Air quality improvements associated with policies such as the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan go a long way toward mitigating climate change—but do you know that they also directly lower human healthcare costs? About 17,000 people die every year as a result of generating electric power. Many more suffer … [continued]
Debunking the clean energy myth that natural gas generation is the main reason for decreased U.S. carbon emissions
Since 2000, more than 20 countries have successfully decoupled (both curbed their greenhouse gas emissions and boosted their gross domestic product), says World Resources Institute analyst Nate Aden. Aden’s research took off from a recent International Energy Agency report on how energy-related emissions have “decoupled” from economic growth over the last … [continued]
Originally published on ilsr.org. In any conversation about the transition to a renewable energy economy, solar and wind advocates will eventually come up against the term “stranded assets.” It’s a misleading term, usually deployed in defense of legacy fossil fuel power plants (and their owners). But as times change, “stranded assets” … [continued]
Originally published on EDF. By David Lyon Methane emissions from the oil and gas industry are significantly higher than previous official estimates, according to draft revisions of the U.S. greenhouse gas emissions inventory released Monday by the Environmental Protection Agency. At 9.3 million metric tons, revised estimates of 2013 emissions … [continued]
Official figures released by Germany’s Federal Environment Agency show that the country’s greenhouse gas emissions fell by 4.6 percent in 2014 to the equivalent of 901.9 million metric tons of CO2 in an apparent return to the long-term trend following an uptick in 2013. The greatest reductions were achieved in … [continued]
Greenhouse gas emissions have continued to decline in the UK, dropping 7.7% according to the latest figures. The UK’s Department of Energy & Climate Change published its latest update on the country’s greenhouse gas emissions levels, with data going back to 1990. According to the figures, UK’s greenhouse gas emissions … [continued]
Editor’s Note: This article is one submission in a live Masdar blogging contest. Very simply, the focus of the contest submissions is to answer the question: “In your view, what are the policies that governments should take to encourage public-private partnership and enable the private sector to develop the goods … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. Mass adoption of electric transportation (this includes off-road applications) would lead to substantial reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, according to a new report from the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). The new report — “Environmental Assessment of a Full … [continued]
Global cosmetics giant L’Oréal has announced a target to reduce its carbon footprint while continuing to increase production. The company plans to become “carbon balanced” by 2020 by offsetting greenhouse gas emissions from its operations. Since 2005 the company has reduced its absolute emissions by 50% while increasing its production by … [continued]
