90 countries join pact to slash planet-warming methane emissions
- 02-Nov-2021
Nearly 90 countries have joined a US- and EU-led effort to slash emissions of the potent greenhouse gas methane 30% by 2030 from 2020 levels, a pact aimed at tackling one of the main causes of climate change, a senior Biden administration official said. The partnership will be formally launched later on Tuesday. Methane is […]
UN warns world set for 2.7C rise on today’s emissions pledges
- 26-Oct-2021
Current commitments to cut greenhouse gas emissions put the planet on track for an average 2.7 degrees Celsius temperature rise this century, a United Nations report said on Tuesday, in another stark warning ahead of crunch climate talks. Governments will be in the spotlight at the COP26 conference next week to meet a deadline of […]
Handful of cities driving urban greenhouse gas emissions: study
- 12-Jul-2021
LONDON/MADRID: Just 25 big cities accounted for more than half of the climate-warming gases pumped out by a sample of 167 urban hubs around the world, an analysis of emissions trends showed on Monday. In per capita terms, however, emissions from cities in the richest parts of the world are still generally higher than those […]
Suzuki Motor says must respond to emissions probe by mid-Feb
- 24-Jan-2020
Suzuki said diesel versions of its Vitara and S-Cross vehicles used engines and emissions software supplied by Fiat Chrysler
World warned: change now or endanger food and climate
- 08-Aug-2019
Land is intimately linked to climate. With its forests, plants and soil it sucks up and stores around a third of all man-made emissions.
BMW sued in US over diesel emissions
- 28-Mar-2018
German luxury carmaker BMW has been sued in the United States over "defeat devices" installed in tens of thousands of vehicles in order to cheat diesel emissions tests
Spikes in carbon emissions detected with NASA satellite
- 13-Oct-2017
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 […]
US charges Fiat Chrysler
- 12-Jan-2017
WASHINGTON: The United States on Thursday charged Fiat Chrysler with using software on its trucks to evade emissions standards on about 104,000 vehicles. Shares in Fiat Chrysler Automobiles skidded more than 15 percent on the Milan Stock Exchange as officials in the United States accused it of cheating on diesel emission rules. The stock was […]
Germany wants to introduce random emissions tests on cars
- 14-Feb-2016
BERLIN: Germany wants to carry out unannounced emissions tests on all carmakers, Transport Minister Alexander Dobrindt said on Sunday, aiming to reinstate confidence in the industry that was shattered by the Volkswagen cheating scandal.