Articles for Greenhouse Gases

North Carolina town sues Duke Energy over climate change
2 weeks, 3 days ago

North Carolina town sues Duke Energy over climate change

Salon  

The residents of a small North Carolina town are suing Duke Energy, one of the largest utilities companies in the world, for its role in contributing to climate change. Carbon dioxide is one of the chief anthropogenic greenhouse gases that contributes to climate change; the others are methane, water vapor, nitrous oxide and fluorinated gases. In a complaint filed Wednesday …

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The world's most polluting cities are revealed at COP29...
1 month, 1 week ago

The world's most polluting cities are revealed at COP29...

Daily Mail  

The world's five most polluting cities have been revealed - and they're all in Asia and the US. At a city level, Shanghai tops the list, having emitted a whopping 256 million metric tons of greenhouse gases last year. At a city level, Shanghai tops the list, having emitted a whopping 256 million metric tons of greenhouse gases this year …

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World's most polluting cities revealed at COP29 | CHECK HERE
1 month, 1 week ago

World's most polluting cities revealed at COP29 | CHECK HERE

India TV News  

Baku: Cities in Asia and the United States emit the most heat-trapping gas that feeds climate change, with Shanghai the most polluting, according to new data that combines observations and artificial intelligence. China become a hotspot for greenhouse gases Seven states or provinces spew more than 1 billion metric tons of greenhouse gases, all of them in China, except Texas, …

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Global warming will be TWICE as bad as predicted: Earth is on track for 'catastrophic' 3.1°C of warming this century, the UN warns
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Global warming will be TWICE as bad as predicted: Earth is on track for 'catastrophic' 3.1°C of warming this century, the UN warns

Daily Mail  

The world is on track for a 'catastrophic' 3.1°C of global warming by the end of this century, the UN has warned. The world is on track for a 'catastrophic' 3.1°C of global warming by the end of this century, the UN has warned The UN warned the world was currently on track for temperature rises of 2.6°C to 3.1°C, …

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Watch: What is Net Zero? A key to tackling climate change
3 months, 1 week ago

Watch: What is Net Zero? A key to tackling climate change

The Hindu  

India has committed to reach the net zero emission targets by 2070. Because there’s too much carbon dioxide and methane and other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, we have global warming and climate change. A particular system — like the atmosphere, but also like a factory or a business or an entire industry or even a whole country — can …

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New research forecasts a future of freakier weather, but experts say the risks may be downplayed
3 months, 1 week ago

New research forecasts a future of freakier weather, but experts say the risks may be downplayed

Salon  

The effects of climate change are being felt more and more each year. "Our study shows that extreme temperature and rainfall will increase rapidly over many regions of the world over the next two decades compared to the changes we have experienced in the past due to natural variations in the climate," lead author Dr. Carly Iles from the CICERO …

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A 13-month streak of global temperature records just ended. Here are five takeaways
4 months, 2 weeks ago

A 13-month streak of global temperature records just ended. Here are five takeaways

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — After 13 months of what felt like an endless breaking of heat records, the streak came to an end last month — just barely. While the slightly cooler month is good news and could provide some minor relief for people exposed to extreme heat, scientists warned that the root cause of the rising temperatures, climate change, remains …

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This Bill Gates-backed startup is making butter out of thin air: ‘without animal suffering’
5 months ago

This Bill Gates-backed startup is making butter out of thin air: ‘without animal suffering’

Hindustan Times  

A California-based startup backed by Bill Gates says that its butter, made out of carbon, tastes as good as the real thing. The process eliminates the need for the animals and makes butter without animals, farmland, fertilizers, hormones, or antibiotics, the startup claims. “That’s how we get rich, delightful ingredients without animal suffering, palm plantations, or dangerous chemicals. The founder …

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June sizzles to 13th straight monthly heat record. String may end soon, but dangerous heat won’t
5 months, 2 weeks ago

June sizzles to 13th straight monthly heat record. String may end soon, but dangerous heat won’t

Associated Press  

Earth’s more than year-long streak of record-shattering hot months kept on simmering through June, according to the European climate service Copernicus. “It’s a stark warning that we are getting closer to this very important limit set by the Paris Agreement,” Copernicus senior climate scientist Nicolas Julien said in an interview. That 1.5 degree temperature mark is important because that’s the …

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2023 was officially the hottest year on RECORD - with global temperatures close to the 1.5°C limit, scientists warn
11 months, 2 weeks ago

2023 was officially the hottest year on RECORD - with global temperatures close to the 1.5°C limit, scientists warn

Daily Mail  

Scientists are increasingly linking extreme weather events with the warming of the planet, which is being largely caused by carbon emissions from fossil fuels. Pictured, a man pulls a bag of goods salvaged from a building as he wades through floodwaters on August 5, 2023 in Zhuozhou, Hebei Province south of Beijing, China A man cools off at a temporary …

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Energy Department gets pushback for efficiency standards to reduce greenhouse gases
11 months, 4 weeks ago

Energy Department gets pushback for efficiency standards to reduce greenhouse gases

NPR  

Energy Department gets pushback for efficiency standards to reduce greenhouse gases The Biden administration is updating efficiency standards for many consumer products to help meet the country's climate goals. ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: From ceiling fans to refrigerators, the Energy Department is updating dozens of efficiency standards that will reduce climate-warming greenhouse gases and save Americans billions of dollars a year. …

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What will happen to the world once we reach net-zero?
1 year ago

What will happen to the world once we reach net-zero?

