Climate Change

Mote says its facility would be the first to convert biomass to hydrogen while capturing the carbon emissions. But it’s among a growing number of efforts to commercialize a concept first proposed two decades ago as a means of combating climate change, known as bioenergy with carbon capture and sequestration,…

Activist organisations say teen Zimbabwean girls are being forced into sex work.This is, in part, due to climate change curbing the number of rural and farming jobs.Girls as young as 16 are resorting to sex work. Tawanda, 16, gazes calmly into the sky as the sun sets, getting ready for work…

BERLIN (AP) — Scientists and governments met Monday to finalize a major U.N. report on how global warming disrupts people's lives, their natural environment and the Earth itself. Don’t expect a flowery valentine to the planet: instead an activist group predicted “a nightmare painted in the dry language of science.”…

WEBWIRE – Friday, February 11, 2022 The cast of Austin Powers will reunite in General Motors’ big game ad, taking aim at climate change in a humorous way. In “Dr. EV-il,” an extension of GM’s “Everybody In” campaign, Dr. Evil meets his match – climate change – and learns he…

To that end, the Minister of Environment and Climate Change, the Honourable Steven Guilbeault, today launched a consultation process on the development of new regulations that will set minimum percentage recycled content requirements for certain items made of plastic. February 11, 2022 – Gatineau, Quebec Plastic pollution litters communities, waterways and…

Bia Carminati and Adrian Grenier want to change the narrative around climate change through powerful storytelling with the documentary series Earth Speed, produced by the impact fund DuContra Ventures New York, New York, 11th Feb 2022, ZEXPRWIRE, Brazilian executive producer Bia Carminati and celebrity advocate Adrian Grenier announced today a…

On Tuesday, the US Army released its climate strategy, a big policy plan that details steps and goals for how this branch of the military will be adapting to climate change, while still preserving its ability to fight wars. The strategy, which outlines everything from greenhouse gas reduction targets to…

1/4 Loan Bozzolo of France (R), Merlin Surget of France (C) and Cameron Bolton of the United States clear the final jump in a quarterfinal heat in the Men's Snowboard Cross finals at the 2022 Winter Olympics at Genting Snow Park in Zhangjiakou, China, on Thursday. Photo by Bob Strong/UPI…

Iceland’s glaciers are melting as a consequence of climate change, but the rate of loss has fallen in the past decade, perhaps because a blob of cold water in the Atlantic is cooling the island Environment 11 February 2022 By Jason Arunn Murugesu Skaftafellsjökull glacier in Vatnajokull National Park, Iceland…

Posted February 10, 2022 at 10:50am An $8.7 billion grant program to help states build infrastructure resilient to the impact of climate change. A $6.42 billion, five-year program aimed at reducing transportation carbon emissions. A $250 million program to help states and cities come up with plans to alleviate congestion. As…