Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Next, we joined the Going-to-the-Sun Road for six miles, a necessary but unpleasant stretch due to the noise and fumes from traffic (a reminder of the carbon emissions that threaten the very glaciers we had come to see). We hiked this section to avoid startling bears, as Montana has the largest grizzly population in the lower 48.

Climate Change

Nature

JULY 15, 2025

This study projects hospitalization risks associated with extreme temperatures through to the year 2100 and develops the Hospitalization Burden Economic Index to assess the burden under three carbon emission scenarios in cities.

Climate Change

Scientific American

JUNE 6, 2025

With wildfires turning forests into “massive carbon emitters,” planting trees in some places could inadvertently increase carbon emissions, a new report says

Climate Change

Environmental News Bits

APRIL 11, 2025

Plans for a levy on the carbon produced by ships are being opposed by the US government, on the apparent basis they would impose substantial economic burdens and drive inflation.

Carbon Emissions

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 14, 2025

Modern agriculture relies on nitrogen fertilizer but increasingly faces its downsides, including carbon emissions, surface water pollution, and groundwater contamination. The Penn State Extension will hold a February 10 webinar on Nitrogen - Crop Nutrient and Water Pollutan t from Noon to 1:00 p.m.

Carbon Emissions

New Scientist

JULY 4, 2025

Buffer pools are especially an issue when forest-based carbon credits are sold to offset carbon emissions from burning fossil fuels , which remain in the atmosphere for centuries to millennia. “If Journal reference Global Change Biology DOI: 10.1111/gcb.70251

Fossil Fuels

Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Of course, they will both also lock in decades of increased carbon emissions, downstream flooding, toxic salt and tire particle inputs into the rivers, wetland and streams they cross and kill millions of animals by destroying their homes and by running them over.

Carbon Emissions

Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Among many other provisions, CEJA includes carbon emission limits for coal and fossil gas plants that phase in over several years, starting in 2030. The Illinois energy landscape Illinois passed the landmark Climate and Energy Jobs Act (CEJA) in September 2021.

Fossil Fuels

Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 3, 2025

In turn, this means a given percentage of hydrogen (by volume) blended in doesnt lead to the same percentage reduction in the amount of gasor to the same reduction of carbon emissions. A blend with 50% hydrogen by volume, for example, gets you only 23% less smokestack carbon pollution.

Renewable Energy

Environmental News Bits

JULY 14, 2025

link] Abstract The textile industry generates significant carbon emissions every … Continue reading Environmentally conscious hydrophobic spray coatings on bacterial cellulose for sustainable and reusable textiles Environmentally conscious hydrophobic spray coatings on bacterial cellulose for sustainable and reusable textiles.

Carbon Emissions

A Greener Life

JANUARY 9, 2025

By Liu Lican Chinas first Biennial Transparency Report on Climate Change was released last week, and the country confirmed it has yet to peak its carbon emissions. It showed that total greenhouse gas emissions in 2021, including that from land use, land-use change and forestry (LULUCF), reached 13 billion tonnes, an increase of 4.3%

Carbon Dioxide

Inside Climate News

APRIL 3, 2025

By Jon Hurdle Some 62,000 people and 56,000 homes on and near the New Jersey Shore will see at least one annual flood because of sea-level rise by 2050, even if the world makes sweeping cuts to carbon emissions now, according to a new online tool released Wednesday by Climate Central, a New Jersey-based research and advocacy nonprofit.

Sea Level

A Greener Life

JULY 10, 2025

Accompanying documents provide detailed technical guidance, carbon accounting methods and evaluation criteria. According to a Tsinghua University report , 80% of China’s industrial companies are concentrated in industrial parks, which account for 31% of the country’s total carbon emissions.

Carbon Dioxide

A Greener Life

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

In addition, carbon reduction standards and monitoring systems at ports need further improvement, as the absence of unified regulations presents challenges to advancing the zero-carbon transition, experts told Yicai Experts recommend continuing to promote port electrification and increase the use of clean energy in the future.

Fossil Fuels

Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 25, 2025

Data Centers also Contribute to Air Pollution and Degradation of Health The energy consumed by data centers doesn’t just contribute to carbon emissions—it also generates air pollution that directly harms human health. California, Arizona, and parts of Texas.

Air Pollution

Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 7, 2025

The law mandates increasing shares of clean and renewable energy, reaching 60% renewable energy by 2035 and 100% low-carbon energy by 2040 (the 100% standard includes renewables along with nuclear and fossil gas power plants that capture and store at least 90% of their carbon emissions).

Clean Energy

Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 9, 2025

Any plan enacted under this subsection shall maximize the impact of the plan on improving economic and racial equity.

Fossil Fuels

Circle of Blue

APRIL 16, 2025

Fewer carbon emissions, less fossil energy use. Years of scholarship and economic analysis have proved them correct in more ways than one. The farmers in northwest Kansas not only remain profitable. They are practicing irrigated agriculture with a significantly lighter environmental footprint. Annual groundwater declines of 1.5

2013

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 4, 2024

In addition to the Inflation Reduction Act, the Hub accesses funding from a host of sources, including the Thriving Communities grantmaking program , which is part of the EPA’s Green and Healthy Home Initiative, and the Pennsylvania Energy Development Authority’s Municipal Opportunities for Retrofits and Energy Efficiency Program.

