Shell vows to eliminate carbon by 2050
The Anglo-Dutch company is in the midst of its largest overhaul yet as it prepares to expand its renewables and low-carbon business in the face of growing investor pressure on the oil and gas sector
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EU leaders scramble for consensus on 2050 carbon neutral target
EU leaders hoping for the bloc to lead the fight against global warming by agreeing on Thursday to go carbon neutral by 2050 engaged in last-ditch diplomacy to ease fears among central and eastern states that doing so could cost jobs.
Spikes in carbon emissions detected with NASA satellite
MIAMI: Data from a circling NASA satellite shows spikes in carbon emissions worldwide, particularly in winter, along with new insights into the rising levels of pollutants that drive global warming, researchers said on Thursday.
The findings in the journal Science are based on data from a carbon-tracking satellite launched in 2014 by the US space agency, known as NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2).
The satellite's mission is to examine how carbon dioxide, the leading greenhouse gas produced by the burning of…
China risks wasting $490 bn on coal plants: campaigners
BEIJING: China could waste as much as half a trillion dollars on unnecessary new coal-fired power stations, a climate campaign group said Monday, arguing the world's top carbon polluter already has more than enough such facilities.
The Asian giant's rise to become the world's second largest economy was largely powered by cheap, dirty coal.
But as growth slows, the country has had a difficult time weaning itself off the fuel, even as the pollution it causes wreaks havoc on the environment and public health.
Many of…
Carbon Capture: key green technology shackled by costs
PARIS: Every credible plan to save humanity from global warming reserves a key role for a green energy technology called carbon capture and storage.
Germany says testing diesel cars of foreign automakers
BERLIN: Germany is subjecting diesel vehicles including those from foreign manufacturers to strict checks, its transport minister said, following Volkswagen's latest disclosure that it gave false data on CO2 emissions.
European oil companies rattle coal with call for fee on carbon emissions
Europe's oil and gas companies took direct aim at the coal industry Monday, calling upon governments to set a global price on carbon emissions that could dramatically drive market share from coal to natural gas.