Environment

Japan’s greenhouse gas emissions fell in fiscal 2019 for the sixth straight year to reach their lowest level since comparable data became available in fiscal 1990, partly due to the impact of the U.S.-China trade dispute, the Environment Ministry said Tuesday. The equivalent of 1,213 million tons of carbon dioxide …

A total of 207 Chinese companies made the list of 2020 global top 500 new-energy enterprises this year, outnumbering the US’ 69 companies in the second spot, and Japan’s 54 companies in third, according to a report released by the China Energy Economy Research Institute at the 2020 Global Top …

China’s greenhouse gas emissions will increase in 2020 compared to 2019 as they have rebounded after the COVID-19 outbreak, the head of the International Energy Agency said on Wednesday. “As of today, Chinese emissions this year, 2020, will be higher than in 2019, they rebounded,” Fatih Birol told a digital …

The United States formally exited the Paris Agreement on Wednesday, fulfilling a longstanding promise by US President Donald Trump to withdraw the world’s second-largest greenhouse gas emitter from the global pact to fight climate change. But the outcome of the tight US election contest will determine for how long this …

Norway’s Equinor aims to become a net zero emitter of greenhouse gases by 2050, including emissions from the production and final consumption of oil and gas, the energy producer’s new chief executive said as he took office on Monday. Anders Opedal, the first engineer to lead state-controlled Equinor, plans to …

Addressing the Japanese Parliament, the Prime Minister said that measures to tackle climate change are no longer a constraint on economic growth.

The UAE is investing in green and blue hydrogen projects, an undersecretary at the energy ministry said Oct. 19, as OPEC’s third-largest oil producer seeks to develop new sources of clean energy. “Hydrogen is very high on our agenda, right now we are really at initiation phase,” Sharif al-Olama told …

The European Union is considering binding standards for natural gas to limit emissions of methane, the second-largest contributor to global warming after carbon dioxide. The 27-member bloc is the world’s biggest importer of gas, and imposing such standards could affect its major suppliers, which include Russia and Norway. Published on …

With the coronavirus pandemic fuelling the demand for plastics, from face shields to packaging used for online shopping deliveries, oil industry players are taking advantage and starting a price war between new plastics that they manufacture against recycled plastics. Across the world, statistics are also showing that recyclers are losing …

EDF thinks so – it says 40% of people believe emojis help people discuss complex issues, such as the journey towards net zero, more easily.