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US Greenhouse Gas Emissions Have Fallen Nearly 7 Percent Below 2005 Levels

Anthropogenic US greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) amounted to a CO2-equivalent 6,702.3 million metric tons in 2011, down 1.6 percent from 2010 and 6.9 percent below 2005 levels. Longer term, US GHG...

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The marriage of Solar and Natural Gas

Ladies and gentlemen, we are gathered here today to witness the union of two nobody ever thought would join.  By the powers vested in me, I give you: Solar Energy and Natural Gas. The Department of...

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Enviro News Wrap: Climate Change and National Security; Keeling Curve On the...

GlobalWarmingisReal contributor Anders Hellum-Alexander wraps-up and comments on the climate and environmental news headlines for the past week: The US government is placing a focus on the threats of...

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Enviro News Wrap: US Military Adopts Renewable Energy Target; Looking for...

GlobalWarmingisReal contributor Anders Hellum-Alexander wraps-up and comments on the climate and environmental news headlines for the past week: The US Military has set a target of using 25 percent...

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Enviro News Wrap: Obama’s Climate Plan; Shell in the Arctic; the Growth of...

GlobalWarmingisReal contributor Anders Hellum-Alexander wraps-up and comments on the climate and environmental news headlines for the past week: It was great to hear Obama wax poetic about climate...

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The New Front Lines of the Fight Against Fracking

The front lines of the fight over hydraulic fracturing -or “fracking” – are being drawn at the lowest political levels. Fracking involves detonating explosions deep underground and then pumping large...

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The EU: Climate Change Threats at the Water-Energy Nexus

Climate change poses a growing threat across European Union society – at the nexus of water and energy resource availability and use in particular. Warming water temperatures and reduced river flows...

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More Wind & Solar Can Reduce Utility Costs and Emissions

Those opposed to spurring development and adoption of renewable solar and wind energy resources continually assert that their intermittent nature not only reduces grid reliability and raises the cost...

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Enviro News Wrap: Climate Denial Propaganda; Tesla EV Catches Fire; Fukushima...

GlobalWarmingisReal contributor Anders Hellum-Alexander wraps-up and comments on the climate and environmental news headlines for the past week: With the IPCC publishing it latest findings on climate...

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Phase-Out of Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 2050 Technically, Economically Feasible

Completely phasing out net greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2050 is not only technically feasible, but could be done at very manageable cost, according to a comprehensive study by Ecofys for the...

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An Uptick in US Greenhouse Gas Emissions as Utilities Use More Coal

Finalizing its 2013 report on U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) projects an increase of 2 percent for the year, the first in three years. Looking out over the...

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Large Industrial U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions Rise 20M Metric Tons

Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reported to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) by large U.S. industrial facilities rose by 20 million metric tons to reach 3.18 billion metric tons...

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Renewable Energy Beats Natural Gas for New Capacity in 2014

It was a close race throughout the year, but in the end new generating capacity from renewable sources beat out new natural gas capacity by 1.16 percent in 2014. Of the 49.81 percent of new capacity...

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Infographic: Gas Flaring Worldwide

The problem of gas flaring Gas flaring, or the venting of natural gas, is a common process associated with oil extraction and other industrial activities. In the United States, gas flaring has grown...

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70 Mayors Write in Support of EPA’s Stricter Ozone Standards

The mayors of 70 US cities stepped forward on Monday in support of President Barack Obama and the EPA’s efforts to institute the strongest possible science-based Clean Air Act protections for...

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The Invisible Climate Nightmare Unfolding in California

One of the biggest environmental disasters in US history is happening right now in southern California. The methane leak at the SoCalGas Aliso Canyon Storage Facility, located in the Porter Ranch...

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New U.S. Capacity from Renewable Sources Far Outpace Natural Gas

The first quarter of 2016 is one of lopsided records. First there are the monthly temperature records, with February the most unusually warm on record followed by March, with yet a new record...

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The Fracking Context for the EPA’s New Methane Rules

The Obama administration’s new rules to curb methane come in the wake of two reports that illustrate the dangers of hydraulic fracturing (fracking). These reports show that methane is leaking...

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U.S. Elections are a Pivotal Moment for Climate Change Policy

Dean Scott, the senior climate change reporter for Bloomberg, moderated a panel discussion this weekend at the 2016 conference of the Society of Environmental Journalists. The topic at hand was the...

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New Low Prices Paid for Electricity in Mexico’s Second Clean Energy Auction

In the midst of a historic energy industry and market liberalization, Mexico’s federal electricity agency, Centro Nacional de Control de Energia (CENACE), carried out Mexico’s second clean energy...

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