Tag: Fossil fuels
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2022 summer droughts became extremely likely due to climate change
Human-caused climate change made agricultural and ecological droughts in the North Hemisphere extratropics at least 20 times more likely, the researchers found.
October 10, 2022 -
Rich nations cheat the poor of fossil fuels
The rich world became wealthy by massively exploiting fossil fuels, which today provides more than three-quarters of its energy.
August 26, 2022 -
Opportunity knocks
The target of achieving 10 per cent electricity from renewable energy sources, originally set for 2021, is far from being accomplished.
August 21, 2022 -
Governments’ inaction on climate is ‘dangerous’: UN chief
Schwarzenegger, who has long campaigned against environmental pollution, said the war in Ukraine was another reason to stop using fossil fuels.
June 14, 2022 -
Air pollution can shorten lives in Delhi by 10 years: Study
India's 1.3 billion people live in areas where the "annual average particulate pollution level" exceeds the WHO safe limit of 5µg/m³, according to the Air Quality Life Index by the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago (EPIC).
June 14, 2022 -
Reduce reliance on fossil fuels, adopt renewable sources to tackle climate change: Dalai Lama
The Tibetan spiritual leader said we must pay attention to deforestation and protect the environment better.
April 22, 2022 -
Fossil fuel costs must include externalities
The contribution of the Covid-19 pandemic in bringing down carbon emissions is unparalleled. In doing so, the pandemic and the lockdown also helped quantify the environmental harms of burning fossil fuels. These harms are often not fully understood because they are not included in the total costs of using fossil fuels.
March 4, 2021 -
Increasing carbon dioxide emission levels and value-added carbon management
Amid growth in population, emission levels are increasing due to production of energy-intensive products, use of road transport, and rise in agricultural and industrial activities.
December 16, 2020 -
Unilever to eliminate fossil fuels in cleaning products by 2030
The move is set to transform the sustainability of global cleaning and laundry brands including Surf, Sunlight, Vim and Domex.
September 2, 2020 -
‘No good reason’ to invest in coal for COVID-19 plan, says UN chief as India launches auction process
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had launched the auction process for 41 coal blocks for commercial mining on June 18, a move that opens India's coal sector for private players.
June 26, 2020 -
Not quite so green
Indias power generation technology has a long way to go before electric cars become an environment-friendly solution.
April 2, 2020 -
Climate crisis can likely cost $7.9 trillion to world economy by 2050, says report
The report measured the preparedness of world's 82 largest economies and found that based on current trends the fallout of warming temperatures would shave off three percent of global GDP by 2050.
November 20, 2019 -
Study reveals Swiss glaciers lost one-tenth of volume in past five years alone
The study published by Cryospheric Commission at the Swiss Academy of Sciences said, 'a rate of decline never previously observed in the time series extending back for more than a century.'
October 15, 2019 -
Go vegetarian to save Earth
The latest report of the IPCC recommends eating less meat for a cooler planet.
August 28, 2019 -
BlackRock’s fossil fuel investments wipe out $90bn: IEEFA
The report, produced by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA), places a price tag on BlackRock's fossil-fuel heavy strategy, saying the firm's refusal to address risk has lost investors over $90 billion in value destruction and opportunity cost from just a select few holdings over the past decade.
August 1, 2019 -
Paradigm shift needed to avert global climate chaos, warns UN
Earth's surface has warmed one degree Celsius (1.8 degrees Fahrenheit) -- enough to lift oceans and unleash a crescendo of deadly storms, floods and droughts.
October 8, 2018 -
For whom the wind blows
Wind power, as a source of emission-free energy, is an important part of the global strategy to cut down on fossil fuels. The world’s installed wind capacity, accordingly, has grown by an average 22 per cent every year since 2006. A study by Kristopher B Karnauskas, Julie K Lundquist and Lei Zhang, from the University …
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December 26, 2017