carbon emissions

U.K. toughens its carbon target before Biden climate summit

By Jill Lawless, Frank Jordans, Associated Press

The U.K. government has pledged to reduce carbon emissions by 2035. The more ambitious climate target was announced ahead of a virtual climate summit U.S. President Joe Biden plans to host on Thursday.

Earth-warming emissions come roaring back from pandemic

By Matt Ott, Associated Press

The International Energy Agency said worldwide energy-related carbon dioxide emissions are on track to surge by 1.5 billion metric tons this year, following last year’s decline due to the coronavirus pandemic.

U.N. says Carbon-cutting pledges by countries nowhere near enough

By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press

The newest pledges by countries to cut greenhouse gas emissions are falling far short of what's needed to limit global warming to what the Paris climate accord seeks, a new United Nations report finds.

Japan prime minister pledges $19 billion to promote ecological businesses

By Mari Yamaguchi, Associated Press

Suga, who took office in mid-September, set climate change as one of his main policy goals along with promoting a digital transformation of Japanese society — issues which were left behind by his predecessor.

China aims to go carbon neutral by 2060

By Associated Press

Xi's announcement during a speech Tuesday to the U.N. General Assembly is a significant step for the world's biggest emitter of greenhouse gases and was immediately cheered by climate campaigners.

World carbon pollution falls 17 percent, study shows

By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press

According to a new study, the world cut its daily carbon dioxide emissions by 17% at the height of the pandemic shutdown last month.

To cut carbon emissions, a movement grows to ‘electrify everything’

By Jonathan Mingle, Yale Environment 360

In an effort to move away from fossil fuels, U.S. communities from California to Massachusetts are instituting bans on natural gas in new construction. Proponents say the measures are critical for speeding the transition to an all-electric future powered by…

Outbreak triggers drop in climate-changing emissions, Energy Department projects

By Ellen Knickmeyer, Associated Press

Despite mocking the idea of climate change, President Donald Trump will preside over one of the country’s sharpest drops in climate-damaging emissions on record, as the economic paralysis from the coronavirus tamps down energy use, according to an Energy Department…

Global energy-related carbon emissions flattened out in 2019

By Associated Press

Data published Tuesday showed declines in rich countries balancing out a rise in poor nations.

This new ‘battery’ aims to spark a carbon capture revolution

By Nsikan Akpan

Inventors claim their carbon capture “battery” could return CO2 to preindustrial levels within 40 years, but first it has some economic hurdles to overcome.