Directly charging money for carbon emissions is the cheapest and most efficient policy change for tackling climate change, researchers have said. Ohio State University researchers analysed the costs and effects that a variety of policy changes would have on reducing carbon dioxide emissions from electricity generation in Texas and found that adding a price, based … Read more
Renewables may actually keep carbon fuels going for decades to come, but a new group of energy-rich countries will emerge. The outlook for the oil sheikhs of the Middle East or the gas oligarchs of Russia looks increasingly bleak. The value of their underground resources looks poised to fall away permanently as they struggle to … Read more
North Sea oil and gas firms produce annual carbon emissions equivalent to a coal plant through flaring and venting activites, an investigation has revealed. Unearthed, a journalistic investigation body funded by Greenpeace, obtained figures through Environmental Information Regulations requests which show that almost 20m tonnes of CO2 equivalent were released in the five years to … Read more
The Royal Society has published a report which identifies how the UK can play a leading role in tackling climate change through a data-led transition supported by the adoption of digital technologies. While data-enabled technologies such as machine learning have boosted efficiency in some sectors, contributing to reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, they also have … Read more
The Welsh Government has revealed its draft strategy to reduce carbon emissions in the transport sector, placing private cars at the bottom of the list for investment. Transport currently makes up 17 per cent of Wales’ carbon emissions and the draft strategy, Llwybr Newydd – New Path, is set to shape the country’s transport system over … Read more
Greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere have continued to increase during 2020 despite unprecedented falls in emissions driven by the coronavirus pandemic. While lockdowns around the world have cut emissions of many pollutants and greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide, the drop experienced is no larger than normal annual fluctuations driven by the natural variability … Read more
Chemicals giant Ineos has partnered with Korean automaker Hyundai to establish a “hydrogen value chain” in Europe. Under their memorandum of understanding, the companies have committed to “explore new opportunities” to accelerate the hydrogen economy, investigate opportunities for the production and supply of hydrogen and for the global deployment of hydrogen technologies. They will also … Read more
UK water companies have unveiled a plan to deliver a net-zero carbon water supply for customers by 2030. Water UK, which represents all the major water firms, has published its Net Zero 2030 Routemap, which sets out they will tackle climate change by reaching net-zero two decades ahead of the UK government’s legally binding target of … Read more
A new type of soil created by engineers at The University of Texas at Austin can pull water from the air and distribute it to plants, potentially expanding the map of farmable land around the globe to previously inhospitable places and reducing water use in agriculture at a time of growing droughts. The team’s atmospheric … Read more
The EU Commission will “certainly not stand in [the] way” of governments which plan to decarbonise by building new nuclear power stations, said Frans Timmermans, the EU Commissioner for Climate Action. Nuclear power accounts for 27 per cent of electricity generated across the EU and approximately half of low-carbon electricity. Member states have varying attitudes … Read more