Pollution
The Arctic is finding hotter and stormier, and ship site visitors is growing as ice melts
Martin Leonhard of the East Greenland Ice-Core Project (EastGRIP) operates snow blower placing a new snow ground for the wintertime-storage weather conditions port tent at EastGRIP camp on August 9, 2022. EastGRIP is an intercontinental science station on the Greenland ice sheet, the 2nd-largest ice body in the entire world after the Antarctic ice cap. […]
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GM, Stellantis rank as worst automakers for fuel efficiency, even amid EV push, EPA says
GMC vehicles sit on display at the Sterling McCall Buick GMC dealership on February 02, 2022 in Houston, Texas. Brandon Bell | Getty Images DETROIT – General Motors may be transitioning to an all-electric future, but its recent vehicle fleet ranked among the least efficient and most polluting in the U.S. automotive industry, according to […]
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Los Angeles bans oil and gas drilling within city limits
An oil pumpjack operates in the Inglewood Oil Field on January 28, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. Mario Tama | Getty Images The Los Angeles City Council has voted to ban new oil and gas drilling and phase out existing wells over the next two decades, a historic decision that comes after years of complaints […]
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Toyota secures funding to develop hydrogen fuel cell version of its Hilux pickup in the UK
A Toyota logo displayed on a vehicle in Poland. The Japanese automotive giant started working on the development of fuel cell vehicles back in 1992. Artur Widak | Nurphoto | Getty Images LONDON — A consortium led by automotive giant Toyota will receive millions in funding to develop a hydrogen fuel cell pickup truck in […]
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Rolls-Royce uses hydrogen produced with wind and tidal power to test jet engine
LONDON — Plans to reduce the significant environmental effects of aviation took a step forward this week after Rolls-Royce and easyJet said they had carried out the ground test of a jet engine that used hydrogen produced from tidal and wind power. In a statement this week, aerospace giant Rolls-Royce — not to be confused […]
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U.S. warns California cities to prepare for possible water cuts and fourth year of drought
Houseboats on Lake Oroville during a drought in Oroville, California, U.S., on Monday, Oct. 11, 2021. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Federal water managers on Monday warned California cities and industrial users receiving water from the Central Valley Project to prepare for a fourth year of drought and possibly “extremely limited water […]
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A wave-powered prototype device is aiming to produce drinking water from the ocean
Ocean Oasis’ Gaia system has been designed to use wave power to desalinate water. Ocean Oasis Plans to use marine energy to desalinate water received a further boost this week, after a Norwegian firm presented a system that will be put through its paces in waters off Gran Canaria. In a statement Monday, Oslo-headquartered Ocean […]
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Maldives minister: COP27 negotiators have arrived at a deal on a climate fund
Negotiators say they have struck a possible breakthrough deal on the thorniest problem of United Nations weather talks, creation of a fund for compensating very poor nations that are victims of extreme weather conditions worsened by abundant nations’ carbon air pollution. “There is an agreement on reduction and hurt,” which is what negotiators get in […]
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COP27 negotiators thrust for deal in extra time local climate talks
All-around 35,000 delegates from just about 200 nations around the world are envisioned to convene in the Purple Sea vacation resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh to examine collective action to tackle the local weather unexpected emergency. Ahmad Gharabli | Afp | Getty Illustrations or photos Negotiators produced their ultimate drive for a offer at the […]
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‘Profoundly disturbing’: The PR organization for the COP27 weather summit has a extended background with Massive Oil
Close to 35,000 delegates from nearly 200 nations around the world are anticipated to convene on the southern tip of Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula to go over collective motion on how to tackle the local weather unexpected emergency. Sean Gallup | Getty Photos Information | Getty Pictures SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt — Environmental campaigners see a deep […]
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