On Tuesday (May 8), Hawaii’s legislature passed two bills setting out the most ambitious climate goal of any US state. House bill 2182 will create a task force that sets out a plan to make the state carbon neutral “no later than 2045.” House bill 1986 will create a carbon-offset program to help the task force meet its target.
Hawaii pledges to become carbon neutral by 2045 — Quartz
Following what goes on with oil and gas exploitation in and around Adrian, Michigan since 2013 - and how these events in our little city connect to the global environmental situation... - with the occasional sidetrack to other related environmental issues in Lenawee county, Michigan and how those relate to global issues.
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IRENA: Renewable energy jobs pass 10 million mark globally
But keep on pushing coal for some lousy and sickening mining jobs - that is really smart...
International Renewable Energy Agency report finds global clean energy sector created more than 500,000 new jobs in 2017, up 5.3 per cent on 2016
The renewable energy industry continues to boom, creating an additional 500,000 new jobs globally in 2017, according to the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA).
IRENA: Renewable energy jobs pass 10 million mark globally
International Renewable Energy Agency report finds global clean energy sector created more than 500,000 new jobs in 2017, up 5.3 per cent on 2016
The renewable energy industry continues to boom, creating an additional 500,000 new jobs globally in 2017, according to the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA).
IRENA: Renewable energy jobs pass 10 million mark globally
Cracking a climate conundrum » Yale Climate Connections
CO2 emissions leveled off between 2014 and 2016. But annual growth of CO2 in the atmosphere rose to more than 50 percent above that of past decades. What explains the contradiction?
Cracking a climate conundrum » Yale Climate Connections
Cracking a climate conundrum » Yale Climate Connections
Costa Rica to ban fossil fuels and become world's first decarbonised society
Costa Rica’s new president has announced a plan to ban fossil fuels and become the first fully decarbonised country in the world.
Carlos Alvarado, a 38-year-old former journalist, made the announcement to a crowd of thousands during his inauguration on Wednesday.
"Decarbonisation is the great task of our generation and Costa Rica must be one of the first countries in the world to accomplish it, if not the first," Mr Alvarado said
https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/costa-rica-fossil-fuels-ban-president-carlos-alvarado-climate-change-global-warming-a8344541.html
Carlos Alvarado, a 38-year-old former journalist, made the announcement to a crowd of thousands during his inauguration on Wednesday.
"Decarbonisation is the great task of our generation and Costa Rica must be one of the first countries in the world to accomplish it, if not the first," Mr Alvarado said
https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/costa-rica-fossil-fuels-ban-president-carlos-alvarado-climate-change-global-warming-a8344541.html
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