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WMO Sees ‘Enormous Challenge’ to Hit Paris Targets as 1.5°C Warming Looms
There’s a one in five chance that average global warming will hit 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels in at least one of the next five ... -
ICAO Changes Carbon Offset Rules, Gives Airlines a ‘Three- to Six-Year Free Pass to Pollute’
The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) handed international airlines a concession valued at about US$15 billion last week, by agreeing to scale back the ... -
China’s Biggest Fossil Pledges 50% Methane Intensity Cut by 2025
China’s biggest fossil producer, China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), is promising to cut the methane intensity of its operations in half by 2025, the ... -
Germany Risks ‘Hybridgate’ Scandal as Subsidized Cars Run with Batteries Empty
German engineering and technology giant Robert Bosch GmbH says it’s taking steps to prevent a “hybridgate” scandal on a par with the massive Dieselgate ... -
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Indonesian Anti-Poverty Program Reduces Tree Loss by 30%
Thirteen years into an Indonesian anti-poverty program that delivers cash payments to poor citizen living in forested areas, experts are cautiously celebrating strong evidence ... -
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U.S. Democrats Debate Climate Policy, Introduce Green Infrastructure Measures as Fall Election Approaches
With the U.S. federal election just 131 days away, climate and clean energy are poised to take centre stage in the campaign, with Democrats ... -
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Abandoned Wells Emerge as Massive, Largely Unmeasured Methane Risk
The United States is emerging as a focal point of one of the larger problems arising from oil and gas production: the leaky wells ... -
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Standard Climate Models May Understate GHGs from Permafrost Melt by 14%
Standard climate models may be underestimating greenhouse gas emissions from thawing permafrost by missing one of the key pathways for carbon dioxide entering the ... -
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Carbon Pollution from World’s Top 13 Dairy Companies Equals UK’s
Emissions from the world’s top 13 dairy companies now equal that of the entire United Kingdom, while overproduction is driving small farmers into bankruptcy. ... -
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Tar Sands/Oil Sands Firms Drop $1.8B in Environmental Projects in COVID Cost Cuts
Three of Canada’s top tar sands/oil sands companies have dropped C$1.8 billion in environmental projects as part of their cost-cutting during the pandemic, prompting ... -
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Unilever Vows to ‘Zero Out’ Emissions by 2039, Put Climate Labels on 70,000 Products
Consumer goods giant Unilever NV has vowed to “zero out” its operating emissions—and those of its suppliers—by 2039, and to keep itself accountable by ... -
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Canada’s Green Recovery Could Produce 6.7 Million Job-Years, Cut 237 Megatonnes of Emissions by 2030
Canada could create 6.7 million person-years of quality employment by 2030, reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 237 million tonnes from 2018 levels, make homes ... -
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Emissions Show ‘Surprisingly Rapid’ Rebound as Pandemic Lockdowns Ease
Global greenhouse gas emissions are going through a “surprisingly rapid” rebound as pandemic restrictions begin to lift, according to an update to the Global ... -
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Pembina Study Looks to Rein In Skyrocketing e-Commerce Emissions
As e-commerce grows—and accelerates precipitously under COVID-19—freight emissions are likewise surging. A recent report by the Pembina Institute sets out to address the issue ... -
No More Skating the Canal: Ottawa Study Predicts Less Winter, More Extreme Weather
More heat waves, floods, freezing rain, and tornadoes are coming to Canada’s capital if global emissions don’t decline precipitously over the next decade, according ...
