Climate Change

Renewable Energy Consumption in the EU up by 2pp

Bashneft Increased Investments in Environmental Protection by 16% In 2021

Bashneft, a part of the Rosneft oil company, spent more than 6.5 billion rubles on environmental economics measures in 2021, which is 16% more than a year earlier, local media reported. As a result of implementing several projects, the total load on the atmosphere decreased by 10%. The maximum effect in this direction was achieved …

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Methane emissions have fallen by around 10% in 2020 as the epidemic took hold, coupled with mitigation efforts.

Energy-Related Methane Emissions are Vastly Underestimated

According to research released by the International Energy Agency, governments throughout the world are vastly underestimating the quantity of methane released into the environment as a result of energy production. According to the agency’s annual Global Methane Tracker, emissions from the energy industry are almost 70% higher than what national governments have officially recorded. According …

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U.S. Water Levels Rising to Record Levels in Past Three Decades

According to the most recent forecasts, oceans’ water levels around the United States’ coastline would rise faster in the next three decades than they have in the previous 100 years, causing greater flooding in cities located near coasts, such as New York and Miami. According to a survey headed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric …

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EU Taxonomy Law Challenged by Climate Campaigners

Climate activists have filed a judicial complaint against the European Union over its flagship corporate sustainability rulebook’s green labeling of investments in bioenergy and plastics, Euractiv reports. The issues are related to the EU’s sustainable finance taxonomy, a system that limits which investments can be labeled as climate-friendly and that the EU believes would encourage …

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EU met 2020 renewable energy target in transport

The EU has fulfilled its 2020 aim of 10% renewable energy consumption in transport (including liquid biofuels, biomethane, and ‘green’ electricity). This aim was introduced in Directive 2009/28/EC on the promotion of renewable energy sources. According to Eurostat statistics, the average proportion of renewable energy in transportation climbed from 1.6 percent in 2004 to 10.2 …

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Gas stoves have larger climate impact than previously known, study shows

According to a recent study, the gas emitted by residential stoves and ovens is not only hazardous to public health, but also has a significantly greater influence on the climate problem than previously imagined. As the Stanford University research shows, emissions from gas stoves in US households had the same climate-warming effect as half a …

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