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Radiocarbon analysis of turfgrasses can help cities measure greenhouse gas emissions
https://phys.org/news/2025-11-radiocarbon-analysis-turfgrasses-cities-greenhouse.html

Radiocarbon analysis of turfgrasses can help cities measure greenhouse gas emissions
Cities around the world are working to limit emissions of climate-warming greenhouse gases, but there have been few ways of measuring whether those gases are actually decreasing in any given municipality. In new research, University of California, Irvine scientists have created an effective method to measure greenhouse gas emissions around cities—something that can help local governments gauge the effectiveness of their emission-curbing programs.

Dog food accounts for 1% of UK greenhouse gas emissions, study finds https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/jan/08/dog-food-accounts-for-1-of-uk-greenhouse-gas-emissions-study-finds

"France climate goals off track as emissions cuts slow again"
#France #Climate #ClimateChange #Emissions

France climate goals off track as emissions cuts slow again
France's cuts to greenhouse gas emissions slowed for a second straight year in 2025 and remain well off track to meeting its climate goals, according to provisional government-commissioned estimates published Tuesday.

It's the worst known greenhouse gas, and a factory in Southern Germany emits a lot of it 🌍🏡💨🏭
Sulfur Hexafluoride/SF6 is a gas that has been used in Nike shoes (til 2006), Magnesium production, soundproof windows, and electric switchgear. It has an extreme impact on the climate. Studies have warned that atmospheric measurements and reported SF6 emissions don't add up. Now it looks like a major source of these discrepancies was found. A Solvay factory in Bad Wimpfen emits far mor…

"German emissions cuts slow, North Sea has warmest year on record"
#Germany #NorthSea #Emissions

German emissions cuts slow, North Sea has warmest year on record
Germany's greenhouse gas emission cuts slowed sharply in 2025 as the North Sea experienced its warmest year on record, piling pressure Wednesday on the conservative-led government to boost climate protection efforts.

Activists are capturing and burning methane at an abandoned Colorado coal mine
as a “macro solution” for the climate
The methane destruction project above Paonia could be a global model for reducing emissions of a potent greenhouse gas
https://coloradosun.com/2025/12/03/pao

Activists capturing and burning methane at an abandoned Colorado coal mine as a “macro solution” for the climate
The methane destruction project above Paonia could be a global model for reducing emissions of a potent greenhouse gas

"Allowing the sale of plug-in hybrids or range-extended
electric vehicles beyond 2035 would 1️⃣ cost users more, particularly the most modest ones driving older used vehicles, 2️⃣ lead to significantly higher greenhouse gas emissions, and 3️⃣ negatively impact the trade balance and national sovereignty."
https://…

Plug-in hybrid vehicles and the 2035 objective: analysis of the socio-economic and climate impacts of a prolonged authorization of sales in the name of ‘technological neutrality‘ - Iddri
Allowing the sale of plug-in hybrids or range-extended electric vehicles beyond 2035? The IMT shows that such a choice would (1) cost users more,

Drilling for 'cleaner' natural gas in the North Sea - with low methane leakage - will only reduce global greenhouse gas emissions if it keeps an equivalent amount of 'dirty' natural gas - e.g. US shale gas - in the ground. Which remains to be seen.

Southeast Asia's greenhouse gas emissions demand urgent regional action #Asia

Southeast Asia's greenhouse gas emissions demand urgent regional action
A new regional assessment shows that Southeast Asia is a major net source of greenhouse gases, with land-use change and rising fossil fuel use overwhelming natural carbon sinks, reservoirs that store carbon-containing chemical compounds for a long period.

"‘The Dirtiest, Worst Oil’ Is in Venezuela"
#Venezuela #Oil #FossilFuels

‘The Dirtiest, Worst Oil’ Is in Venezuela - Inside Climate News
The country’s “extra heavy” oil packs some of the highest associated greenhouse gas emissions of any crude oil.

Climate policy should reduce greenhouse gas emissions (Matthew Yglesias/Slow Boring)
https://www.slowboring.com/p/climate-policy-should-reduce-greenhouse
http://www.memeorandum.com/251030/p42#a251030p42

German emissions cuts slow, North Sea has warmest year on record #Germany

German emissions cuts slow, North Sea has warmest year on record
Germany's greenhouse gas emission cuts slowed sharply in 2025 as the North Sea experienced its warmest year on record, piling pressure Wednesday on the conservative-led government to boost climate protection efforts.

