"The US has eight years to cut its emissions by half. Scientists say there’s a way"
US has eight years to cut its emissions by half. Scientists say there’s a way
The U.S. can achieve its goal of cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 50 percent by 2030 if it implements several strategies. These include operating the electric grid with 80 percent clean energy and ensuring most cars sold by the end of the decade are electric. the hill
Gas has nearly reached an incredible $10 a gallon
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The U.S. can achieve its goal of cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 50 percent by 2030 according to a new study.
President Biden announced his emissions reduction goal last year, months after rejoining the Paris Climate Agreement, with the goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius compared to preindustrial levels.
“By 2030, wind, solar, coupled with energy storage can provide the bulk of the 80 percent clean electricity. The findings also show that generating the remaining 20% of grid power won’t require the creation of new fossil fuel generators,” said Nikit Abhyankar, one of the study’s authors and a scientist at the Electricity Markets & Policy Department at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
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Expert: Carbon removal just as important as cutting emissions
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Carbon capture can achieve 14 percent of the global greenhouse gas emissions reductions needed by 2050 and is viewed as the only practical way to achieve deep decarbonization in the industrial sector.
"The widespread idea that decades, or even centuries, of additional warming are already baked into the system, as suggested by previous IPCC reports, were based on an “unfortunate misunderstanding of experiments done with climate models that never assumed zero emissions.”google.com/
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We cannot adapt our way out of climate crisis, warns leading scientist
The world cannot adapt its way out of the climate crisis, and counting on adaptation to limit damage is no substitute for urgently cutting greenhouse gases, a leading climate scientist has warned.
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Japan records its largest natural population decline as births fall
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Vegard Skirbekk on why we should embrace low fertility rates
The Norwegian academic says that helping ageing populations stay healthy and productive is critical in a world with fewer babies
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Migration Surveys Show Monarchs Making Comeback
Last December, in the wintering grounds of the Eastern monarch butterfly in central Mexico, the area covered by butterflies hugging trees and huddling together through the cold months was 35 percent higher than the previous winter, surveys show, and covered 7 acres of land.
That’s a hopeful sign for the population that is recovering
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