EU to clamp down on domestic methane emissions from oil and gas 16/12/2021

EU policymakers proposed legislation on Wednesday to make oil and gas companies report their domestic methane emissions and fix leaks of the potent greenhouse gas, but companies abroad that supply most of Europe's fossil fuels will be largely untouched. ...more

Warming temperatures threaten Greece's prized olive oil 16/12/2021

Months before the harvest began in November, Greek olive oil farmer Michalis Antonopoulos knew it would not be a good year. ...more

Research finds 30,000 enzymes that can degrade plastic 16/12/2021

Microbes across the world and in deep oceans are evolving to eat plastic, according to a new study. The report, published in the journal Microbial Ecology, found over 30,000 enzymes that can degrade over 10 different types of plastics. The large-scale study scanned over 200 million genes found in DNA samples to arrive at the findings. ...more

Reno reveals its carbon footprint to the world 16/12/2021

Starting this week, the whole world can see Reno’s carbon footprint. The Nevada city launched a public portal that measures emission, energy and utility info. ...more

EU to unveil part two of climate change policy overhaul 15/12/2021

European Union policymakers will on Wednesday outline a second set of proposals to cut emissions across its economy this decade and put the 27-country bloc on track for net zero greenhouse gas output by 2050. ...more

Russia vetoes U.N. resolution linking climate change and security 15/12/2021

Russia on Monday vetoed a first-of-its-kind U.N. Security Council resolution casting climate change as a threat to international peace and security, a vote that sank a years-long effort to make global warming a more central consideration for the U.N.’s most powerful body. ...more

New York City set to ban natural gas in new buildings 15/12/2021

The New York City Council is expected to vote on Wednesday to ban natural gas in new buildings, following in the footsteps of dozens of other smaller U.S. cities seeking to shift from fossil fuels to cleaner forms of energy. ...more

Amazon’s plastic waste soars by a third amid pandemic, report finds 15/12/2021

Amazon’s plastic packaging waste soared by almost a third, to 270,000 tonnes, during the pandemic last year, according to a report from marine conservation group Oceana. ...more

Vehicle emission declines decreased deaths, Harvard study finds 15/12/2021

Researchers say that thousands of lives and hundreds of billions of dollars have been saved in the United States by recent reductions in emissions from vehicles. ...more

Killer heatwaves and floods: Climate change worsened 2021 weather extremes 14/12/2021

Extreme weather events in 2021 shattered records around the globe. Hundreds died in storms and heatwaves. Farmers struggled with drought, and in some cases with locust plagues. Wildfires set new records for carbon emissions, while swallowing forests, towns and homes. ...more