK · Jun 20, 2023

Mechanical sails? Batteries? Shippers forming 'green corridors' to fast-track cleaner technologies

Water transport is a cost-efficient way of moving goods and people — but it emits lots of greenhouse gases

The Independent UK · May 27, 2023

First Scottish penalty for greenhouse gas leak issued to Ayrshire firm

SCOTLAND'S environmental regulator has issued its first penalty for a greenhouse gas leak.

The National (Scotland) · May 16, 2023

Double Threat: The Greenhouse Gases That Are Also Poisoning You Now

Diesel exhaust and emissions from plastic production warm the planet over time, while immediately threatening those who inhale their toxic fumes.

Capital & Main · May 3, 2023

Two trillion tonnes of greenhouse gases, 25 billion nukes of heat: are we pushing Earth out of the Goldilocks zone?

Since the 18th century, humans have been taking fossil fuels out of their safe storage deep underground and burning them to generate electricity or power machinery.

The Conversation · May 2, 2023

The IPCC's calls for emissions cuts have gone unheeded for too long – should it change the way it reports on climate change?

Emissions from human activities are substantially increasing the atmospheric concentrations of the greenhouse gases CO₂, methane, CFCs and nitrous oxide. These increases will enhance the greenhouse effect, resulting on average in an additional warming of the Earth’s surface.

The Conversation · Apr 23, 2023

Raw materials, or sacred beings? Lithium extraction puts two worldviews into tension

Located in the heart of South America, Bolivia contains the largest lithium deposits in the world – an enviable position, in many countries’ eyes, as the market for electric vehicles takes off. Though EVs emit fewer greenhouse gases than fuel-powered vehicles, their batteries require more minerals – especially lithium, which…

The Conversation · Apr 21, 2023

Coal exit has started, but Hunter's driving blind

The Hunter's giant coal mines are in the government's sights, but where's the fully-funded transition strategy?

Newcastle Herald · Apr 9, 2023

Methane big part of 'alarming' rise in planet-warming gases

Rising methane levels in the atmosphere last year again played a big part in an overall increase in the greenhouse gases that cause climate change

The Independent UK · Apr 6, 2023