Greenhouse Gases Archives - Renew Economy

Policy & Planning

Gorgon CCS failures push Australia’s emissions higher, but renewables clean up the grid
Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions rose in the first three months of the year, driven higher by carbon capture failures and a recovering economy.
Michael Mazengarb

Aug 31, 2021

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Policy & Planning

Australian company fined for importing potent greenhouse gas, 1000s times worse than CO2
Australian company fined $500,000 for illegally importing a synthetic greenhouse gas that is thousands of times worse than carbon dioxide in its contribution to global warming.
Michael Mazengarb

Oct 27, 2020

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Other Good Stuff

Carbon dioxide set an all-time monthly high in May
It’s official: carbon dioxide set an all-time monthly record. A sobering reminder that humans are pushing the climate into a state unseen in millions of years.
Brian Kahn

Jun 5, 2017

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Policy & Planning

Scorching July is world’s hottest month on record
The reign of record hot months in 2016 continues, with last month claiming the title of hottest July on record globally, according to data released by NASA on Monday.
Andrea Thompson

Aug 16, 2016

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Policy & Planning

We have almost certainly blown the 1.5℃ global warming target
We probably have only about a decade before we break through the ambitious 1.5℃ global warming target agreed to by the world’s nations in Paris.
Andrew King and Benjamin J. Henley

Aug 16, 2016

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March global temperatures jump 0.36°C over previous record
The past 11 months have been the hottest such months in 135 years of record keeping.
Andrea Thompson

Apr 18, 2016

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2015 shatters hottest year mark; 2016 hot on its heels?
It’s official: 2015 was the hottest year on record, beating out 2014 by the widest margin in 136 years of record keeping.
Andrea Thompson

Jan 21, 2016

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Underwater solar cells turn greenhouse gases into ‘solar fuel’
Engineers at Stanford University have discovered how to use the sun’s energy to combine water and CO2 to create chemical products.
Edgar Meza

Nov 30, 2015

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Incredible October warmth guarantees record hot 2015
Yet another record-breaking month has raised the odds that this year will be the hottest one humanity has ever experienced.
Andrea Thompson

Nov 18, 2015

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Keystone XL proponents ask for ‘pause’. Hoping for Republican president?
TransCanada Corp. has asked the State Department to suspend its review of the company’s permit application for its controversial Keystone XL Pipeline.
Bobby Magill

Nov 4, 2015

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Most countries need to at least double their efforts on climate: study
To limit global warming to 2C we can’t emit more than another trillion tonnes of greenhouse gases. Burning fossil fuels is a major source.
Anita Talverg and Malte Meinshausen

Oct 27, 2015

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Sweltering September sets global records
September 2015 was warmer than average by a bigger margin than any of the 1,629 months in records of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Andrea Thompson

Oct 22, 2015

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