Methane from tropical wetlands is surging, threatening climate plans
Baku, Azerbaijan Reuters The world’s warming tropical wetlands are releasing more methane than ever before, research shows – an alarming sign that the world’s climate goals are slipping further out of reach. A massive surge in wetlands methane – unaccounted for by national emissions plans and undercounted in scientific models – could raise the pressure […]
Sight-Seeing: Three Catholic bishops and a nun walk into the White House. Here’s why it’s no joke.
US Catholic Archbishop JOHN C WESTER, in an article first published on Religion News Service, says we commit grave harm against ourselves through environmental destruction and we go against God’s plan for us…
US lays out plan at COP 28 to slash climate “super pollutant” methane from oil and gas
Dubai, United Arab Emirates Reuters The Biden administration on Saturday unveiled final rules aimed at cracking down on US oil and gas industry releases of methane, part of a global plan to rein in emissions that contribute to climate change. The rules, two years in the making, were announced by US officials at the United […]
Forty countries to unveil methane plans at UN climate summit, US official says
Washington, DC, US Reuters Some 40 of the 119 countries that pledged last year to slash emissions of the powerful greenhouse gas methane will unveil their plans to do so at the UN climate summit next week, according to a senior US official. The outlook reflects modest progress on the US and EU-led Global Methane […]
Nearly 90 countries join pact to slash planet-warming methane emissions
Glasgow, UK Reuters Nearly 90 countries have joined a US and EU-led effort to slash emissions of the potent greenhouse gas methane 30 per cent by 2030 from 2020 levels, a pact aimed at tackling one of the main causes of climate change, a senior Biden administration official said. The partnership will be formally launched […]