The Hindu  

Humanity’s emissions of greenhouse gases have caused rapid global warming at a rate unprecedented in at least the past 2,000 years. To avoid reaching unsafe global temperatures, climate scientists have concluded we can’t prevent continued global warming without reaching a state of net zero CO₂ emissions. The urgency of reaching net zero CO₂ emissions has sparked the use of state-of-the-art …

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Pennsylvania governor appeals decision blocking plan to make power plants pay for greenhouse gases
1 year, 1 month ago

Pennsylvania governor appeals decision blocking plan to make power plants pay for greenhouse gases

Associated Press  

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Gov. Josh Shapiro’s administration said Tuesday that it is appealing a court ruling that blocked a state regulation to make Pennsylvania’s power plant owners pay for their planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions, even as the Democrat warned lawmakers to get to work on a better alternative. “Inaction is not an acceptable alternative.” Action seemed unlikely, however, as Republicans …

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Greenhouse gases hit record high in 2022: UN
1 year, 1 month ago

Greenhouse gases hit record high in 2022: UN

The Hindu  

Greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere hit new record highs in 2022, with no end in sight to the rising trend, the United Nations warned on November 15. The UN's World Meteorological Organization said levels of the three main greenhouse gases — the climate-warming carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide — all broke records last year. "Despite decades of warnings …

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UN says greenhouse gases in atmosphere hit record high in 2022
1 year, 1 month ago

UN says greenhouse gases in atmosphere hit record high in 2022

Al Jazeera  

Leader of UN’s meteorological agency says the world is still ‘heading in the wrong direction’ and must cut use of fossil fuels. The United Nations says the concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere surged to new highs last year as climate change fuelled extreme weather across the globe. In a bulletin released on Wednesday, the UN’s World Meteorological Organization …

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Climate solutions are necessary. So we're dedicating a week to highlight them
1 year, 2 months ago

Climate solutions are necessary. So we're dedicating a week to highlight them

NPR  

Climate solutions are necessary. So we're dedicating a week to highlight them toggle caption Brandon Bell/Getty Images Climate change is here. We're dedicating an entire week to focus on the search for climate solutions, with stories across our network. How we define climate solutions Broadly speaking, climate solutions are things that reduce greenhouse gases — like solar and wind energy …

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Boiling Point: Would filling a new reservoir give off lots of greenhouse gases?
1 year, 3 months ago

Boiling Point: Would filling a new reservoir give off lots of greenhouse gases?

LA Times  

This story was originally published in Boiling Point, a weekly newsletter about climate change and the environment. The Sites Project Authority has presented much smaller estimates of greenhouse gases using different methods, and the agency’s leaders have set a goal of making the project “net-zero” in emissions. “I hope that they look at this as a piece of the overall …

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Bumps in the air: What’s climate change got to do with it?
1 year, 4 months ago

Bumps in the air: What’s climate change got to do with it?

Salon  

Cups bouncing off trays, flight crews strapping on to their seats midflight, bumps in the sky: Into this zig-zagging volatility we fly. Turbulence starts with a domino effect: Higher atmospheric temperatures fueled by CO2 and other greenhouse gas emissions are dramatically altering wind patterns. Those vertical wind shears, deeply destabilizing to the cruising altitudes most often used by commercial airplanes, …

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Vegan diets produce quarter of high-meat diets’ greenhouse gases – study
1 year, 5 months ago

Vegan diets produce quarter of high-meat diets’ greenhouse gases – study

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Researchers from the University of Oxford looking at the eating habits of 55,000 people found meat-free eating to have …

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Eating meat creates four times more greenhouse gases than being vegan, landmark study finds
1 year, 5 months ago

Eating meat creates four times more greenhouse gases than being vegan, landmark study finds

The Independent  

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Explained | Global warming will likely soon cross 1.5º C. What will it mean for India?
1 year, 7 months ago

Explained | Global warming will likely soon cross 1.5º C. What will it mean for India?

The Hindu  

The World Meteorological Organization has just predicted that there is a greater than 66% probability that at least one of the years from 2023 to 2027 will witness a global mean surface temperature rise of 1.5o C above the average in the years 1850-1900. To do this, we must first understand how these multi-year forecasts are different from the much …

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Science For Everyone: The Importance of Greenhouse Gases, And Their Role in Climate Change
1 year, 7 months ago

Science For Everyone: The Importance of Greenhouse Gases, And Their Role in Climate Change

ABP News  

Science For Everyone: Welcome back to "Science For Everyone", ABP Live's weekly science column. The atmospheric gases which trap heat in the atmosphere, and absorb and re-emit infrared energy from the atmosphere and the Earth’s surface, are called greenhouse gases. Greenhouse gases allow sunlight to pass through the atmosphere, but do not let some amount of Earth's heat escape the …

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Why the world feels so unstable right now
1 year, 10 months ago

Why the world feels so unstable right now

BBC  

Why the world feels so unstable right now Geoffroy Van der Hasselt/Getty Images The world feels pretty unsettled at the moment, but it is just part of the natural instability of non-linear systems like life Our lives tend to run smoothly and predictably most of the time, but they are also prone to intermittent instability with devastating consequences. By continuing …

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Transition To Green Energy Will Lead To Notable Carbon Emissions, First-Of-Its Kind Study Says
2 years, 1 month ago

Transition To Green Energy Will Lead To Notable Carbon Emissions, First-Of-Its Kind Study Says

ABP News  

Climate change has always been a huge concern because it has devastating impacts on Earth. Building energy systems that do not use fossil fuels but renewable and clean energy sources will lead to carbon emissions, the first-of-its-kind study says. Why clean energy transition should be fast However, the good news is, the study says, that the emissions will dramatically decrease …

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