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Global CO2 emissions show biggest ever drop in first half of 2020

Global carbon dioxide emissions fell by 8.8% in the first six months of this year, the biggest drop for a first half-year period, due to the effects of coronavius-related restrictions, a study showed ... Read More

US EPA proposes end to mandatory greenhouse gas reporting

WASHINGTON, Sept 12 (Reuters) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency proposed on Friday a rule to end a mandatory program requiring 8,000 facilities to report their greenhouse gas emissions - an ... Read More

US moves to scrap emissions reporting by polluters

The United States moved on Friday to dismantle a "burdensome" federal program that tracks greenhouse gas emissions across the US economy, the latest step by President Donald Trump's administration to ... Read More

The EPA wants to end a requirement that large polluters report their greenhouse gas emissions

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday proposed doing away with a program that has required large, mostly industrial polluters to report their planet-warming greenhouse gas ... Read More

National Academies Publish New Report Reviewing Evidence for Greenhouse Gas Emissions and U.S. Climate, Health, and Welfare

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ... Read More

-Greenhouse gases hit new record despite lockdowns, UN says

Concentrations of greenhouse gases in the Earth's atmosphere hit a record high this year, a United Nations report showed on Wednesday, as an economic slowdown amid the coronavirus pandemic had little ... Read More

U.S. power use to drop over 2% in 2020 due coronavirus -EIA

U.S. electricity consumption will decline 2.3% this year as coronavirus lockdowns cause businesses to close, the U.S. Energy Information Administration said on Tuesday in its Short Term Energy Outlook ... Read More

Wastewater plants’ greenhouse gas emissions far exceed estimates, US study finds

Wastewater treatment plants across the U.S. may be releasing nearly twice as much greenhouse gas as previously believed, according to a new Princeton-led study. The team found that actual methane and ... Read More