At the session, called “Companies and Climate Change: Taking Action to the Next Level,” sustainability experts from the likes of Facebook and the World Wildlife Fund came to a few—but only a few—common conclusions.
Just three years ago this month, the carbon dioxide monitoring station atop Hawaii’s Mauna Loa reached a significant milestone: the first measurement of CO2 concentrations that exceeded the benchmark of 400 parts per million (ppm). Now, they may never again dip below it.
The Obama administration tried to strike a cautious compromise Wednesday in setting quotas for a controversial renewable fuels program that pits Big Oil against Corn Belt interests.
Basically, every part of air pollution is bad for you, and researchers just found two more toxins to add to the list: nickel and vanadium.
You would think everyone supports clean air, but this isn’t the case. All along the Pacific Coast, the oil and fossil fuel industry has aligned its political spending and lobbying might against clean energy and climate protection.
A pipeline company said Tuesday it has been indicted in connection with a massive oil spill last year in Santa Barbara County.
What if President Barack Obama’s biggest achievement on climate change was actually a total failure?
Air pollution is growing worse in urban areas across much of the globe, hitting the poorest city dwellers hardest and contributing to a wide range of potentially life-shortening health problems, from heart disease to severe asthma, according to the World Health Organization.
If Tesla Motors can’t resolve any or all of these issues, the company will be in trouble. Specifically, its “brand, business, prospects, financial condition and operating results could be materially damaged.”
Most of the reduction comes from burning less coal. According to the EIA, changes in the national mix of electricity production—especially the shift toward cleaner-burning natural gas—accounted for 68 percent of the emissions reductions between 2005 and 2015.
