Oregon Gov. Kate Brown on Tuesday announced what stands to be the nation’s “boldest” move to curb greenhouse gas emissions, further highlighting a sharp political divide in the Beaver State.
Read moreAs part of its strategy to derail California’s myriad climate change policies, the Trump administration is trying to contain and diminish the effectiveness of the state’s landmark cap-and-trade system.
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The world’s tropical forests are rapidly losing their ability to absorb carbon dioxide from greenhouse gas emissions, with the Amazon rainforest at risk of turning from carbon sink to source within 15 years, researchers warned Wednesday.
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German auto giant Volkswagen agreed Friday to pay $912 million in damages to hundreds of thousands of customers whose diesel cars were outfitted with software to manipulate emissions readings.
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Two environmental groups said on Monday they were trying to take the Norwegian state to the Supreme Court for granting oil licenses in the Arctic.
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On the eve of the Nevada caucuses, Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg released a new pillar of his environmental policy that aims to preserve and protect public lands in an overall effort to battle the effects of climate change.
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A Texas oil and gas regulator released the first in what he says will be a series of reports on the increasing amount of natural gas that is being burned off into the air across the state’s booming oil fields.
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From a good vantage point and weather permitting, anyone can take in the view and see for miles on end. But what about taking a sample of air from an ice core and peering into the 18th century?
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High-altitude and polar regions previously unsuitable to support agriculture are now being looked at for future farming opportunities, but research shows bringing agriculture to these areas could significantly impact biodiversity, water resources, and greenhouse gas emissions worldwide.
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Announcing good news amid worldwide concerns about climate change and carbon emissions, a Paris-based energy agency reported Tuesday that global energy-related CO2 emissions measured at the same level in 2019 as the year prior.
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The Trump administration has quietly dropped its antitrust probe of California’s agreement with four major automakers on clean emissions standards.
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Experts told California lawmakers Monday the state’s lofty goal of carbon neutrality is attainable and affordable through a sweeping plan centered around converting trash to energy, trapping and burying carbon dioxide and restoring wetlands and forests.
Read moreValero Energy Partners illegally emitted more than 120 tons of contaminants from its Houston oil refinery, Texas claims in Travis County Court.
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Hydrocarbon gases bubbling from the bottom of the Red Sea are polluting the atmosphere at a rate equivalent to the emissions of some large fossil fuel exporting countries, researchers said Tuesday.
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Carbon emissions from the wildfires that have ravaged southeast Australia are a major driver of what are predicted to be record worldwide atmospheric CO2 levels throughout 2020, Britain’s Met Office said Friday.
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A new comprehensive study three years in the making shows the damaging effects of ocean acidification will not inhibit the behavior in coral reef fish as previously believed.
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Growing emissions from the U.S. oil and gas and petrochemical sectors could hinder some of the climate benefits from the nation’s fracking boom and transition away from coal in favor of natural gas, an environmental group said in a report released Wednesday.
Read moreThe United States sued Gear Box Z in federal court, claiming its after-market auto products intentionally bypass controls intended to keep emissions within federal standards.
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