Here’s a way to slash emissions over 90% by 2035 without carbon taxes, biofuels, carbon capture, big reductions in consumption or lifestyle changes. “…the new clean energy, food and transportation technologies will empower humanity to make choices allowing societies to meet their needs and prosper, while slashing up to 90 percent of global carbon emissions within just 15 years.” “And provide the […]
Carbon‐Neutral Pathways for the United States
Reaching zero net emissions of carbon dioxide from energy and industry by 2050 can be accomplished by rebuilding U.S. energy infrastructure to run primarily on renewable energy, at a net cost of about $1 per person per day, according to new research published by the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), the […]
Study Shows Governments’ Oil And Gas Revenue Crashing As Decarbonization Takes Hold
Canadian governments stand to lose more than half of their revenue from oil and gas activities through 2040, and nearly nine-tenths of the taxes and royalties the industry says they will collect, as the global economy decarbonizes and shifts away from fossil fuel production, the UK-based Carbon Tracker Initiative concludes in an analysis released this […]
Reaching UK net zero target cheaper than we thought, says climate adviser
Reaching net zero carbon emissions in the UK is likely to be much easier and cheaper than previously thought, and can be designed in such a way as to quickly improve the lives of millions of people, a senior adviser to the government has said. Chris Stark, the chief executive of the Committee on Climate Change, […]
What would the implications of the “Green New Deal” plan be?
Newly elected Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez championed a plan for a Green New Deal and drafted a proposal to kickstart the committee that would create it. Ocasio-Cortez’s plan, which emphasizes decarbonization, job creation, and social and economic justice, is politically audacious—it aims for 100 percent renewable energy within 12 years—but in line with the Intergovernmental Panel […]