A look at the state of sustainable transportation in 2024 and beyond. I joined GreenBiz in May 2022 - a decision that profoundly changed my perspective on transport decarbonization. In my role as the director of transportation, I sat at the intersection of many subsectors within transport, able...
Automakers are vastly underestimating their emissions. Here's what to do about it
The auto industry lags behind on both emissions reporting and net zero targets. Here’s what they can do to get on track. More than 90 percent of automakers' GHG emissions come from Scope 3 -- i.e., buyers driving their cars. Source: Mykhailo Pavlenko via Shutterstock With the advent of policies...
PHYS.ORG - Earth
Most countries are struggling to meet climate pledges from 2009, emissions tracking study shows
Nineteen out of 34 countries surveyed failed to fully meet their 2020 climate commitments set 15 years ago in Copenhagen, according to a new study led by UCL researchers. The study, published in Nature Climate Change, compared the actual net carbon emissions of more than 30 nations to their 2009...
NASA confirms mystery object that crashed through roof of Florida home came from space station
The cylindrical object that tore through the home in Naples on March 8 was subsequently taken to the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral for analysis. The space agency said it was a metal support used to mount old batteries on a cargo pallet for disposal. The pallet was jettisoned from the...
NASA's plan to bring samples from Mars back to Earth is on hold until there's a faster, cheaper way, space agency officials said Monday. Retrieving Mars soil and rocks has been on NASA's to-do list for decades, but the date kept moving forward, as costs ballooned. A recent independent review put...
PHYS.ORG - Technology
Nissan expects to mass produce electric vehicles powered by advanced next-generation batteries by early 2029, the company said Tuesday during a media tour of an unfinished pilot plant. Japan's legacy automakers have fallen behind newer rivals like America's Tesla and China's BYD in the emerging...
Climate Change News - Finance
Climate Home reveals that the World Bank Group has counted support for luxury hotels as climate finance, which experts say fails the most vulnerable Fishers in Mbour, Senegal, just miles from the hotel resort of Saly, unload the day's catch. (Photo: Jack Thompson) The spotless white-sand beach...
Nature Climate Change
Many economies set climate mitigation targets for 2020 at the 2009 15th Conference of the Parties conference of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Copenhagen. Yet no retrospective review of the implementation and actual mitigation associated with these targets has...
Colorado will try turning off the electrical grid to prevent wildfires, an operation pioneered in California
Over the past decade, power grids have played roles in wildfires in multiple states, including California, Hawaii, Oregon and Minnesota. When wind speeds are high and humidity is low, electrical infrastructure such as aboveground power lines can blow into vegetation or spark against other...
The South's aging water infrastructure is getting pounded by climate change. Fixing it is also a struggle
The severe storms that swept through the South April 10-11, 2024, illustrated some of the risks: In New Orleans, rain fell much faster as the city's pumps could remove it. A water line broke during the storm near Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Other communities faced power outages and advisories to...
Huffington Post
Critics Shred Chris Sununu Over His 'Truly Sad' Trump 180: 'All The More Pitiful'
New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu, who was recently a staunch critic of Donald Trump, changed his tune on the former president as he backed his 2024 campaign in an interview with ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos on Sunday. “No other president in American history has contributed to an insurrection...
Sponsored: Empowering employees to champion sustainability initiatives requires a culture where sustainability is ingrained in everyday operations. A warm embrace between two Sodexo colleagues. Image courtesy of Sodexo. This article is sponsored by Sodexo. Employees form the backbone of most...
A Highway in Indiana Could One Day Charge Your EV While You're Driving It
Blake Dollier spoke excitedly as he watched the construction crews pulverize concrete along a quarter-mile stretch of U.S. Highway 52 where it passes through West Lafayette, Indiana. Soon, the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT), where Dollier works as the public relations director,...
New York Times - Climate Section
Mr. Gore spoke at a climate leadership conference hosted by his nonprofit organization. Former Vice President Al Gore was in New York City over the weekend for a leadership training convened by the Climate Reality Project, his nonprofit organization. On Saturday, before thousands of attendees,...
As Climate Change Intensifies Wildfire Risk, Prescribed Burns Prove Their Worth in the Heat-Stressed Plains of the Texas Panhandle
BORGER, Texas - Months before the Texas Panhandle erupted with destructive wildfires, fire crews in Borger were igniting fire intentionally on a seven-mile, roughly 250-foot wide ribbon of land on the edge of town. The prescribed burn in November removed dense grass and brush next to homes on...
Clay-assisted organic carbon burial induced early Paleozoic atmospheric oxygenation, data show
In a study published in Science Advances, scientists have used new lithium isotope (δ7Li) data to show that continental clay export promoted organic carbon burial and thus atmospheric oxygenation during the Cambrian period. Animals depend on oxygen for respiration. Thus, the emergence and...
Washington Post - Climate and Environment
Corals are bleaching in every corner of the ocean, threatening its web of life
Plans by SpaceX and other companies to boost the number of rocket launches sometimes seen streaking across San Diego County's skies have prompted the California Coastal Commission to question the environmental effects. Residents near Vandenberg Space Force Base, on the state's Central Coast, say...