Airlines and Cattle Farmers Have Beef With Google’s Climate Math
Flying premium from San Francisco to Los Angeles, a common trip for some Californians, could generate 101 kilograms of carbon emissions, or perhaps 142 or…
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World’s first solar car Lightyear 0 enters production – Times of India
Lightyear, the Dutch high-tech company that has developed the world's first solar-electric car, is set to write another history. The company has officially…
No, Qatar’s World Cup Can’t Be Classed as Carbon-Neutral
Since controversially being awarded the 2022 FIFA World Cup back in 2010, Qatar has promised that the soccer tournament—which kicks off on November 20—will…
The UN Climate Talks Are About to Face Maddening Uncertainties
For years, the world has known what it has to do about climate change: hold the line at 1.5 degrees Celsius to stave off the worst effects of warming. To do…
A Caustic Shift Is Coming for the Arctic Ocean
Imagine, for a moment, that you are standing on a pier by the sea, grasping, somewhat inexplicably, a bowling ball. Suddenly you lose your grip and it…
Banning Gas Cars Is Good, but It’ll Take More to Save the Planet
When a California pollution regulator voted last month to approve a rule banning new gas-powered car sales in the state by 2035, its officials were hailed as…
The Climate Bill Is Poised to Electrify Delivery Vans and Trucks
When it comes to the electrified future of transportation, passenger vehicles get all the love. Automakers are eager to sell you their latest and greatest…
How Clean is ‘Clean’ Hydrogen?
The Democrats’ new climate bill, which was passed by the US Senate on Sunday, has been described as “transformative” and “game-changing.” But perhaps the…
The Big Business of Burying Carbon
Applicants for EPA carbon-storage permits must persuade the agency that they can contain both the plume of injected carbon dioxide and a secondary plume of…
Carbon Offsets Alone Won’t Make Flying Climate-Friendly
Jet A-1, a straw-colored, kerosene-based fuel used in most big airplanes, is a difficult substance to replace. It’s packed with energy; per unit of weight,…