From the Clean Air Council (http://www.cleanair.org/): The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has updated methane and volatile organic compound (VOC) pollution control standards for new oil and gas sites and formally proposed the first-ever federal methane control standards for all … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/10/25/humanity-way-track-wmo-says-atmospheric-carbon-level-unseen-3-million-years The new report has “a stark, scientific message for climate change negotiators at COP 26,” said the head of the World Meteorological Organization. ANDREA GERMANOS October 25, 2021 Carbon dioxide concentrations reached a new record high in 2020, … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/04/06/we-have-act-atmospheric-co2-passes-420-ppm-first-time-ever Published on Tuesday, April 06, 2021 by Common Dreams “It is truly groundbreaking,” Greta Thunberg said of the growing concentration of the heat-trapping gas. “And I don’t mean that in a good way.” By Kenny Stancil, staff … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/04/16/thawing-permafrost-emitting-higher-levels-potent-greenhouse-gas-previously-thought Published on Tuesday, April 16, 2019 by Common Dreams Nitrous oxide is nearly 300 times more potent than carbon dioxide By Jessica Corbett, staff writer Point Barrow, the northern-most location in the United States sits between the … Continued
From Interfaith Power and Light (http://interfaithpowerandlight.org): The Trump administration is trying to delay, weaken and repeal the critical Methane Pollution Rule. This life-saving rule would reduce methane pollution – a greenhouse gas far more potent than carbon dioxide – from … Continued