The government has designated dozens of municipalities as “advanced decarbonization areas,” recognizing their commitment to achieving net-zero carbon dioxide emissions from households and other civilian electricity consumption by April 2030. Over the two years to fiscal 2023, which ended in March this year, the government selected 73 locations in 36 prefectures under the initiative, and … Read more
FORBES, Australia – Across 100,000 acres (40,468 hectares) in the vast agricultural heartland of Australia, an unusual approach is taking root to slow down the wrecking ball of climate change. Farmers are trying to tap the superpowers of tiny subterranean tendrils of fungus to pull carbon dioxide out of the air and stash it underground. … Read more
In 2019, Sanchali Pal decided she’d had enough of spreadsheets. For six years, the former consultant had been using Excel to manually track the carbon emissions of her purchases, a routine she says saved her about $2,000 a year by encouraging more secondhand shopping, fewer flights and less meat consumption. But the DIY approach was … Read more
Once again, vast expanses of Canadian wilderness are on fire, threatening towns and forcing thousands to flee. It appears to be a breakout of “zombie fires”: wildfires from last year that never actually went out completely but carried on smoldering underground, reigniting ground vegetation again this year. They’ve been pouring smoke—once again—into northern cities in … Read more
“There’s a massive difference in the amount of heat that our system is putting out when a user asks for heat to be comfortable versus a radiator which dumps tons of extra heat into the room,” says Vince Romanin, CEO of Gradient. “If they’re able to set that temperature on a per-room basis, not a … Read more
London: Adani Green Energy Ltd (AGEL) announced its sponsorship of the London Science Museum’s (LSM) latest exhibit, the ‘Energy Revolution’ gallery on Tuesday, in a partnership aimed at highlighting the global transition towards renewable energy. The unveiling of the gallery marks a significant step towards raising awareness about the pressing need to combat climate change … Read more
BRUSSELS – The European Union, Canada, Japan and climate-vulnerable Pacific Island states are among 47 countries rallying support for a charge on the international shipping sector’s greenhouse gas emissions, documents show. The documents, being discussed at an International Maritime Organization (IMO) meeting now entering a second week, outline four proposals with a combined 47 backers … Read more
If you ever watch a duck float across a pond, gobbling up the vegetation coating the surface, that bird is way ahead of its time. The buoyant greenery is azolla, a tiny fern that grows like crazy, doubling its biomass as quickly as every two days to conquer small bodies of water. The duck doesn’t … Read more
Death is coming for the old-school gas furnace—and its killer is the humble heat pump. They’re already outselling gas furnaces in the US, and now a coalition of states has signed an agreement to supercharge the gas-to-electric transition by making it as cheap and easy as possible for their residents to switch. Nine states have … Read more
A dozen glistening storage tanks on a windswept island in the North Sea are one of the few visible signs of a costly experiment aimed at making a tiny fraction of Europe’s industrial pollution disappear. Part of a $2.6 billion network, the facility on Norway’s Blomoyna is set to pump climate-warming carbon dioxide from manufacturing … Read more