📈 Study shows the Paris Agreement is working, but not well enough to offset economic growth
https://phys.org/news/2025-10-paris-agreement-offset-economic-growth.html

Study shows the Paris Agreement is working, but not well enough to offset economic growth
Ten years ago, close to 200 nations signed the Paris Agreement, an international treaty designed to cut greenhouse gas emissions and curtail global warming. Under the treaty, most nations made a 15-year promise to reduce emissions.

Nuclear power has no special virtues that could possibly justify overpaying for energy like this. Instead of asking—as so many do—how to make nuclear cheaper and faster after decades of real-world proof that it’s nigh-impossible to do (outside of China), we should be asking—as virtually no one does—why anyone even wants to build them.
My best guess:

[Episode #237] – Why Nuclear? | The Energy Transition Show
What are the specific industrial sectors and processes that produce greenhouse gas emissions, and how can we decarbonize them?

Was there a massive leak of a dangerous greenhouse gas in Iceland🇮🇸 in 2011 - or was it just a data📈 reporting error? European emission databases show that the Norðuršl aluminium factory🏭 in Iceland released 60 tons of SF₆ in 2011 — but no such emissions in any other year. It's so much that it is hard to believe this really happened. And that is not the only odd thing I found in emission databases.

Errors and Inconsistencies in European Emission Data
Factories that suddenly have emissions a thousand times lower than before, unexplained data gaps, and inconsistent CO₂ emissions from different data sources are some of the issues one finds when having a closer look at the European Union's emission databases.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@climatenewsnow/115856063148477918
Oh great. That'd be two cumulative and largely irreversible problems reinforcing each other, through plankton. Reduce plastic waste, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

"Google plans to power a new data center with fossil fuels, yet release almost no emissions"
#Google #Emissions #Climate

Google plans to power a new data center with fossil fuels, yet release almost no emissions
As AI data centers spring up across the country, their energy demand and resulting greenhouse gas emissions are raising concerns. With servers and energy-intensive cooling systems constantly running, these buildings can use anywhere from a few megawatts of power for a small data center to more than 100 megawatts for a hyperscale data center. To put that in perspective, the average large natural gas power plant built in the U.S. generates less than 1,000 megawatts.

🦠 Microbes may remove more than half of groundwater methane, curbing global emissions
https://phys.org/news/2025-10-microbes-groundwater-methane-curbing-global.html

Microbes may remove more than half of groundwater methane, curbing global emissions
Groundwater commonly contains methane, but the amount of this important greenhouse gas that can escape to surface waters or the atmosphere is highly uncertain. A team from the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry and University of Jena has shown that microbes in groundwater significantly reduce methane emissions, as revealed in a study published in PNAS.

Wo kämen wir den hin, wenn der Staat Unternehmen irgendwas vorschreiben würde 🙄
Exxon Sues California Over Climate Disclosure Laws - Slashdot https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/10/26/0034252/exxon-sues-california-over-climate-disclosure-laws

Low-fat vegan (plant-based) diet can reduce an individual's greenhouse gas emissions by 51% #nutrition

Low-fat vegan diet can reduce an individual's greenhouse gas emissions by 51%
A low-fat vegan diet is associated with a significant reduction in greenhouse gas emissions (GHGE) and cumulative energy demand (CED) compared to the Standard American Diet, according to research by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine published in JAMA Network Open.

Housing (for) a post-growth world: A manifesto
by Anna Pagani, Hans Volmary, Daniel Fitzpatrick* Providing housing for all is central to building any future. Yet, the system put in place to deliver housing globally has been relentlessly driven by growth imperatives. The consequences are far reaching: unhealthy, unsafe, overcrowded, over- or underheated, and inadequate housing, which is paralleled by the soaring greenhouse gas emissions and biodiversity loss tied to the…

Housing (for) a post-growth world: A manifesto
by Anna Pagani, Hans Volmary, Daniel Fitzpatrick* Providing housing for all is central to building any future. Yet, the system put in place to deliver housing globally has been relentlessly driven …

"Dog food accounts for 1% of UK greenhouse gas emissions, study finds"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Emissions #Pets

The article that highlighted a powerful greenhouse gas in Nike shoes in 1992 🌍👟
I recently wrote about high SF6 emissions from a factory in Germany. SF6 is the most powerful known greenhouse gas, and I also dug a bit into its history.
Until 2006, Nike used SF6 in its shoes. I found sources mentioning that this was brought to Nike's attention by a German environmental magazine in 1992. I initially couldn't find out which magazine it was, so I asked my newsletter readers.

