Current pledges to cut emissions, even if nations follow through on them, won’t stop temperatures from rising to risky new levels.
Tag: Energy Efficiency
Internation Energy Agency Says Nations Should Conserve Fuel as Global Energy Crisis Looms
The International Energy Agency said countries should encourage use of mass transit and car pooling, among other things. That could also help the climate crisis.
China’s Power Problems Expose a Strategic Weakness
China announced on Wednesday a national rush to mine and burn more coal, as the country’s electricity shortage threatens to damage its image as a reliable manufacturing base.
Europe Rolls Out Ambitious Climate Change Plan, but Obstacles Loom
The proposal would impose tariffs on some imports from countries with looser environmental rules. It would also mean the end of sales in the European Union of new gas- and diesel-powered cars in just 14 years.
As a Spanish City Lights Up for Christmas, So Does a Debate
The holiday light show in the industrial hub of Vigo is a draw for tourists. But some have begun to wonder: How much is too much?
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.
One Thing We Can Do: Switch Light Bulbs
Also this week, the tricky business of tracking hurricanes.
One Thing You Can Do: Boil Water Efficiently
Also this week, millennial attitudes about climate change.
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.