Fossil fuels usage increased after Covid pandemic

According to oil giant BP Plc annual Statistical Review of World Energy report released recently, the dirtiest fossil fuel made a comeback last year. Last year’s global increase in energy use resulted in a rebound of greenhouse gas emissions, which had seen a sharp drop in 2020. The findings show the difficulty of achieving pledges

Global carbon dioxide increased to highest levels in May 2022: NOAA

According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the main US climate agency, concentrations of CO2 in the atmosphere in May this year were 50 percent higher than during the pre-industrial era, reaching levels not seen on Earth for about four million years. The global warming caused by humans – through the production of

A study finds eliminating fossil fuel pollution would avoid 50,000 deaths annually

Using data from the Environmental Protection Agency, researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison estimate that about 50,000 premature deaths would be avoided every year if microscopic air pollutants called particulates were eliminated in the US. Premature death and hospitalization are also extremely expensive for the US economy. The study estimates that eliminating such air pollution

IPCC warns to avoid fossils as emissions peak high

Limiting warming to 1.5°C will be out of reach if the world does not bring down global emissions by 48% by 2030 in comparison to 2019, warned the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in the third instalment of its Sixth Assessment Report released recently. The United Nations body said the world is currently off-track

Don’t kill hopes of keeping global warming under dangerous levels: Guterres

In the wake of Russian invasion of Ukraine countries are scrambling to replace Russian oil, gas and coal supplies with any available alternative fuels. This may fuel the world’s “mutually assured destruction” through climate change, the head of the United Nations warned Monday. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the ‘all-of-the-above’ strategy now being pursued by