Climate Change Reshaping Urban Tree Populations
Despite protecting us from the impacts of a changing climate, our region's trees are also threatened by wetter and warmer weather. The urban forests of today will look much different by the end of the
Green House Gases
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EU to host industry talks ahead of setting 2030 climate goals
The European Commission will hold three meetings this summer on how to ensure the bloc's industries can compete in global markets while meeting goals to cut greenhouse gas emissions, it said on Wednesday.
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Britain's Drax set to win 300 mln euro EU carbon capture cash
British utility Drax is likely to receive a 300 million euro ($414.19 million) grant from the European Commission for a carbon capture and storage (CCS) project after Britain this week told the Commission
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IPCC concludes: Renewable energy shift is a must
Conclusions from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's are simple: rapid shifts to renewable energy are needed to avert catastrophic global warming. The IPCC's report was produced by 1250 international
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Methane Emissions From Gas Wells Up To 1,000 Times Higher Than Federal Estimate: Study
The Environmental Protection Agency is significantly underestimating the amount of methane that natural gas drilling operations emit, according to a new study published this week in the Proceedings of
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U.S. greenhouse gas emissions fall 10 pct since 2005: EPA
U.S. greenhouse gas emissions fell nearly 10 percent from 2005 to 2012, more than halfway toward the United States' 2020 target pledged at United Nations climate talks, according to the latest national
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US greenhouse gas emissions down by 10% since 2010: Report
Greenhouse gas emissions by the US dropped 3.4% in 2012 from the previous year and by 10% since 2005, according to an official report. The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has made this assertion in its 19th annual report, "Inventory of US Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks", submitted to the Secretariat of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.
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Cost of fighting global warming 'modest', says UN panel
The cost of keeping global warming in check is "relatively modest", but only if the world acts quickly to reverse the build-up of heat-trapping gases in the atmosphere, the head of the U.N.'s expert panel
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Renewables, Nuclear Must Triple to Save Climate, UN Says
The world needs to triple the energy it gets from renewables, nuclear reactors and power plants that use emissions-capture technology to avoid dangerous levels of global warming, United Nations scientists
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Inventory of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions and sinks: 1990-2012
The Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks tracks the national trend in greenhouse gas emissions and removals back to 1990. The key findings of the 1990-2012 U.S. Inventory include: In 2012,