Carbon Levels & Measurement
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Resource Giant BHP Links Executive Pay to GHG Reductions, Takes Responsibility for Scope 3 Emissions
Natural resource giant BHP Group will link executive pay to reductions in the company’s greenhouse gas emissions, and will include downstream or “Scope 3” ... -
Auto & Alternative VehiclesBuildingsCanadaCarbon Levels & MeasurementCitiesDemand & EfficiencyFinance & InvestmentPost-Carbon TransitionSub-National Governments
Vrooman: EV Infrastructure, Better Buildings Data Would Unlock Progress Toward Decarbonization
In an exclusive interview with The Energy Mix, Tamara Vrooman, President and CEO of Vancity Credit Union, talked about the next steps the federal ... -
AfricaBiodiversity & HabitatCarbon Levels & MeasurementForests & DeforestationInternational Agencies & Studies
Protecting Africa’s Forest Elephants Would Prevent Three Billion Tonnes of Carbon Emissions
Failing to protect Africa’s remaining elephants from extinction could further accelerate the climate crisis, as the massive herbivores play a significant role in allowing ... -
CanadaCarbon Levels & MeasurementEnergy PoliticsJobsMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionPost-Carbon TransitionSub-National GovernmentsTar Sands/Oil Sands
BREAKING: Greens Would Support Conservative Minority Government that Got Serious About Climate
Federal Green Party Leader Elizabeth May would work with any other party in a minority Parliament with a serious climate plan—and even thinks she ... -
CanadaCarbon Levels & MeasurementEnergy PoliticsMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionSub-National Governments
Canada-Wide Survey Finds Broad Support for Single, National Policy on Climate
Even in the country that is the developed world’s most decentralized federation, and in spite of the tendency in some regions to trust provinces ... -
BuildingsCarbon Levels & MeasurementChinaDrawdownSoil & Natural SequestrationSupply Chains & ConsumptionUnited StatesWater
Replacing Cotton with Industrial Hemp Could Reduce Demand for World’s ‘Dirtiest Crop’
Substantially replacing cotton with industrial hemp is one of the 20 carbon reduction options that Drawdown lists as Coming Attractions—strategies that weren’t ready for ... -
AsiaCarbon Levels & MeasurementChinaClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsCoalDrive to 1.5IndiaPathways to 1.5Supply Chains & Consumption
Early Fossil Plant Shutdowns Will be Needed to Hit 1.5°C Average Warming Target
The world already has enough fossil fuel plants and high-emitting industrial facilities, buildings, and cars to drive average global warming above a 1.5°C threshold, ... -
CanadaCarbon Levels & MeasurementEnergy PoliticsEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentMedia, Messaging, & Public Opinion
Scheer’s Climate Plan Costs More, Achieves Less Than Current Federal Policies: Clean Prosperity Study
Conservative leader Andrew Scheer’s recently-announced climate strategy would end up costing more than the current government’s policies and leave Canada farther from achieving its ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatCarbon Levels & MeasurementDrive to 1.5Failure Is Not An OptionMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionOceans
Ocean Acidification Could Drive Mass Extinction Without Rapid Drop in CO2 Emissions
Ocean acidification driven by ever-increasing carbon dioxide levels could take on a life of its own and begin driving a sudden, mass extinction if ... -
AfricaAsiaBiodiversity & HabitatBrazilCarbon Levels & MeasurementDrought, Famine & WildfiresEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsForests & DeforestationHealth & SafetyIndiaInternational Agencies & StudiesJobsMexico, Caribbean & Latin America
Study Shows Huge Carbon Capture in Reforestation, But Scientists Debate the Numbers
Humanity could recapture about two-thirds of the carbon pollution it has poured into the atmosphere by restoring 2.2 billion acres/890 million hectares of forest ... -
Bitumen BubbleCanadaCanada's Pipeline-Climate Policy ParadoxCarbon Levels & MeasurementClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsEnergy PoliticsMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionPipelines/Rail TransportPost-Carbon TransitionTar Sands/Oil Sands
Harrison: Building a Pipeline is Not a Climate Plan
The federal government’s decision to buy out, then re-approve the controversial Trans Mountain pipeline expansion means Prime Minister Justin Trudeau “has made a choice ...
