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The Environment

Can The Tourism Industry Achieve Net-Zero?

Jan 28, 2022 at 12:29 | Oxford Business Group

A report published in November last year by the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC), in collaboration with the UN Environment Programme and Accenture, has highlighted some of…

China Presents Plan To Slash Heavy Metal Emissions

Dec 10, 2021 at 09:29 | Metal Miner

Chinese authorities recently presented a draft plan to reduce heavy metal emissions by 5% by 2025. As noted previously here, the move comes after Beijing moved…

How Emerging Markets Are Helping To Slash Methane Emissions

Nov 05, 2021 at 14:18 | Oxford Business Group

With world leaders meeting this week at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, a number of emerging markets have demonstrated their willingness to work with international…

China Calls For Stronger Climate Actions Despite Not Attending The COP26

Nov 03, 2021 at 11:20 | Metal Miner

Two countries, two neighbors, two of the most populated countries in the world — China and India talked of their individual approaches to climate change at the

The EPA Is Taking An Aggressive Stance Against Methane Emissions

Nov 03, 2021 at 11:09 | Haley Zaremba

Joe Biden wants to be remembered for being the first president to get serious about climate change. On the campaign trail, Biden centered climate issues as one of…

What To Expect From The COP26 Climate Summit

Oct 25, 2021 at 11:28 | Irina Slav

The COP26 climate summit is set to begin next Sunday in Glasgow. The summit has been touted as one of the most important international events for the past…

Dealing With A Global Plastic Problem

Oct 11, 2021 at 13:28 | Robert Rapier

Just about anywhere you travel in the world, you will encounter plastic pollution. Even the beaches of remote tropical islands are littered with plastic waste. A recent study…

India Won’t Be Giving Up On Fossil Fuels Any Time Soon

Aug 24, 2021 at 10:20 | Haley Zaremba

India’s population is projected to grow to 1.52 billion people by 2036, expectedly surpassing China to be the world’s most populous country around 2031. Despite the fact that…

The Black Sea Oil Spill Is Worse Than Originally Thought

Aug 16, 2021 at 06:15 | Haley Zaremba

Last weekend, a Greek-flagged oil tanker leaked oil into the Black Sea off the coast of Russia. Initially, officials reported that the spill was much smaller than it…

Controlling The Weather Could Have Serious Global Implications

Jul 28, 2021 at 10:53 | Haley Zaremba

As the world gets warmer, regions around the world are experiencing sweltering heat waves and setting records for high temperatures almost every passing year. This week the Middle…

Emerging Markets Are Racing To Halt The Plastic Pandemic

Jun 29, 2021 at 10:56 | Oxford Business Group

Covid-19 led to a sharp rise in the production of single-use plastics, a significant proportion of which end up in the world’s oceans. With the pandemic gradually being…

Why The World Can’t Quit Fossil Fuels

Dec 04, 2020 at 16:22 | Haley Zaremba

Have the recent pronouncements of the death of oil and reigning renewables been more rhetoric than reality? Yes and no. It’s true that peak oil is now closer…

Carbon Capture Is Going To Become Critical

Oct 15, 2020 at 13:55 | Tsvetana Paraskova

“Reaching net zero will be virtually impossible without CCUS,” the International Energy Agency (IEA) said in a recent report on the role of…

China’s Clean Air Push Could Be Contributing To Global Warming

Sep 30, 2020 at 11:48 | Tsvetana Paraskova

China's success in cutting major air pollutants such as sulfur dioxide (SO2) and primary aerosols likely worsened the climate change effect of the country's rising carbon dioxide (CO2)…

Mining Giant BHP Commits To Carbon-Neutrality By 2050

Aug 28, 2020 at 12:48 | MINING.com

BHP (ASX, LON, NYSE: BHP) is fine-tuning details of a revamped strategy to reduce the company’s operational emissions and its use of diesel, which will set concrete targets…

ExxonMobil & Berkeley Make Major Breakthrough In Carbon Capture Tech

Jul 28, 2020 at 12:01 | Jon LeSage

One of the world’s oil giants sees carbon capture and sequestration as a smart pathway for hitting a number of targets. Scientists from ExxonMobil, University of California, Berkeley and Lawrence…

Will Working From Home Increase Emissions?

Jul 07, 2020 at 10:48 | Irina Slav

It sounds far-fetched. It sounds counterintuitive. Nevertheless, analysts from the International Energy Agency (IEA) say that the work-from-home trend that the coronavirus pandemic has encouraged may not be as good…

China Drops Energy Efficiency Targets Amid Covid-19 Crisis

Jun 17, 2020 at 10:57 | Vanand Meliksetian

China’s incredible economic expansion has earned it the status of the world’s largest CO2 emitter. While the Asian country’s economy is second only to the U.S.’ its emission of greenhouse…

Why Covid-19 Won’t Kill The Renewable Revolution

May 14, 2020 at 16:17 | Haley Zaremba

“By the end of the coming decade we will be on one of two paths. One is the path of surrender, where we have sleepwalked past the point…

CO2 Emissions Expected To Fall To 8-Year Lows

May 01, 2020 at 09:48 | Irina Slav

The International Energy Agency expects carbon dioxide emissions to decline by 8 percent this year due to the devastation the coronavirus wreaked on energy demand. The agency said in the…

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