Clean Energy

PA Environment Daily

MAY 21, 2025

. -- Dauphin County: $446,363 to the Steelton-Highspire School District to install high-efficiency solar panels to which are expected to produce significant reductions in energy expenses and carbon emissions, while creating local job opportunities for installation and maintenance.

Electricity

Environmental News Bits

JUNE 10, 2025

Nudging through persuasive technology in social media to promote low carbon travel behavior in commuting and non-commuting situations. link] Abstract As transport is an important field in carbon emission reduction, practitioners have often adopted nudging measures, such as persuasive technologies, to reduce carbon emissions.

Technology

Environmental News Bits

JULY 11, 2025

Heavy industry and transport are responsible for nearly 30 percent of global carbon emissions, which is why bringing clean solutions to these industries is a must if we are to avoid the worst effects of climate change. Read the full story from the Rocky Mountain Institute.

Carbon Emissions

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 15, 2025

This is not only saving the school district money on its utility bills, but the array also eliminates tons of carbon emissions annually. A decade later In 2021, Steelton-Highspire School District worked with McClure Company to install a solar array large enough to offset 100 percent of its annual electricity usage.

Electricity

Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 11, 2024

For the first time, the Arctic Report Card assessed that the Arctic is faltering as a reliable area for storing carbon away from the atmosphere ( Natalie et al., It was its first failing grade after thousands of years holding onto more carbon than released to the atmosphere. in Arc2024 ).

2024

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 13, 2025

Data Center Infrastructure; Amazon Told PUC It Has Net-Zero Carbon Emissions Goal By 2040 [PaEN] DEP Invites Comments On Air Quality Permit For 72 - 2.5 Shapiro Announces Amazon Plans To Invest $20 Billion In Pennsylvania For A.I.

Fossil Fuels

Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Albertas politicians champion carbon capture as a means to reduce the significant greenhouse gas emissions that will be produced by new AI data centres, but problems exist. First, carbon capture has not yet proven to be even modestly effective in reducing carbon emissions.

Renewable Energy

Enviromental Defense

JUNE 18, 2025

By not discussing climate change and wildfire, the G7 leaders avoided facing the stark reality of a world being inextricably changed by fire and other disasters, and also avoided discussion of the need to deepen their countries’ commitments to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. It’s going to make it worse.

Climate Change

Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 28, 2025

Burning this waste releases massive amounts of toxic pollution and carbon emissions it’s a climate disaster. Audits show that we can do better: the majority of what is sent to this incinerator, and to landfills, is organic and recyclable material.

Waste

A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Meanwhile, more than 9,000 companies have committed to actions to cut global emissions by 2030. COP29: Influential voices call for reforming the UN COP climate procedure Chinas carbon emissions have not yet peaked, but its rapid expansion of renewables means they are likely to soon. of national emissions. trillion (USD 9.9

Carbon Emissions

Legal Planet

MARCH 13, 2025

Opponents will undoubtedly argue that such state-based initiatives conflict with federal law.

Clean Air Act

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 18, 2025

Learn how Pennsylvania is reducing carbon emissions, creating jobs, and leading in energy innovation, according to City & State PA. At the Pennsylvania Energy Summit on April 22, industry leaders and policymakers will tackle key challenges, policy shifts, and the clean energy transition shaping the states future.

Earth Day

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 27, 2025

I support addressing climate change and cutting our carbon emissions. We can do that right now, but the majority, to date, chooses not to. I am opposed. The [Shapiro] administration is opposed. I do not support setting up a separate office.

Greenhouse

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 6, 2025

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Renewable Energy

Legal Planet

DECEMBER 12, 2024

The Supreme Court heard oral argument recently in the Seven Counties case. The issue in the case is the scope of an agencys duty to consider the environmental effects of its actions. Several arguments popped up in the discussion that appealed to at least some of the Justices. We think that they would do well to rethink them.

Clean Air Act

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Available funding and supportive policy foster longer-lasting urban agriculture facilities, which can employ sustainable practices that reduce carbon emissions and decrease dependence on synthetic fertilizers and pesticides,” added Hawes.

Carbon Emissions

A Greener Life

DECEMBER 19, 2024

The forecast also predicts that Chinas overall fossil fuel demand will peak in 2028, coinciding with the peak in energy-related carbon emissions. Following the anticipated peak, demand will gradually decline, falling to 240 million tonnes by 2060 a nearly 70% drop from peak levels, ETRI revealed.

2025

Environmental News Bits

MAY 29, 2025

Louis … Continue reading GW-led study tracks air pollution and carbon emissions in 13,000+ cities worldwide The research, led by the George Washington University in collaboration with scientists from Washington University in St.

Air Pollution