Shipping starting to use liquefied natural gas to reduce carbon emissions

In our global world, shipping is more important than ever. Henry Fountain writes in the New York Times about some shippers starting to use LNG in an effort to reduce overall emissions. Taming Carbon Emissions From the ‘Invisible’ Shipping Industry With its cavernous cargo holds and gleaming white superstructure, the 730-foot Perla del Caribe, … Continue reading Shipping starting to use liquefied natural gas to reduce carbon emissions →

Canada’s GHG emissions moving in wrong direction

All countries are trying to show their best efforts ahead of the Paris climate summit. Unfortunately, as Shawn McCarthy writes in the Globe and Mail, recent data show that Canada has little hope of meeting the commitments it made at the 2009 Copenhagen summit. Canada’s GHG emissions rose in 2013, leaving little room to … Continue reading Canada’s GHG emissions moving in wrong direction →

New report showing renewables are successfully driving down carbon emissions in Europe

The European Environment Agency (EEA) has recently published an important report showing that wind, solar, biomass and other renewable energy technologies continued to grow in 2013. New data shows they have been an important driving force in reducing greenhouse gas emissions in Europe. Without the deployment of renewable energy since 2005, greenhouse gas emissions in … Continue reading New report showing renewables are successfully driving down carbon emissions in Europe →

Energy-efficient lighting has been a boon for economic development but . . .

Michael Shellenberger and Ted Nordhaus, co-founders of the Breakthrough Institute, an energy and environmental research center, provided an editorial in the New York Times about the value of energy-efficient products but to make a serious dent in carbon emissions there needs to be a shift to cleaner forms of energy. Do you agree? The … Continue reading Energy-efficient lighting has been a boon for economic development but . . . →

China’s carbon footprint growing

While everyone knew that China’s carbon emissions were high, there was definitely the view that on a per capita basis, they were quite behind Europe. That is no longer the case, as explained by Matt McGrath on the BBC News website. China's per capita carbon emissions overtake EU's New data on carbon shows that … Continue reading China’s carbon footprint growing →