TALATAN, China (AP) — Chinese government officials last month showed off what they say will be the world’s largest solar farm when completed high on a Tibetan plateau. It will cover 610 square kilometers (235 square miles), which is the size of Chicago. China has been installing solar panels far faster than anywhere else in the world, and the investment …
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‘A climate of unparalleled malevolence’: are we on our way to the sixth major mass extinction? | Greenhouse gas emissions
Daniel Rothman works on the top floor of the building that houses the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, a big concrete domino that overlooks the Charles River in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Rothman is a mathematician interested in the behaviour of complex systems, and in the Earth he has found a worthy subject. Specifically, Rothman …
Read More »US sues California to block tough emissions standards for trucks – Reuters
US sues California to block tough emissions standards for trucks Reuters Another one of California’s Trump-proofing planks just broke Politico Trump seeks to sue California over clean trucking effort The Hill Trump administration seeks to block California air quality rules Sacramento Bee Trump DOJ Sues California Over Clean Truck Deal, Saying It Seeks to Undermine US Law KQED Source link
Read More »Repealing rule to curb greenhouse gas emissions will increase gas prices, Trump administration’s own analysis finds
When the Environmental Protection Agency announced it would roll back regulations aimed at curbing greenhouse gas emissions — especially from motor vehicles — it touted annual savings for Americans of $54 billion. The EPA said eliminating Biden-era policies, which encouraged higher fuel efficiency standards for cars and electric vehicle adoption to limit tailpipe emissions, would enable consumers to “have affordable choices …
Read More »Historical Aerial Photos Help Map Antarctic Ice Shelf Melt Providing An “Unambiguous Signal” To Stop Emissions
Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have found decades-old aerial photos that are helping them better understand the collapse of Antarctic ice shelves. The photos offer an unparalleled dataset that could also improve our ability to predict sea level rise and influence how we approach climate action. On November 28, 1966, an American flight crossed the Antarctic Peninsula south of …
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