Environment

Implementing voluntary programs based on the Paris Accord will help increase economic competitiveness and reduce national expenditures and pollutants in the country.

Power plants are moving toward replacing polluting fuels with natural gas as a cleaner energy resource.

Iran is one of the 195 countries that signed a historic agreement in Paris two years ago to curb global emissions.

We can count some of our old friends among them. like Shell. ExxonMobil. and Chevron!

Last year the world’s carbon emission was flat from 2015. according to BP’s report.

Last week. Shell signed up to a G20 task-force working on a framework to improve the ability to assess and price climate-related risks.

A trio of foreign think tanks are warning that natural gas offers a false hope in the fight against climate change.

Under the proposal. a $40 carbon tax. rising over time. would be levied on emissions in order to encourage a shift towards renewable energy sources such as solar and wind.

The Carbon Sequestration Project (CSP) aims to sequester atmospheric carbon in arid and semi-arid areas of Iran and improve the socio-economic status of local communities.

The other project. CarbonNet. is a A$150 million government study in the state of Victoria.