"Australia projected to miss 2035 emissions reduction target ‘by a country mile’ unless it ramps up climate policies"
#Australia #Emissions #Climate

In Wisconsin, Alithic is transforming waste into a sustainable future as they develop carbon-negative cement from pollution, significantly reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the construction industry.
https://www.enn.com/articles/7745…

Washington state overestimates climate law's emission reductions by a long shot #Washington

Washington state overestimates climate law's emission reductions by a long shot
Projects funded by Washington's Climate Commitment Act have not been nearly as effective at reducing greenhouse gas emissions as previously thought, state officials acknowledged this week.

"In numbers: The UK’s greenhouse gas emissions in 2024"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Emissions

"Dog food accounts for 1% of UK greenhouse gas emissions, study finds"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Dogs #Pets

The two curves you see here should be the same. Obviously, they are not.
If you are at #39c3 and want to learn about the unusual things I found in Greenhouse Gas Emission Databases, come to stage One at 11:00

🌽 The environmental costs of corn: should the US change how it grows its dominant crop?
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/dec/03/environment-corn-farming-trump-administration

The environmental costs of corn: should the US change how it grows its dominant crop?
Amid concerns over greenhouse gas emissions, the Trump administration has abolished climate-friendly farming incentives

'Bigger, hotter, faster': Extreme blazes drive rise in CO₂ fire emissions #environment

'Bigger, hotter, faster': Extreme blazes drive rise in CO₂ fire emissions
Rampant wildfires in the Americas drove a jump in global greenhouse gas emissions from fires in the year to February, new research found Thursday, warning that climate change was fanning the flames.

The UNFCCC makes it needlessly difficult to download emission data📊📈
The UNFCCC🇺🇳 is most famously known for being the organizer of the climate conferences (COPs). However, they also play an important role in collecting and managing emission data.
https://i…

Why is it needlessly difficult to access UNFCCC Emission Data?
Due to international climate agreements, countries report annual data about their greenhouse gas emissions to the UNFCCC. However, downloading and using that data is a lot more difficult than it should be.

Concordia researchers are transforming urban living in Montreal by modeling a sustainable solar-powered 15-minute city, enhancing community bonds and reducing greenhouse gas emissions through local agriculture and green transportation.
https://www.enn.com/articles/…

Global use of coal hit record high in 2024 #environment

"Study shows the Paris Agreement is working, but not well enough to offset economic growth"
#ParisAgreement
https://phys.org/news/2025-10-paris-agre…

Study shows the Paris Agreement is working, but not well enough to offset economic growth
Ten years ago, close to 200 nations signed the Paris Agreement, an international treaty designed to cut greenhouse gas emissions and curtail global warming. Under the treaty, most nations made a 15-year promise to reduce emissions.

Revealing the 'carbon hoofprint' of meat consumption for American cities #AnimalRights

Revealing the 'carbon hoofprint' of meat consumption for American cities
Depending on where you live in the United States, the meat you eat each year could be responsible for a level of greenhouse gas emissions that's similar to what's emitted to power your house.

"Global use of coal hit record high in 2024"
#FossilFuels #Climate #ClimateChange

"Global peatlands revealed as critical frontier in fight against climate change"
#Peatlands #Environment #Climate

Global peatlands revealed as critical frontier in fight against climate change
Global peatlands—huge expanses of partially decayed vegetation—store more carbon than is naturally present in the atmosphere but are under pressure from drainage-based agriculture. New research from Murdoch University reveals that peatlands present a major opportunity to arrest natural greenhouse gas emissions.

"Leaders of world’s biggest polluters skip UN climate summit"
#UN #UnitedNations #Climate #ClimateChange

Leaders of world’s biggest polluters skip UN climate summit
BELEM, Brazil (AP) — World leaders gathering in a coastal city in the Brazilian Amazon for the U.N.‘s annual climate summit hope it’s a rare opportunity to turn previous commitments into practical steps to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, preserve rainforests and make good on pledges to finance clean energy. But the heads of the world’s […]

"Tiny fee on Minneapolis carbon pollution won't do much for the climate, warns expert"
#US #USA #America #Minneapolis

Tiny fee on Minneapolis carbon pollution won't do much for the climate, warns expert
When Minneapolis City Council Member Robin Wonsley began pursuing a carbon fee in 2022, she saw it as a promising way to cut the city's greenhouse gas emissions and raise revenue for climate-related projects.