greenhouse gas emissions

Countries agreed to try to hold global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. Is that still possible?

5:00am November 18, 2024

In the 2015 Paris Agreement, most countries agreed to try hard to limit global warming to below 1.5 degrees Celsius. Delay and inaction mean that goal is becoming harder to achieve by the day.

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When will greenhouse gas emissions finally peak? Could be soon

5:00am November 14, 2024

Fossil fuel emissions have increased steadily for almost two centuries. Now, the world may soon reach an important turning point for climate change.

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Drought Pushes Great Salt Lake To Lowest Levels On Record

As the Great Salt Lake dries up, it's also emitting millions of tons of CO2

6:00am July 28, 2024

A new study found that the drying Great Salt Lake in Utah is now a major source of the gas emissions that are causing the climate to warm.

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AI brings soaring emissions for Google and Microsoft, a major contributor to climate change

11:22am July 12, 2024

by Dara Kerr

The tech giants both report surges in greenhouse gas emissions as they double-down on adding artificial intelligence to all of their products.

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Environment

A food waste collection program in Greensboro is set to expand

4:31pm March 19, 2024

by David Ford

Greensboro's Office of Sustainability and Resiliency is adding a new drop off location for food waste collection.

The James H. Miller Jr. Electric Generating Plant in Adamsville, Alabama is a coal-fired facility. In 2023 U.S. greenhouse gas emissions declined 1.9% because less of the country's electricity came from plants like this one.

U.S. cut climate pollution in 2023, but not fast enough to limit global warming

5:00am January 10, 2024

by Jeff Brady

Climate-warming greenhouse gasses in the U.S. declined 1.9% last year, but that's only a third of what's needed to meet Paris climate change goals.

Residents in southern Malawi repair a home destroyed by heavy rain from Cyclone Freddy. Climate change is causing cyclones and hurricanes to get more intense and dangerous.

Cut emissions quickly to save lives, scientists warn in a new U.N. report

1:45pm March 20, 2023

by Rebecca Hersher

Cutting greenhouse gas emissions rapidly and immediately will save lives, livelihoods and ecosystems around the world, scientists say. And there are lots of ways to go about it.

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Residents of southwest Pakistan move through floodwaters in September 2022. People with less wealth are more vulnerable to the effects of climate change, including more severe rainstorms.

Environment

Why the EPA puts a higher value on rich lives lost to climate change

10:40am February 08, 2023

by Rebecca Hersher

There is one number that the Environmental Protection Agency relies on to decide which climate policies to pursue. So why does that number assume the lives of richer people are worth more?

A pile of debris from Hurricane Ian rises behind a line of people waiting to vote in Fort Myers, Fla., in November 2022. Research suggests support for some climate policies increases immediately after climate-driven disasters such as Ian.

How our perception of time shapes our approach to climate change

10:39am January 04, 2023

by Rebecca Hersher

Climate goals can feel distant. But climate change is happening right now. Speed up the benefits for taking action, psychologists say, if you want leaders and others to pay attention and act.

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A methane flare seen in Texas. Methane is an incredibly potent greenhouse gas that is currently released in huge quantities by oil and gas operations, landfills and agriculture.

Climate talks are wrapping up. The thorniest questions are still unresolved.

12:25pm November 17, 2022

Despite new agreements to limit methane emissions and beef up weather forecasts, vulnerable countries aren't getting any more help and the Earth is headed for catastrophic warming.