Climate change
FDA says lab-grown meat is safe for human consumption
Uma Valeti, CEO and founder, UPSIDE Foods speaks at the 2021 Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California, October 18, 2021. David Swanson | Reuters The Food and Drug Administration for the first time cleared a lab-grown meat product developed by a California start-up as safe for human consumption, marking a key milestone for […]
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See which states have suffered the most major weather disasters since 2011
Ninety percent of counties across the U.S. have experienced a flood, wildfire, hurricane or other federally declared climate disaster between 2011 and 2021, according to a report published Wednesday that calls for urgent investment in climate adaptation and hazard mitigation. During that same period, 29 states on average endured at least one federally declared disaster, according […]
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The ‘world’s largest floating wind farm’ produces its first power
Offices of Equinor photographed in Feb. 2019. Equinor is one of several companies looking at developing floating wind farms. Odin Jaeger | Bloomberg | Getty Images A facility described as the world’s largest floating wind farm produced its first power over the weekend, with more turbines set to come online before the year is out. […]
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U.S. launches carbon offset program to help developing countries speed clean energy transition
US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry speaks at the opening of the US Pavilion during the COP27 climate conference at the Sharm el-Sheikh International Convention Centre, in Egypt’s Red Sea resort city of the same name, on November 8, 2022. Ahmad Gharabli | AFP | Getty Images U.S. Climate Envoy John Kerry on […]
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Autos giant Renault is betting the market for gasoline cars will continue to grow
Renault sees the internal combustion engine continuing to play a crucial role in its business over the coming years, according to a top executive at the French automotive giant. On Tuesday, it was announced that the Renault Group and Chinese firm Geely had signed a non-binding framework agreement to establish a company focused on […]
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Climate change threatens to destroy ‘the things Americans value most,’ U.S. government warns
The Jade Isle Mobile Home Park is flooded in this aerial view from a drone in St. Cloud. Residents of the community were issued a voluntary evacuation order due to rising water levels in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian. Paul Hennessy | Lightrocket | Getty Images The U.S. must ramp up efforts to reduce greenhouse […]
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Why poorer international locations want prosperous international locations to foot their climate modify bill
Due to the fact industrialization commenced, formulated nations around the world have contributed the vast majority of the world’s carbon emissions and bought prosperous in the process. Poorer international locations, on the other hand, have contributed very little to the weather disaster, but are established to really feel the worst results. Many of all those […]
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Taxation is a blunt instrument, IATA main Willie Walsh says: ‘The carrot is considerably more efficient than the stick’
The aviation sector demands much more carrot and considerably less adhere likely ahead to turn out to be a lot more sustainable, in accordance to the director typical of the Worldwide Air Transport Association. Speaking at CNBC’s Sustainable Long term Discussion board on Friday, Willie Walsh was asked if subsidies and tax breaks to stimulate […]
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Major glaciers in Kilimanjaro and Yosemite will disappear by 2050, UN says
Giraffe on the savannah with a snowy Mount Kilimanjaro in the background, Amboseli national park, Kenya. Dea / V. Giannella | De Agostini | Getty Images Major glaciers across the world, including those in the Dolomites in Italy, Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania and Yosemite and Yellowstone parks in the U.S., will be gone by 2050 […]
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Police arrest German climate protesters who threw mashed potatoes at Monet painting
Police have arrested two climate activists who threw mashed potatoes at a Claude Monet painting in a museum in Germany to protest fossil fuel production, a stunt which caused no damage to the art. The protesters on Sunday targeted Monet’s “Les Meules” at the Barberini Museum in Potsdam, a city on the border of Berlin. […]
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