According to the most recent forecasts, oceans’ water levels around the United States’ coastline would rise faster in the next three decades than they have in the previous 100 years, causing greater flooding in cities located near coasts, such as New York and Miami. According to a survey headed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric …
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Climate activists have filed a judicial complaint against the European Union over its flagship corporate sustainability rulebook’s green labeling of investments in bioenergy and plastics, Euractiv reports. The issues are related to the EU’s sustainable finance taxonomy, a system that limits which investments can be labeled as climate-friendly and that the EU believes would encourage …
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The EU has fulfilled its 2020 aim of 10% renewable energy consumption in transport (including liquid biofuels, biomethane, and ‘green’ electricity). This aim was introduced in Directive 2009/28/EC on the promotion of renewable energy sources. According to Eurostat statistics, the average proportion of renewable energy in transportation climbed from 1.6 percent in 2004 to 10.2 …
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Business, commerce, and cultural activities have grown in the year after Israel, the United Arab Emirates, and Bahrain signed the historic Abraham Accords. On January 30, Israeli President Isaac Herzog and First Lady Michal Herzog arrived in Abu Dhabi for a historic visit, highlighting the nations’ continuous cordial ties. The environment is one area suitable …
According to a recent study, the gas emitted by residential stoves and ovens is not only hazardous to public health, but also has a significantly greater influence on the climate problem than previously imagined. As the Stanford University research shows, emissions from gas stoves in US households had the same climate-warming effect as half a …
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According to a study, over half of Europeans feel climate change is the next global concern, and 88 percent say renewable energy should play a greater role in the economy, Openaccessgovernment.org writes. A survey commissioned jointly by the European Parliament and the Commission polled 26,530 persons from all 27 EU member states on themes ranging …
The 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics will begin on February 4th. Based on the “green Olympics” idea, all of the Games’ 26 venues will be powered entirely by renewable energy. The concept of “green Olympics” offers Chinese insight on how to cope with the interplay between development and conservation. To address the serious challenge of global …
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Climate change and its accompanying costs are the most pressing challenges confronting the electricity industry, according to the chairman of a key utility advocacy organization on Jan. 20. However, Edison Electric Institute President and CEO Tom Kuhn, as well as executives from other industry trade organizations, emphasized the need of considering the costs and reliability …
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The year 2021 ended up being the fifth warmest on record, according to the Copernicus Climate Change Service of the European Union, which dates back to 1979. This conclusion is based on publicly accessible data examined by climate scientist Zeke Hausfather who tweeted his findings, Bloomberg Green reports. This is one of the first temperature …
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A way to solve the climate crisis became clear as the world saw more extreme heat waves, droughts, wildfires, and storms. Switch the electric grid to carbon-free wind and solar and convert most fossil fuel users in transportation, buildings, and industry to electricity. The U.S. is going that way, says Renewablenergyworld.com. There was a record …
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