[ad_1] “This is far more challenging than the traditional approach of matching energy usage with renewable energy,” Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai wrote in a blog post. As of today, Google is the 1st major company to eliminate our entire carbon legacy, including before we became carbon neutral in 2007. We’re also proud that […]
Category: Climate
Uber, Lyft may create more CO2 emissions than trips they displace
[ad_1] The Union suggests that these services will not only want to electrify their fleets, but increase the rates of carpooling beyond the 15 percent seen today. If carpooling jumps to 50 percent, the scientists estimate EV trips could generate about half the emissions of the trips they’re displacing. This would have the upshot of […]
Amazon workers risk their jobs to attack the company over climate policies
[ad_1] The company changed its rules on external communications in September 2019 after the Amazon Employees For Climate Justice group revealed that it intends to walk out in support of the youth-led Global Climate Strike. Jeff Bezos listened and announced that Amazon will work towards relying solely on renewable energy by 2030 and having net […]
Study says climate change is starving the oceans of oxygen
[ad_1] The report also warned that this could upset delicate ecological balances by favoring sealife tolerant of low oxygen, like microbes and jellyfish. Even “basic processes” on Earth like the cycling of nitrogen and phosphorous could suffer, the IUCN said. Nutrient pollution from farming and other sources is also a problem on coastlines, according to […]
IKEA will produce more energy than it consumes by 2020
[ad_1] The retailer expects to offer home solar panels in stores across all its markets in 2025. Ultimately, it plans to be climate-positive (reducing more emissions than it puts out) by 2030. IKEA’s timing isn’t a coincidence. Like Google, Amazon and other companies, it’s using both the Global Climate Strike and the UN’s Climate Action […]
Being better than being best
[ad_1] Google is putting its sizeable pocketbook where its mouth is, announcing this week that it would invest a whopping $2 billion (.006 percent of its net worth) in renewable energy infrastructure throughout the US, South America and Europe. You know, the thing governments are supposed to be in charge of, at least when they’re […]
Bipartisan highway bill proposes $1 billion for EV charging corridors
[ad_1] The bill includes $3 billion to support projects that lower highway-related carbon emissions, and states could be given greater flexibility if they meet emissions planning requirements. States can compete for $500 million in additional funding by making progress on reducing per capita emissions, and they can compete for $1 billion to build hydrogen, natural […]
EPA finalizes Trump administration’s coal-friendly climate plan
[ad_1] The Trump administration hopes its plan will support rural communities that rely on coal industry jobs. ACE gives states more authority to set emissions reductions standards and claims it will promote investment in “clean coal.” Like Obama’s plan, ACE aims to cut carbon pollution from the power sector by around 30 percent from 2005 […]
UK proposal would eliminate greenhouse gas emissions by 2050
[ad_1] The proposal doesn’t include specifics on achieving that goal, but the Committee on Climate Change recently made recommendations that include staples like clean power and electric vehicles as well as CO2 capture, more efficient buildings and planting more trees. While this is significant and could spur other countries to follow suit, there are a […]