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Climate and Environment Emerge as Top Public Concerns Before Canadian, Australian Elections
With federal elections coming up in Canada in October and in Australia in May, opinion polls are identifying climate change—and in Canada, waste reduction, ... -
Auto & Alternative VehiclesBioenergyBuildingsCitiesCoalDemand & EfficiencyElectricity GridFinance & InvestmentJobsPost-Carbon TransitionSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
Nevada, Washington State Declare 100% Clean Energy Targets
Nevada and Washington State have been the latest in a string of U.S. jurisdictions to adopt rapid steps to replace fossil fuels with renewable ... -
BioenergyFood SecurityGeneral RenewablesOil & GasPetrochemicals & PlasticsPost-Carbon TransitionSupply Chains & ConsumptionWater
Study Traces Options for Cutting Life Cycle Emissions from Plastic
With carbon pollution from every stage of the plastics life cycle on track to grow four-fold by mid-century, a new study in the journal ... -
Air & MarineAuto & Alternative VehiclesBioenergyPetrochemicals & PlasticsResearch & DevelopmentUnited States
Engineered Algae Could Produce 10,000 Barrels Per Day of Biofuel by 2025
The prospect of growing algae to pull carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere and produce nearly-carbon neutral diesel, petrochemicals, or bioplastics is moving gradually ... -
AsiaBioenergyCarbon Levels & MeasurementClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsCoalDrive to 1.5Energy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsEuropeForests & DeforestationGeneral RenewablesHuman Rights & MigrationJobsNational Plans & ResponsesPost-Carbon TransitionSoil & Natural Sequestration
Indonesia Sees Path to Prosperity in ‘Mainstreaming’ Low-Carbon Development
Indonesia’s planning minister has said the country will choose a low-carbon development pathway after a government report found it could significantly boost the economy. By ... -
AsiaBiodiversity & HabitatBioenergyClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsEuropeForests & DeforestationSupply Chains & Consumption
Indonesia Could Quit Paris Agreement Over EU Palm Oil Ban
Indonesia is threatening to withdraw from the Paris Agreement if the European Union pursues plans to ban palm oil as a component of renewable ... -
Auto & Alternative VehiclesBioenergyBuildingsCarbon Levels & MeasurementCitiesClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionEnergy PoliticsEuropeJurisdictionsPost-Carbon TransitionRenewable EnergyTransitWalking & BikingWind
Climate Politics Complicate Copenhagen’s Drive for Carbon Neutrality by 2025
Copenhagen is setting out to reach a carbon neutral target by 2025—in a move that will “show what’s possible, and what’s tough, for other ... -
Auto & Alternative VehiclesBatteries/StorageBioenergyClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionDemand & EfficiencyEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsJobsJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasPost-Carbon TransitionRenewable EnergySolarUnited StatesWind
Advanced Energy Creates 3.5 Million U.S. Jobs in 2018
Advanced energy employed 3.5 million Americans in 2018, and just over two-thirds of the jobs were in energy efficiency, national business group Advanced Energy ... -
BioenergyEnergy PoliticsFood SecurityMethanePost-Carbon TransitionSevere Storms & FloodingSoil & Natural SequestrationSub-National GovernmentsUnited StatesWind
Rural Leaders Must ‘Come Out of Their Foxholes’ on Climate, Farm Writer Urges
It’s time for the “sharp lawmakers and staff” on the U.S. House and Senate agriculture committees to bring their expertise on farm and rural ... -
AsiaBioenergyBrazilCarbon Levels & MeasurementChinaDrawdownFirst PeoplesForests & DeforestationHuman Rights & MigrationIndiaPost-Carbon Transition
Biomass for Electricity Would Save 7.5 Gigatons of Carbon by 2050…But Perils Await
Burning biomass to produce electricity places #34 on Drawdown’s list of climate solutions. It could avoid 7.5 gigatons of atmospheric carbon dioxide by 2050 ... -
Key U.S. Water Basins Could Fall Short of Monthly Demand by 2071
Up to 96 of the 204 water basins that supply most of the freshwater in the United States could be falling short of monthly ... -
NREL Develops Upcycling Process for Single-Use Plastics
The U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is hot on the trail of a new process for “upcycling” single-use plastics to extend their lifespan, ...
