World’s first-ever global emissions tax takes a step closer to reality

Countries at the meeting of the United Nations’ International Maritime Organization in London signed a deal for shipping emissions to reach net zero “by or around” 2050. Ucg | Universal Images Group | Getty Images Two weeks of talks at the United Nations shipping agency concluded in London on Friday, with a clear majority of … Read more

The US will relax pollution-limiting rules for vehicle emissions

President Biden’s administration plans to pull back on strict new Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rules that would have forced US automakers to turn EVs into their main business by 2032. That’s according to The New York Times, which wrote yesterday that industry players had moved the administration to give them more time to bring down … Read more

30 Celebs Whose Private Jets Created Most CO2 Emissions in the Last Year Revealed (& Taylor Swift Didn’t Even Make the List) | Alex Rodriguez, Beyonce Knowles, Bill Gates, Blake Shelton, Celine Dion, Dan Bilzerian, Drake, EG, Elon Musk, Extended, Floyd Mayweather, George Lucas, Harrison Ford, Jack Nicklaus, james dyson, Jay Z, Jeff Bezos, Jim Carrey, Kenny Chesney, Kim Kardashian, Kylie Jenner, Leonard Blavatnik, Mark Cuban, Mark Wahlberg, Max Verstappen, Paul Allen, Robert Kraft, Slideshow, Steven Spielberg, Suleyman Kerimov, Taylor Swift, Tiger Woods, Tom Cruise, Travis Scott, Tyler Perry | Just Jared: Celebrity News and Gossip

Amid Taylor Swift‘s legal battle against someone who is tracking her private plane’s every move, there has been a lot of discussion surrounding the celebs who use private jets the most. Taylor seems to be the celebrity who gets blamed for CO2 emissions from flying on private planes, yet a new study reveals she’s not … Read more

Why Europe aims to slash climate emissions 90 percent by 2040

Despite growing backlash against climate regulations, the European Union is set to call Tuesday for a 90 percent emissions cut by 2040 — a target that can only be met with a near-total reduction in fossil fuels, as well as an overhaul of how people move around and get their food. The aggressive timeline shows … Read more

Global Emissions Could Peak Sooner Than You Think

Every November, the Global Carbon Project publishes the year’s global CO2 emissions. It’s never good news. At a time when the world needs to be reducing emissions, the numbers continue to climb. However, while emissions have been moving in the wrong direction, many of the underpinning economic forces that drive them have been going the … Read more

Germany’s CO2 emissions are at their lowest in 7 decades, study shows

BERLIN — Carbon dioxide emissions in Germany, Europe’s biggest economy, dropped to their lowest level in seven decades as the use of coal declined unexpectedly sharply in 2023 and economic pressures weighed down production by energy-intensive industry, according to a study released Thursday. Germany aims to cut its emissions to net zero by 2045 and … Read more

China nears peak emissions but doesn’t want to talk about it

Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave DUBAI — Just a few years ago, climate watchers had little confidence that China — the world’s largest emitter of greenhouse gases — would hit peak emissions long “before 2030,” as Beijing had pledged to do. But China’s economic slowdown and expansion of renewable energies have dramatically … Read more

Can Rock Dust Soak Up Carbon Emissions? A Giant Experiment Is Set to Find Out

Mary Yap has spent the last year and a half trying to get farmers to fall in love with basalt. The volcanic rock is chock full of nutrients, captured as its crystal structure forms from cooling magma, and can make soil less acidic. In that way it’s like limestone, which farmers often use to improve … Read more

China’s emissions targets not robust enough, U.S. energy chief says

China’s current emissions reduction targets are not as strong as they need to be, U.S. Deputy Secretary for Energy David Turk said Monday. “I think every country needs to take a look at what it’s doing, especially in its implementation phase,” Turk told CNBC’s Steve Sedgwick at the COP28 summit. “I’ve looked at the numbers for … Read more

Exxon Mobil CEO urges COP28 climate summit to focus on emissions

Dubai, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES — Exxon Mobil CEO Darren Woods on Saturday said the “problem statement” that countries need to focus on at the COP28 climate summit is reducing emissions, in contrast to calls for a collective commitment to phase out all fossil fuels. For many at the summit, which is being held in the … Read more