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Still leading the nation from the back bench Scott Morrison wants to meet the Paris agreement and have cheap electricity. The have-cake: throw-cake-in-river option. How to resolve that dilemma (or at least have an answer...

More than a million electric cars can now be seen on the streets of Europe, thanks in part to a sales surge in the first half of 2018. Europe has reached this benchmark more quickly than the United States, which is on track...

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...

Brazil has just announced that it has cut 2017 greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation to levels far below its 2020 goal. The country originally aimed to reduce emissions from this source by 564 million tons in the Amazon...

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...

Everyone is talking about the NEG (National Energy Guarantee) which will supposedly attain the mythical trifecta of cheap, reliable, and planet cooling electricity.In terms of meeting our Paris “commitment” Tom...

The world recently learned that chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), an ozone-damaging industrial gas banned under the 1997 Montreal Protocol, have made an unexpected comeback, with significant emissions detected in the atmosphere...

Last week, NET Power officially began operations at its 50-megawatt, emissions-free natural gas power plant in La Porte, Texas. If all goes well, the plant's design could pave the way to a cleaner energy future. Instead...

Globally banned by the Montreal protocol in 1987 for their ozone-destroying properties, chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) chemicals are experiencing a comeback...

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...

For the first time, researchers have quantified the carbon footprint of global tourism around the world – and their findings show that tourism’s impact is roughly four times greater than previously thought...

You may not realize it, but your shampoo, deodorant, or lotion could be contributing nearly as much urban air pollution as your daily commute. A new study discovered emissions from siloxane, a common ingredient in those...

Belgium-based AB Inbev, the world's largest beer brewing company, has created a new low-carbon method for adding bubbles to beer. The technique, which is expected to reduce the company's CO2 emissions by 5 percent, involves...

Shipping was the sole industry excluded from the 2015 Paris Agreement, even though the sector's annual carbon emissions are higher than those of Germany — and countries now plan to address that...