Category: Greenhouse Gas Emissions

  • How Green is Your Cruise?

    The New York Times – Travel:

    As cruise companies head into their busiest season, they say they have ambitious plans to find cleaner sources of fuel. But critics say the progress is too slow.

  • U.S. and China Restart Climate Talks

    The New York Times – Business:

    Discussions about combating climate change between the world’s two largest economies — and two biggest emitters of greenhouse gases — had been frozen since August.

  • The Bottom Line on Banks

    The New York Times – Business:

    Financial institutions have made big climate pledges. But they’ve also found reasons and ways to pass the buck, continuing to funnel money toward fossil fuels. Here’s why.

  • The World’s Most-Visited Glaciers Could Soon Be Gone

    The New York Times – Travel:

    The U.N.’s cultural agency warns that ice sheets on Kilimanjaro, in the Dolomites and in Yosemite and Yellowstone may disappear by 2050, highlighting travel’s impact on climate change.

  • Climate Conference to Debate Whether Rich Nations Will Pay for Damage

    The New York Times – Business:

    For the first time, the conference agenda will officially include the divisive issue of compensation by large nations responsible for the bulk of emissions.

  • China Is Burning More Coal, a Growing Climate Challenge

    The New York Times – Business:

    The country’s emissions of greenhouse gases rose last year at the fastest pace in a decade. Beijing is looking for alternatives.

  • E.V.s Start With a Bigger Carbon Footprint. But That Doesn’t Last.

    The New York Times – Business:

    The manufacturing and disposal of electric vehicles result in more greenhouse gases than nonelectric models, but that difference will eventually disappear altogether.