carbon emissions, Tag

According to a Monday report on climate change from the United Nations, maintaining the Earth's temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius is crucial if more extreme weather events and species' extinctions are to be avoided....

Cities around the world are pledging to reduce waste over the next 12 years in an effort to curb global warming and eventually become zero-waste cities...

The debut of electric scooter programs in cities such as Austin, Washington D.C. and San Diego has been making headlines with promises of cleaner air, but is this really the case? Between LimeBike, Waybots, Spin and Bird,...

The global, on-demand transportation service Gett is embarking on a new endeavor — implementing carbon-free and carbon-positive rides for all of its passengers...

A coalition formed by 19 mayors of major U.S. cities including New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Washington D.C. has proposed a plan to ensure that all new buildings be net-zero by 2030. The mayors are part of a group...

Environmentalists are alarmed by recent data that reveals Spain's pig population now outnumbers its human one by 3.5 million. This is the first time the number of pigs in Spain has exceeded that of humans, and the discrepancy...

It is no surprise that the world's most populous country, China, is also the largest polluter on Earth. However, for individuals living in China's northern plain, the most densely populated region on the planet, it may come...

The U.S. Transportation Department and the EPA are expected to announce a proposal this Thursday to revoke California's ability to set its own emissions standards. The proposal, revealed by an anonymous source, suggests that...

Nine cities across Africa, a continent vulnerable to climate change, are taking action. Recently, these cities pledged to deliver their share of carbon emissions reductions to hit Paris Agreement goals. The cities, several...

Wildfires are raging in Russia and Siberia, and they could have drastic consequences for the entire planet. Blazes burning in the Amur region since the start of 2018 have damaged an area around six times bigger than during...

Wildfires are raging in Russia and Siberia, and they could have drastic consequences for the entire planet. Blazes burning in the Amur region since the start of 2018 have damaged an area around six times bigger than during...

While the news media focuses its attention on the withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal and the scandals related President Trump's lawyer Michael Cohen, the Trump Administration quietly ended the Carbon Monitoring System...

While the news media focuses its attention on the withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal and the scandals related President Trump's lawyer Michael Cohen, the Trump Administration quietly ended the Carbon Monitoring System...

The streets of Paris and London are about to get a whole lot cuter — and more eco-friendly — because UPS is deploying adorable electric trucks that look like something straight out of a cartoon...

It takes hundreds of years for disposable diapers to decompose in landfills - but this new machine can turn 220 pounds of dirty diapers into clean, raw materials in a single hour...