Enlarge (credit: iStock) The European Union says it wants to “prevent greenwashing” among investors, but a new proposal may end up encouraging the behavior it wants to banish. The European Commission put forward a plan today that defines what counts as a “sustainable investment, ” something that’s all but required in order to manage a […]
Enlarge / Carbon tax isometric vector concept. (credit: Getty Images ) One of the particular simplest ways to reduce carbon emissions is to put a price on them, gradually ratcheting up the price to induce conversation and emissions-free technologies. In turn, the simplest way of imposing that price is by taxing emissions. But taxes are […]
(credit: Felix König ) On the last day of 2021, as final preparations were being made for the New Year’s Eve firework display in central Berlin, outside the particular German capital another era was drawing to a close. It was the beginning of typically the end of Germany’s decades-long dalliance with nuclear power. On December […]
Enlarge / President Joe Biden talks to reporters during a news conference in the East Room of the White House on January 19, 2022, in Washington, DC. (credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) President Later on Biden yesterday expressed support for breaking up the Build Back Better Act, saying that the particular parts intended to combat climate […]
Enlarge (credit: NOAA) We are still in the midst of running a dangerous experiment on Earth’s climate system, and we get to periodically check in on the results—like laboratory rats peering at the graphs on a whiteboard across the room. And it’s that time again. Every year, global temperature can be compared to the predictions […]
Enlarge / Tourist boats could potentially bring invasive species to the Antarctic region. (credit: Andrew Peacock ) Right now, the Antarctic and the waters around it are surprisingly free of invasive species. According to new research, however, that situation might change in the not-too-distant future, thanks to a shocking level of connectivity with ports across […]
Enlarge (credit: Jason Persoff / Getty Images) Recently, a network of climate modeling groups showed that it will cost more to overshoot the Paris Agreement temperature goals than it will to stay on a low-temperature trajectory. On the same day, that collaboration also published work showing that additional risks of overshooting come in part via […]
Enlarge / Capturing carbon, as this algae-growing plant does, may not be the most economical way to reach our climate targets. (credit: Santiago Urquijo / Getty Images ) What will it cost if the climate exceeds the Paris Agreement temperature goals this century—even if we later remove co2 dioxide from the air and manage to […]
Enlarge (credit: Tim Graham/Getty Images) The New York City Council voted today to ban natural gas in new buildings, putting the nation’s largest city at the vanguard of national efforts to eliminate the fossil fuel and potent greenhouse gas. The bill prohibits natural gas hookups and oil-burning equipment in new buildings under seven stories starting […]
Enlarge (credit: National Academy of Sciences ) It’s clear from climate science that we need to drop greenhouse gas emissions in order to zero as quickly as possible. But it’s also clear from our slow progress that we could use some help with those emissions. One thing that can help is carbon dioxide removal, as […]