Florida the only state to turn down millions to lessen emissions, feds say
Congress in 2021 provided $6.4 billion to states to curb tailpipe emissions and reduce the effects of climate change.
Congress in 2021 provided $6.4 billion to states to curb tailpipe emissions and reduce the effects of climate change.
Environment
Dec 18, 2023
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Positive tipping points must be triggered if we are to avoid the severe consequences of damaging Earth system tipping points, researchers say. With global warming on course to breach 1.5°C, at least five Earth system tipping ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 15, 2023
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Although electric vehicle ownership is higher in wealthier neighborhoods than in disadvantaged ones, EVs improve air quality in all communities, a UCLA study found.
Environment
Dec 13, 2023
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A young boy is forced to sit at a dinner table with grown-ups talking endlessly about grown-up stuff. He's bored. He finds it hard at first, to push with his feet against the table frame, tip his chair onto its back legs, ...
Environment
Dec 9, 2023
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The world has reached a pivotal moment as threats from Earth system tipping points—and progress towards positive tipping points—accelerate, a new report shows.
Earth Sciences
Dec 6, 2023
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Humanity faces an "unprecedented" risk from tipping points that could unleash a domino effect of irreversible catastrophes across the planet, researchers warned Wednesday.
Environment
Dec 6, 2023
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In 2015, more than 140 countries signed up to the goal of achieving net-zero emissions by 2050. For countries in the global south this is a huge task. On the one hand, they have committed to low emissions. On the other their ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 30, 2023
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A map created by the Debt Observatory in Globalization in collaboration with the EJAtlas of Institute of Environmental Science and Technology of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (ICTA-UAB), the Institute for Policy ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 27, 2023
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While humanity's efforts to curb planet-warming emissions are nowhere near enough to avoid heating the world to catastrophic levels, tentative improvements show that progress is possible.
Environment
Nov 24, 2023
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With a slew of impressive properties, transition metal carbides, generally referred to as MXenes, are exciting nanomaterials being explored in the energy storage sector. MXenes are two-dimensional materials that consist of ...
Nanomaterials
Nov 20, 2023
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