The coronavirus pandemic’s crippling blow to the global economy has also led to a record drop in carbon emissions, researchers said in a new analysis released Thursday, though the drop is nowhere near what’s needed to halt the potentially disastrous impacts of climate change over the longer-term.
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The European Union’s highest court ruled Thursday that Volkswagen must face a lawsuit over defective cars sold during the automaker’s emissions scandal in Austrian national court, even though it is based in Germany.
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A warming planet will not shake off centuries of human-caused pollution overnight, according to a new study that cautions reductions in human-caused emissions now will take decades to show detectable changes in global surface temperatures.
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New research finds that the South Pole has heated up at three times the global average since 1989, likely due to changing temperatures in tropical seas and possibly intensified by greenhouse gas emissions.
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has no duty to review risks associated with major sources of industrial pollution on an ongoing basis — but it must update emissions-control technology for coke ovens and other sources of pollution every eight years, a federal judge ruled Friday.
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California air quality regulators approved the nation’s first electric truck standards Thursday, requiring over half the trucks sold by manufacturers in the state be zero-emission vehicles by 2035 — a rule that will impact air quality and greenhouse gas emissions beyond the Golden State’s borders.
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Almost two dozen civil rights, public health and environmental watchdogs hauled the Trump administration to the D.C. Circuit on Friday to defend its rollback of toxic emissions regulations.
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Under new rules announced Thursday by the finance department, federal Swiss officials will have to take the train — not a plane — where available for work trips.
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Mangrove trees are some of the most valuable ecosystems on the planet, but they won’t survive past 2050 without significant reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, according to a study in the journal Science.
Read moreThe Clean Air Act does not prevent two counties from enforcing regulations against Volkswagen for tampering with post-sale vehicles by updating the software in cars to better avoid and prevent compliance with federally mandated emission standards, the Ninth Circuit ruled. The court notes its ruling may “result in staggering liability for Volkswagen.”
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Led by California, 24 states and several cities on Wednesday challenged the Trump administration’s rollback of the Clean Car Standards, the 2010 rule that was supposed to guide fuel efficiency improvements and greenhouse gas emissions reduction through 2026.
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The European Commission unveiled plans Wednesday to protect biodiversity across the 27-nation bloc while building a more sustainable food system, insisting on the need to both reduce the use of pesticides and promote organic farming.
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Global carbon emissions have fallen drastically as the world continues to grapple with the Covid-19 pandemic but scientists warn that this silver lining may not last.
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A new study conducted by scientists at Rutgers University reaffirms that modern sea-level rise is in fact linked to human activities, and not changes in Earth’s orbit as it once was millions of years ago.
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The coronavirus pandemic’s sweeping disruptions to travel, business and the oil industry could lead to energy-related carbon emissions dropping by 11% this year, the federal government said in an analysis released Wednesday.
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A magistrate at the Europe Union’s top court said Thursday that Volkswagen cannot argue it was protecting car engines by using a device to manipulate emissions data.
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The Environmental Protection Agency is poised Thursday to weaken mercury-emission rules by no longer giving weight to the attendant benefits that come with tougher pollution controls.
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A week after a scientific report linked industrial soot emissions to Covid-19 deaths, the Trump administration opted Tuesday not to toughen a regulation on the air contaminant otherwise known to cause heart attacks and lung disease.
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