climate change
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A coalition of local and national governments commits to ambitious goals for zero-emission vehicles.
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Bill Gates, Other Billionaires Invest To Advance Clean Energy
Bill Gates and other billionaires plan to coordinate investments in clean energy.
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Why Exxon Is Attacking The Media Over Climate Change Research
Exxon-conducted research confirmed climate change decades ago, new reports say.
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China Alone Now Burns Half The World's Coal, New Data Reveals
Chian admits to burning more coal than it previously reported.
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CA Climate-Change Bill Passed, Electric Utilities To Target Oil Industry
Let's call this one a good news, bad news, good news story. On Friday, September 11, the California Senate approved SB 350, the Clean Energy and Reduction Act--by far the most far-reaching climate change legislation enacted in the U.S. The bill's provisions codify Governor Jerry Brown's goals of...
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Diesel Fuel From Air: Neat Idea, Very Inefficient Use Of Energy
It sounds like an intriguing idea: Make diesel fuel from air rather than fossil-fuel petroleum. Better yet, make it from carbon dioxide--the greenhouse gas whose concentration in the atmosphere has risen precipitously since the dawn of the Industrial Age. Diesel fuel, after all, is a hydrocarbon...
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Coal is the worst fossil fuel, that much is clear. Its carbon footprint per kilowatt-hour of electricity when it's burned by electric utilities to make electricity is far, far higher than that of natural gas. And that's even before the slowly improving economics of renewable sources come into play, from home solar photovoltaic panels to huge industrial-scale solar and wind farms. DON'T MISS: Final EPA Power-Plant Rules: Far More Impact On Coal States That high carbon footprint is what's driven advocates to push aggressively toward eliminating coal as a major component of U.S. and world fuel...
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Final EPA Power-Plant Rules: Far More Impact On Coal States
The completed rules issued this week by the EPA to limit carbon emissions from power plants run 1,560 pages--nighttime reading only for policy wonks. But the agency's final Clean Power Plan has changed considerably from the draft rules issued in June 2014. And as utility executives, advocacy...
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Norway's Goal: All New Cars Will Be Emission-Free By 2025 To Cut Carbon
With yesterday's release of final EPA rules for reducing carbon emissions from power plants, the stage is set for a major battle over how--and even whether--any carbon emissions in the U.S. may be limited. Meanwhile, there's Norway. As Ola Elvestuen, a member of Parliament there as well as Chair of...
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EPA Issues Final Clean Power Plan Rules; Now The Fight Begins
The final version of the EPA's Clean Power Plan was revealed Monday.
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Lack Of Innovation Could Doom Battle To Trim Carbon Emissions
There isn't enough investment in renewable energy, a New York Times columnist argues.
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California Approves Aggressive New Plans To Combat Climate Change
New legislation sets ambitious goals to combat climate change.
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Governments incur significant costs from dealing with the effects of fossil-fuel pollution, the International Monetary Fund finds.
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Cross-Border Carbon: Mexico Sets Limit On Climate-Change Emissions
Mexico is one of the first countries to submit an emissions-reduction plan ahead of U.N. climate-change negotiations.
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What Future For Coal In The U.S.: Slow Decline Or Faster Retreat?
Coal could remain a significant energy source for decades to come, a new report says.
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Georgetown, Texas: Far From Green, But 100 Percent Renewable Energy--Why?
A Texas city converts to renewable energy to save money.
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UPDATE: 'Under The Dome' Video: China's 'Silent Spring' Air-Pollution Wakeup
A new Chinese documentary on air pollution has gone viral.
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Growing Corporate Power Counters Climate-Change Action, So Reframe Debate, Book Suggests
Naomi Klein argues that climate change is a socioeconomic issue.
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Remember when your parents sat you down to have a little chat about how you should behave? It may be time for us to have one of those chats with a small fraction of our readers, just to point out this site's requests, customs, and no-nos. Here's our compilation of things that will see your comments on Green Car Reports countered by respectful but vigorous rebuttals from our most informed and passionate readers. DON'T MISS: Why Green Car Reports Writes About Full-Size Pickup Trucks (Dec 2013) We've also included things that will get your comments flagged or moderated. (1) Denounce climate...
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Adorable, Helpful Fossil Fuels Are Your Loving Girlfriend--Don't Betray Her: Video
The Soviets used to call it agitprop--various forms of media and art with an explicitly political message--but now it's paid for by large corporations, to backstop their lobbying efforts. The latest example is a truly delicious little Valentine-theme video that explains how wonderful and lovable...
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U.S. Senate Votes Against Affirming Climate Science Validity
Would you trust a politician who believes the earth is flat? Or that the sun revolves around the earth? Or that the Holocaust never happened? No? Then what do we make of politicians who continue to deny the accepted scientific consensus that human activity is affecting the climate? DON'T MISS: U.S...
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New Study Doesn't Say 'Electric Cars Aren't Green' (Headlines To The Contrary)
Brace yourself, electric-car fans and advocates. It may be a bumpy ride for the next few days. Yesterday afternoon, the Associated Press covered a new study put out by the University of Minnesota that calculates the environmental impact of manufacturing and refueling vehicles with various...
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Nissan CEO Ghosn: Climate Change Must Be Corporate Humanitarian Cause
Carlos Ghosn describes climate change as an "unprecedented humanitarian challenge."
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How Oil Companies Fight CA's Clean Energy: Playbook Leaked Accidentally
Leaked information shows how the oil industry is fighting climate-change legislation in three states.
Stephen Edelstein