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May 04, 2023

Elon Musk's private jet emits more than 2,000 tons of carbon

Elon Musk flied private jet more than virtually anyone else in the U.S. last year, according to a report published on Monday by the Institute for Policy Studies and the nonprofit group Patriotic Millionaires.
January 06, 2023

Australian forests could become net carbon emitters in coming decades, report finds

Forests in New South Wales are continuing to be cleared to a point that some could become net carbon emitters in coming decades, according to a report released in December by the New South Wales’ Natural Resource Commission.
December 28, 2022

Collapse of Finland's carbon sinks wipes out decades of efforts to reduce emissions

Finland could be subject to billions of euros in costs as the diminishing capacity of forests as a carbon sink has undermined its effort to meet the sink target set by the EU.
December 06, 2022

Qatar World Cup criticized for its gigantic carbon footprint

The FIFA 2022 World Cup is currently underway in Qatar, a small desert nation with the highest carbon emissions per capita in the world and generates most of its revenue from the extraction and sale of oil.
November 24, 2022

Integrity issues of Australia’s carbon credits system undermine transparency, new report finds

Criticisms raised by a whistleblower who described Australia’s carbon credit system a fraud that is hurting the environment and wasted more than $1bn in taxpayer funding have been supported in a new report commissioned by the Albanese government.
November 22, 2022

China's CO2 emissions down but still fall short of long-term goals

China's greenhouse gas emissions have been decreasing since last year but have not yet reached its peak, with the country's policies still not fully aligned with long-term goals to limit temperature increases, a research report said on Monday.
October 13, 2022

Buying carbon credit could curb company’s climate efforts, warns UK advisers

Using cheap carbon offsets to meet net zero targets could curb companies’ efforts to cut emissions and slow the delivery of climate goals, Britain’s climate change advisers said on Thursday.
September 30, 2022

Lifecycle emissions from cars nearly carbon-heavy per euro as oil firms

A study by environmental NGO Transport & Environment shows that lifetime carbon emissions of a car are so high that investing in carmakers funds almost as much as carbon dioxide per euro as investing in an oil company.
September 28, 2022

ESG investors consider measuring Scope 4 emissions

Amid global race to net-zero emissions, Environmental, Social, and Governmental (ESG) investors are now considering how Scope 4 emissions can be integrated into their portfolio analysis.
September 05, 2022

California faces risk of blackouts amid record-breaking heat wave

Record high temperatures scorched cities across California’s Central Valley to outside of Los Angeles on September 4, with officials warning that the dangerous heat wave could last through the end of the week, threatening the state’s electrical grid.

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