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EU Agrees To Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 40%
A two-day European Union summit concluded in the wee hours this morning with leaders announcing they'd reached a climate deal to cut carbon emissions...
China Sees Big Drop in Carbon Emissions
China cut its carbon emissions by 5 percent in the first half of 2014 - the largest drop in years, said the country's premier,...
Climate Caring Northeast Cuts Emissions, Still Enjoys Growth
Some critics of the Environmental Protection Agency’s new requirements for power plants argue that forcing emissions reduction will curtail economic growth. But the recent...
US Power Plants Reduce Emissions by 13 Percent
The country’s top 100 electricity producers have reduced emissions of major pollutants in recent years, showing that they could likely handle the new limits...
Radical Remissions: 9 Ways People Have Beat Terminal Cancer
Have you heard of patients who recovered from seemingly “incurable” illness, or overcame a catastrophic diagnosis?
Kelly Turner, an oncology researcher, wondered why some patients...
Capturing Energy From Earth’s Emissions for Renewable Power
When the sun sets on a remote desert outpost and solar panels shut down, what energy source will provide power through the night? A...
HP Becomes the First IT Company to Set Supply Chain Emissions Goals
Hewlett-Packard, now called HP, is the first IT company to set a supply chain greenhouse gas emissions reduction goal, recently announcing its target of...
World First: Plant to Turn Carbon Emissions into Rock
A research pilot plant in Newcastle will trial world-first technology that turns carbon emissions into bricks and pavers for the construction industry. The mineral...
US, China Agree to Cut Emissions From Vehicles, Coal
The United States and China, the world's top emitters of greenhouse gases, agreed to five initiatives on July 10 to cut carbon output from...
Ancient Roman Concrete Reveals Secret to Cutting Carbon Emissions
The chemical secrets of a concrete Roman breakwater that has spent the last 2,000 years submerged in the Mediterranean Sea have been uncovered by...
Brazil’s Carbon Emissions Dropped by 39 percent
Greenhouse gas emissions in Brazil fell by nearly 39 percent in the five years before 2010, largely because of reductions in the amount of...
EU’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions Sink to Lowest Since 1990
Greenhouse gases fell by 3.3 % in the European Union in 2011 to the lowest reported level of emissions since 1990 -- even while...
Electric Utility Emissions 70% Cleaner Than in 1990
Yearly measurements from the 100 largest power producers in the U.S. show that emissions from sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides are 70 percent lower...
Greenhouse Gas Emissions From U.S. Power Plants Down 4.6 percent
Greenhouse gas emissions from U.S. power plants fell 4.6 percent in 2011 as more generators were switched to cleaner-burning natural gas and renewable sources...
U.S. CO2 Emissions Fall to Lowest First-quarter Level in 20 years
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from energy use in the first quarter of this year fell to their lowest level in the US in 20...
Sony Achieves 31 Percent Reduction in CO2 Emissions
Sony, a global leader in electronics, has announced its success in achieving a whopping 31 percent reduction in CO2 emissions worldwide, surpassing by a...
Solar Chargers for Electric Cars Make Zero Emissions a Reality
The California company, SolarCity, has started offering solar EV chargers to customers in 11 states and Washington, DC, allowing people to drive their cars...
U.S. Aims to Slash Emissions from Oil, Gas Industry
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued draft rules on Thursday that would cut toxic emissions, which contribute to smog and asthma, by nearly 25...
UK Pledges to Cut Carbon Emissions in Half by 2025
The British government on Tuesday pledged to cut the country's carbon emissions in half by 2025 — part of its legally mandated commitment to...
UK Scientists Invent Hydrogen-based Fuel for Cars – Emits No Emissions
Researchers at Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, near Oxford have invented a synthetic fuel, which costs just $1.50 per gallon and could run in existing cars....