The Australian Greens want to pave the way for climate affected communities to sue coal and gas companies for compensation under a proposal the party says would hold the companies accountable for their contributions to global warming. Launching the proposal in Ballina on Tuesday in the northern NSW seat of Richmond, which The Greens believe […]
Climate Change
Flaws of carbon offsets, it’s time to get real about climate change: Australia – EQ Mag Pro
Last month former carbon market watchdog Andrew MacIntosh blew the whistle on Australia’s carbon offset market. He described the scheme as a “rort” with up to 80% of carbon offsets “markedly low in integrity”. While these allegations reignited debate over carbon offsets, the issues are not new. Integrity issues have plagued carbon trading schemes and […]
Can climate change be solved by pricing carbon? – EQ Mag Pro
President Joe Biden is attempting a less direct approach – known as the social cost of carbon – that calculates future climate damages to justify tougher restrictions on polluting industries. Republicans say that could crush many businesses. BILLINGS: As climate change bakes the planet, dozens of nations and many local g …Read More… Source: PTI
Delhi HC seeks Centre’s stand on plea for implementation of India’s promises on climate change – EQ Mag Pro
New Delhi :The Delhi High Court Wednesday sought the Centre’s stand on public interest litigation seeking the constitution of an expert committee for the realization of the promises made by India at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in 2021. A bench of Acting Chief Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Navin Chawla […]
“Another lie:” It is time to call out Coalition’s climate modelling con – EQ Mag Pro
It’s back – the now predictable feature of Coalition election tactics – a scare campaign against Labor’s climate and energy policy. Tuesday saw the latest example of the Coalition making astronomical claims about the costs of Labor climate policies courtesy of federal energy minister Angus Taylor and the Murdoch media, both citing unpublished modelling. It […]
In Pennsylvania, Ukraine invasion and urgent climate report drive new interest in renewables, efficiency – EQ Mag Pro
Pennsylvania’s renewables industry may have an opportunity to sell more solar panels or wind turbines as prices of fossil fuel-powered energy spike in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and warnings of climate chaos intensify, analysts said. With U.S. natural gas prices at their highest in more than a decade, and electricity costs rising in […]
Intel aims for net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2040 – EQ Mag Pro
Intel is also committed to addressing climate impacts throughout its upstream and downstream value chain, also known as Scope 3 emissions Intel Corporation on Wednesday pledged to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions in global operations by 2040, in order to increase the energy efficiency and lower the carbon footprint of Intel products and platforms with […]
Now or Never: IPCC’s Report on Climate Change Mitigation Pushes for Halving Emissions by 2030; Here’s What It Says! – EQ Mag Pro
“The latest IPCC (United Nation’s IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) report is a litany of broken climate promises. Some government and business leaders are saying one thing but doing another. They are lying. It is time to stop burning our planet,” these were the strong words with which UN Secretary-General António Guterres welcomed the […]
‘Now or never’ to avoid climate catastrophe, warns UN Panel – EQ Mag Pro
UN panel warns that policies are leading the planet to extreme temperature rises, and calls for an urgent halt to rising emissions. Humanity has less than three years to halt the rise of planet-warming carbon emissions and less than a decade to slash them almost in half, according to a United Nations landmark report on […]
World’s top climate scientists issue ultimatum on keeping 1.5 degrees alive – EQ Mag Pro
“It’s now or never, if we want to limit global warming to 1.5°C,” IPCC Working Group III co-chair Jim Skea said. The 1.5 degrees Celsius goal is the aspirational temperature threshold ascribed in the landmark 2015 Paris Agreement. The IPCC’s latest report follows a series of mind-bending extreme weather events worldwide. For instance, in just […]