Countries agreed to rein in emissions in an effort to avert climate catastrophes. They’ve failed, according to the latest United Nations report.
Tag: Alternative and Renewable Energy
Germany Passes Climate-Protection Law to Ensure 2030 Goals
The law aims to get the country in line to reduce its carbon dioxide emissions to meet Paris Agreement targets.
Britain, Struggling With Brexit, Eyes Another Retreat. This One’s From Fossil Fuels.
The country, which led the industrial revolution, now aims to neutralize its carbon emissions by 2050.
Transformative? New Device Harvests Energy in Darkness
It doesn’t generate much power, but it works during the one time of day that solar cells can’t: night.
Copenhagen Wants to Show How Cities Can Fight Climate Change
The Danish capital wants to be carbon neutral six years from now. Its plan involves wind, recycling and a very innovative ski hill.
The World Needs to Quit Coal. Why Is It So Hard?
Coal, the most polluting of energy sources, shows no sign of disappearing three years after the Paris agreement, when world leaders promised decisive action against global warming.
Feature: Palm Oil Was Supposed to Help Save the Planet. Instead It Unleashed a Catastrophe.
A decade ago, the U.S. mandated the use of vegetable oil in biofuels, leading to industrial-scale deforestation — and a huge spike in carbon emissions.