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Cars and trucks burn almost half of all palm oil used in Europe
An earlier analysis of a European Commission study revealed that the climate impact of biodiesel from palm oil is three times that of fossil diesel because palm expansion drives deforestation and peatland drainage in South-East Asia, Latin America and Africa.
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Two billionaires lashed out at Tesla at the Wall Street conference of the year
Neither billionaire oil man T. Boone Pickens nor real-estate billionaire Sam Zell care for Tesla. They explained why on stage during their talk at the SkyBridge Alternatives conference in Las Vegas on Wednesday 11 May. “Tesla is this big car
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Only five years left before 1.5°C carbon budget is blown
In its most recent synthesis report, published in early 2014, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) laid out estimates of how much CO2 we can emit and still keep global average temperature rise to no more than 1.5C, 2C
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Renewable energy employs 8.1 million people worldwide
More than 8.1 million people worldwide are now employed by the renewable energy industry – a five percent increase from last year – according to a report released today by the International Renewable Energy Agency (Irena) at its 11th Council
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A brief history of global warming
Global warming turns 120 in this year… sort of. 2016 will be the 120th anniversary of the first time we figured out that human activity could be causing climate change. Since then, the science has gotten firmer and the politics
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China air pollution crackdown to save 110,000 lives next year
More than 100,000 premature deaths in China will be avoided next year because of stringent anti-pollution policies put in place by the government, according to new study. Research by the Chinese Academy for Environmental Planning and Nanjing University claims the
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Premature deaths from environmental degradation threat to global public health
Environmental degradation and pollution is estimated to cause up to 234 times as many premature deaths as occur in conflicts annually, highlighting the importance of a healthy environment to achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, according to a new
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April breaks global temperature record, marking seven months of new highs
Last month was the hottest April on record globally – and the seventh month in a row to have broken global temperature records. The latest figures smashed the previous record for April by the largest margin ever recorded. It makes
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Humans damaging the environment faster than it can recover
Degradation of the world’s natural resources by humans is rapidly outpacing the planet’s ability to absorb the damage, meaning the rate of deterioration is increasing globally, the most comprehensive environmental study ever undertaken by the UN has found. The study,
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Scale in the sky
The force of gravity not only keeps us from floating away, it lets Nasa study Earth’s water & ice from space. Using a pair of twin satellites named Grace, we can monitor where our planet’s water is going, even when
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