Tag: emissions
Carmakers go on trial over ‘dieselgate’ emissions cheat claims
A major lawsuit against five leading carmakers accused of cheating on emissions tests is set to begin at the High Court on Monday. The trial is the latest chapter of what has become known as the “dieselgate” scandal, with the companies facing allegations they used software to allow their cars to reduce emissions of harmful…
How China’s New Emissions Pledge Could Radically Alter Climate Change
Can China’s Emissions Plan Change the World’s Climate Future? China’s plan to reduce greenhouse gases will largely determine the world’s emissions trajectory, researchers say By You Xiaoying & Nature magazine A new agricultural 40 MW photovoltaic power plant in the West Coast New Area of Qingdao, Shandong province, China, on June 21, 2024. China has…
China makes landmark pledge to cut its climate emissions
China, the world’s biggest source of planet-warming gases, has for the first time committed to an absolute target to cut its emissions. In a video statement to the UN in New York, President Xi Jinping said that China would reduce its greenhouse gas emissions across the economy by 7-10% by 2035, while “striving to do…
How Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act Will Raise Energy Costs, Carbon Emissions
Higher Bills, Hotter Planet: What Trump’s Megabill Means for You Household energy expenses will rise, as will greenhouse gas emissions, as a result of the Trump administration’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act By Benjamin Storrow & E&E News Join Our Community of Science Lovers! CLIMATEWIRE | The sweeping budget bill signed by President Donald Trump…
Republicans’ One Big Beautiful Bill Act Will Raise U.S. Climate Emissions
Republicans’ Megabill Will Put U.S. Climate Goals Out of Reach Four research firms project that the Republicans’ One Big Beautiful Bill Act will raise greenhouse gas emissions and likely put U.S. and global climate goals out of reach By Zack Colman & E&E News CLIMATEWIRE | The rollbacks in clean energy incentives in Republicans’ budget…
AI and Data Centers Could Cut More Climate-Change-Causing Emissions Than They Create
AI Could Be Harnessed to Cut More Emissions Than It Creates Power-hungry AI and associated data centers could make the grid cleaner, eventually cutting more climate-change-causing emissions than they produce By Sara Schonhardt & E&E News CLIMATEWIRE | Artificial intelligence could cut global climate pollution by up to 5.4 billion metric tons a year over…
U.S. Efforts to Cut Emissions Stalled in 2024 as Power Demand Surged
After staying flat for nearly two decades, electricity use is starting to rise again, and the boom in wind and solar power hasn’t kept pace. By Brad Plumer America’s efforts to cut its climate change pollution stalled in 2024, with greenhouse gas emissions dropping just a fraction, 0.2 percent, compared to the year before, according…
Biden Pledges Huge Climate Emissions Cuts He Can’t Enforce. Here’s Why It Still Matters
Biden Pledges Huge Climate Emissions Cuts He Can’t Enforce. Here’s Why It Still Matters President Biden strengthened the U.S.’s commitment to slash climate pollution under the Paris Agreement knowing that President-elect Donald Trump could abandon it, but states and cities could still use it as a guide By Sara Schonhardt, Zack Colman & E&E News President Joe Biden…