Environment

U.S. greenhouse gas emissions rose 1.3% in 2022, reflecting post-COVID economic recovery, but declined 17% since 2005, according to the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Annual US Greenhouse Gas Inventory (GHG Inventory), released every April. The EPA’s neutral policy report has been released annually since its inception in 1993, in accordance …

European energy infrastructure needs $2.7 trillion in investment to reach the EU’s climate goals by 2050 and keep Europe competitive on a global scale, lobby group the European Round Table for Industry (ERT) said in a new report on Tuesday. The EU’s ambition to be a carbon-neutral bloc by 2050 …

The air quality in Central Asian states is among the worst in the world, according to corporate study that measured pollution in over 130 countries around the world. The 2023 World Air Quality Report, compiled by Swiss-based IQAir, measured air-borne harmful particles, known as PM2.5, in over 7,800 locations. The …

Climate Action 100+, a lobby group comprising many of the world’s biggest asset managers, has criticized Big Oil majors for falling short of a set of criteria devised to assess a company’s preparedness for a net-zero world. The finding, as detailed in a recent Reuters report, is hardly a surprise …

The shipping industry and its regulators are drafting tentative pathways to reaching net-zero emissions by 2050. But the emission reduction efforts in the hard-to-decarbonize sector are slowed down by unclear regulation and uncertainty about which cleaner marine fuel would be the most cost-efficient and effective alternative to the oil-derived bunkering …

If you’re expecting South Africa will make a quick shift away from coal-fired power in favor of green energy, prepare to be disappointed. Expecting South Africa to quickly give up on coal-fired power would be “very wrong,” South Africa’s energy minister Gwede Mantashe told Bloomberg this week. Instead, South Africa …

Oil and gas companies could be a source of additional funding for a UN climate financing to help developing economies cope with the consequences of climate change, according to a draft EU document seen by Reuters. After failing so far to establish a clear-cut framework of how much wealthy developed …

Egypt has signed seven memorandums of understanding (MoUs) with international developers and government entities in the fields of green hydrogen and renewable energy, the Egyptian State Information Service said Wednesday. Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly and a number of ministers attended the signing ceremony for the agreements at the government headquarters …

China is at risk of missing key climate targets for 2025 and needs to cut fossil fuel use and maintain record renewable energy investment to get back on track, a study published on Feb 22 shows. The country is the world’s top greenhouse gas polluter. Beijing has relied heavily on …

The growth in coal power generation in China is beginning to slow down as regional authorities seek to redirect investments to low-carbon energy, Bloomberg reports. The report notes the continual increase in coal production and coal-powered generation in China over the past seven years, with generation reaching a record in …