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KERI Conducts Survey on Carbon Stocks in Tropical Forest in Indonesia
At the 15th Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC COP 15, Copenhagen, Denmark) held in 2009, Korea proposed its target of voluntarily reducing...
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25 Years From Now and Still Relying on Fossil Fuels?
Will the energy future look like the present; in this case, a coal plant in Alma, Wisconsin? Photo: U.S. Geological Survey The federal government’s latest international energy projections are out, and...
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Bringing the World Back to Zero-Carbon Output [Infographic]
What does it take to even out humanity’s impact on the world? This infographic helps you understand the issue by explaining carbon offsets, outputs and footprints. It breaks down the numbers with...
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Global Temperature Change: Targeting Two Degrees
Photo Credit: Fighting the Change/shutterstock There is now something of a religious fervor around the international goal of 2°C, to the extent that it is almost impossible to discuss other...
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KOWEPO Wins CTS Recertification for First Time among Power Generation Companies
It received the recertification in recognition of its outstanding reduction of greenhouse gases during the past 2 years. ▲ President Kim Moon-duk of KOWEPO (right) and President Darren Messem of...
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New Zealand commits to 5% emissions reduction target
Critics say weakened target is another example of the current government’s climate change ‘coma’ New Zealand’s climate minister Tim Groser (Pic: IISD) New Zealand’s government has provoked anger among...
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What Obama Really Means When He Says He’s ‘Phasing Out Coal’
Coal leases continue to expand, with millions of tons set to be extracted and sold on the cheap. Coal leases are alive and well in states like Wyoming and Montana. (Photo: CDIC/ Reuters) President...
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Coal more risky than renewables
Coal-fired electricity may have little or no economic future in Australia, even if carbon capture and storage becomes commercially available, a new analysis has found. UNSW researchers modelled a...
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Nearly 48,000 suing BP over toxic pollution from Texas refinery
BP The Texas City refinery. Over the course of 40 days in 2010, BP allowed hundreds of thousands of pounds of chemicals to escape from its refinery in Texas City, Texas. Unfortunate neighbors inhaled a...
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Obama Said to Ban New Coal Plants Without Carbon Controls
New coal plants would need to install expensive equipment to limit climate-change emissions under a proposal the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is close to issuing, according to people familiar...
View ArticleTVA Shifts Away From Coal, Closing 8 Coal-Burning Units
The Tennessee Valley Authority, the nation’s largest, government-owned utility, has begun to shift away from dependence on coal-fired power plants. The authority announced its plans to shutter eight...
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