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Meeting India's 2070 net zero emission target would require $10 trillion investment, starting this year: report
The economic benefits of India stepping up its transition to climate neutrality by 2070 are immense…
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World to blaze by 1.5-degree goal, global temperatures to rise by at least 2.5 degrees by end of this century: new UN report
A new report from UN Climate Change on Wednesday showed countries are bending the curve of global g…
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UN plans to launch universal early-warning systems for climate disasters in next five years
The UN Secretary-General insists that the world fails to invest in protecting the lives and livelih…
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98% of companies responsible for 80% of corporate greenhouse emissions refuse to disclose their climate-change impacts: Study
When available, analysts also reviewed audit committee (or equivalent) reports, finding that they o…
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Mesmerising NASA videos depict where our CO2 comes from, and where it eventually ends up
In three videos, NASA expresses the voyage of carbon dioxide from source to sink over the course of…
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Supreme Court restricts — but does not end — Environmental Protection Agency's ability to regulate greenhouse-gas emissions
The Clean Air Act will still allow the EPA to regulate the greenhouse-gas emissions driving our cli…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Move over net zero, 'real zero' is one-upping you: A utility adopts a new term to show it's serious about the climate crisis.
NextEra Energy says it plans to reach "real zero," not net zero. This means the utility won't reduc…
Catherine Boudreau
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Move over net zero, 'real zero' is one-upping you: A utility adopts a new term to show it's serious about the climate crisis.
NextEra Energy says it plans to reach "real zero," not net zero. This means the utility won't reduc…
Catherine Boudreau
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Greenhouse gas, sea level rise and ocean heat set new records for climate change in 2021
The WMO State of the Global Climate in 2021 report confirmed that the past seven years have been th…
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The internet contributes 1.6 billion annual tons in greenhouse gas emissions. Google and Microsoft's AI search war will make it worse.
One expert told Wired that AI-powered search engines would require at least 4 times more computing …
Hannah Getahun
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Biden's administration just took a 'huge step' to protect retirements and pensions against climate crisis risks, top advisor says
Biden's top climate advisor Gina McCarthy lauded the SEC's proposal to require companies to incorpo…
Ayelet Sheffey
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The supply chain crisis is wreaking havoc on the environment as carbon emissions from ships and seaports reach the highest rate since 2008
Emissions at the heavily backlogged ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are up by double and two-th…
Bethany Biron
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What were some of the initial controversies and concerns surrounding the ongoing Dubai COP28 climate summit?
World leaders have once again, for the 28th time, congregated to discuss climate change — this time…
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World’s capacity to capture carbon — a crucial climate change mitigation action — is likely to increase sixfold by 2030! But is it enough?
Around 43 million tons of CO2, or 0.1% of global emissions, are being captured using CC today. Esse…
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UN says use of leaded petrol is officially over, a landmark that will prevent more than 1.2 million premature deaths per year
The United Nations Environment Programme estimates the milestone will save $2.45 trillion a year fo…
Jake Epstein
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Mumbai International Airport switches to green sources for its energy needs
Mumbai International Airport has entirely switched to green sources for its energy consumption need…
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Dish’s carbon emission data on the menu can promote climate-friendly choices among diners: Study
Estimates suggest that one-third of global greenhouse gas emissions caused by humans are linked to …
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American cities are significantly undercounting their greenhouse gas emissions because of flawed data, study says
The researchers said a standardized method of measuring emissions is needed to address climate chan…
Kelsey Vlamis
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Biden pledges to halve US greenhouse gas emissions by 2030
President Joe Biden has pledged to cut US greenhouse gas emissions by 50% to 52% from 2005 levels b…
Alexandra Ma,Sinéad Baker
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Sinema, Manchin pump the brakes on a proposed fee for methane emissions, the second largest contributor to global greenhouse gas emissions
Democrats are trying to negotiate with members who have outright opposed or expressed reservations …