G7 to phase out coal-fired power plants by mid-2030s
Turin, Italy – Group of Seven ministers agreed to a timeframe on Tuesday for phasing out coal-fired power plants, setting the mid-2030s as a goal, in a move hailed as …
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As visitors surge, Japan seeks ways to make tourism eco-friendly
Onna, Okinawa Pref./Ogawa, Saitama Pref. – Nestled in the heart of Okinawa Island, Onna is a pleasant village of just over 10,000 people, with a stunning, elongated coastline that makes …
G7 reportedly agrees end date for coal-fired power plants
Turin, Italy – Group of Seven energy ministers have agreed on a time frame for phasing out coal-fired power plants, a British minister said Monday, as the U.N. warned “excuses” …
Italy can do without Russian gas, says energy minister – POLITICO
This G7 will need to look for innovative models to accelerate investments, including private-public partnerships, Pichetto Fratin said. “We certainly need to revise the financial system, to find mechanisms that …
As solar capacity grows, some of America’s most productive farmland is at risk
JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA – Dave Duttlinger’s first thought when he saw a dense band of yellowish-brown dust smearing the sky above his Indiana farm was: I warned them this would …
Battling climate change, Japan looks to seagrass for carbon capture
Yokohama – On a recent Saturday, some 100 volunteers gathered on a popular beach in Yokohama, wading in the shallows to plant strands of light-green eelgrass on the seabed. What …
World’s largest private firms fail to set climate targets: report
Paris – Only 40 of the world’s 100 largest private firms have set net-zero carbon emissions targets to fight climate change, according to a report released Monday, lagging far behind …
The Rise of the Carbon Farmer
Patrick Holden strolls across the field, pausing from time to time to bend and point out a bumblebee, or a white butterfly, or a dung beetle. A wide expanse of …
Japan’s annual emissions drop as industrial pollution shrinks
Japan’s emissions inched lower led by a contraction in pollution from the industrial sector. Emissions from the world’s fourth-largest economy slipped 2.3% in the year ending March 2023 to 1.085 …
Reindeer herders battle power line needed for Norway’s climate goal
JERGUL, Norway – It is minus 6 degrees Celsius in Arctic Norway and some 30 Indigenous Sami herders have gathered 1,500 reindeer in a corral, sorting who owns which animal …