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U.S., China lead in emissions, IEA finds
Nov 04, 2015 (UPI)
More than half of all global emissions came from 10 countries, with China and the United States leading the pack, the International Energy Agency said. Analysis...
Up to 400 bn euros needed for clean EU energy grid by 2050: study
Nov 03, 2015 (AFP)
Investors will have to spend up to 400 billion euros to build an EU-wide electricity grid that involves the emission of virtually no greenhouse gases by 2050, a...
Climate pledges keep 'door open' to warming under 2C
Oct 30, 2015 (AFP)
Carbon-cutting pledges from 146 nations for a universal climate rescue pact leave the "door open" to capping global warming below the danger threshold, the Unit...
National contributions provide entry point for the low-carbon transformation
Oct 26, 2015 (SPX)
This is shown by a report published by a consortium of 14 research institutes. The scientists and economists provide a detailed analysis of the energy sector tr...
Leaders call for carbon pricing worldwide
Oct 19, 2015 (AFP)
A group of world leaders called Monday for countries around the world to put a price on carbon to strengthen the international fight against climate change. As ...
UN chief says 'no plan B or planet B' in climate talks
Oct 19, 2015 (AFP)
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Monday urged nations to look beyond narrow interests at an upcoming world climate conference, warning that "we don't have a ...
EDF for carbon price floor
Oct 13, 2015 (AFP)
French owned energy firm EDF on Tuesday urged the adoption of a carbon price floor in the run-up to a climate warming conference in Paris, backing a government ...
To reach CO2, energy goals, combine technologies with stable policies
Oct 13, 2015 (SPX)
An association of the world's leading electricity firms today lit a picture of a future high-tech enabled world energy mix that would help nations meet climate-...
Shift from fossil fuels risks popping 'carbon bubble': World Bank
Oct 10, 2015 (AFP)
The transition from fossil fuels must be carefully managed to avoid an economically disastrous bursting of the "carbon bubble," the World Bank's top climate off...
DOE selects UC Berkeley to lead US-China energy and water consortium
Oct 08, 2015 (SPX)
The University of California, Berkeley, in partnership with UC Irvine and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, was awarded a five-year, multi-million dollar i...
Now 'right moment' for carbon tax: IMF chief
Oct 07, 2015 (AFP)
The time is right for governments to introduce taxes on carbon emissions, which would help fight global warming and raise badly needed revenue, IMF chief Christ...
ADB supports Indonesian energy diversity
Oct 02, 2015 (UPI)
Indonesia needs financial support to diversify an energy sector that's outdated despite the vast deposits of natural reserves, the Asian Development Bank. Prade...
Brazil's Rousseff pledges 37% cut in greenhouse gas emissions
Sep 27, 2015 (AFP)
Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff on Sunday promised big cuts in greenhouse gas emissions by 2025. Using 2005 as the baseline level, the reduction target will b...
Dutch refuse to drop appeal in greenhouse gas case
Sep 24, 2015 (AFP)
The Dutch government brushed aside calls by environmentalists and opposition parties Thursday to drop an appeal against a landmark court ruling ordering it to s...
Better trap for greenhouse gases
Sep 23, 2015 (SPX)
Emissions from the combustion of fossil fuels like coal, petroleum and natural gas tend to collect within Earth's atmosphere as "greenhouse gases" that are blam...
US cities ranked on impact of urban heat islands on temps
Sep 22, 2015 (SPX)
Inner cities as well as suburbs show distinctly warmer temperatures - known as the urban heat island effect - than rural areas as a result of land use and human...
Fossil fuel divestment movement reaches $2.6 trillion
Sep 22, 2015 (AFP)
A campaign to abandon fossil fuels to boost the fight against climate change has rapidly picked up steam, with institutions worth $2.6 trillion pledging to dive...
Fuel savings can pay for green energy shift: report
Sep 20, 2015 (AFP)
Making the global switch from climate-altering fossil fuels to renewables by 2050 would require an extra $1 trillion (880 billion euros) per year, but the bill ...
Burning all fossil energy would eliminate all ice of Antarctica
Sep 15, 2015 (SPX)
Burning all of the world's available fossil-fuel resources would result in the complete melting of the Antarctic ice sheet, a new study to be published in Scien...
New wearable technology can sense appliance use, help track carbon footprint
Sep 14, 2015 (SPX)
In today's smart home, technologies can track how much energy a particular appliance like a refrigerator or television or hair dryer is gobbling up. What they d...
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