Vt. farmers cut cows' emissions by altering diets

A catalyst for change The UK already leads the rest of Europe in carbon emission reductions. The imminent introduction of Mandatory Carbon Reporting (MCR) – which makes it compulsory for companies on the London Stock Exchange to report their levels of greenhouse gas emissions in their annual reports – is set to propel environmental sustainability even further up the corporate agenda, providing a catalyst for action and accelerating changes in business practice across UK plc.

We will see emissions at 50% of what they were in 2008 OTTAWA — On the eve of global climate talks that will put Canada’s contentious policies under the microscope, Ottawa has introduced its next set of rules to cut greenhouse gas emissions from cars and light trucks. Under regulations proposed on Tuesday, vehicles built between 2017 and 2025 will be required to cut emissions by an average of five per cent a year, every year.

Google on Thursday disclosed its carbon footprint for the first time, providing details on the company's global electricity consumption and its campaign to neutralize its contribution to global warming. The search giant's extensive efforts to green up its operations - from its electric car fleet to its investments in renewable energy - are well known. ...

You may have to stand back from your monitor screen to fully appreciate the layout design of the information, but Stanley Kay's information-rich data visualization wonderfully communicates the relative size of each of the world's nation's carbon emissions:

Emissions of carbon dioxide from fossil fuel consumption in the United States have fallen remarkably since 2008, with recent levels the lowest since 1995. Here I comment on some of the factors behind this.

The climate may be heating up less in response to greenhouse-gas emissions than was once thought. But that does not mean the problem is going away.

The West Antarctic Ice Sheet, whose melt may be responsible for 10 percent of the sea-level rise caused by climate change, is warming twice as quickly as previously thought, a study said Sunday. A re-analysis of temperature records from 1958 to 2010 revealed an increase of 2.4 degrees Celsius (36.3 degrees Fahrenheit) over the period -- three times the average global rise.