greenhouse gas

The three main greenhouse gases hit record high levels in the atmosphere last year, the U.N. weather agency said Wednesday, calling it an “ominous” sign.

In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency does not have the authority to regulate greenhouse gases created by power plants.

The steps Massachusetts needs to take to meet its goal of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 were debated by the state Senate on Thursday as part of a sweeping climate bill. The bill sets out a range of strategies: Allowing solar panels on agricultural and horticultural land. Lending support to emerging energy technologies like nuclear fusion, networked geothermal, and…

The Biden administration is launching a wide-ranging plan to reduce methane emissions, targeting a potent greenhouse gas that contributes significantly to global warming

The Supreme Court said Friday it will consider whether one of the federal government’s plans for reducing greenhouse gases goes too far. The court agreed to take up a challenge from coal companies and energy-producing states, led by West Virginia, that say the Environmental Protection Agency was exceeding its authority to limit carbon emissions. They’re appealing a lower court’s ruling that restored some...

One of Vermont’s best-known breweries made a change to its manufacturing process it hopes could inspire fresh approaches to reducing environmental impacts across the industry.

The Alchemist in Stowe has made a change to its manufacturing process that it hopes could inspire fresh approaches to reducing environmental impacts across the industry.

Food waste is a problem so serious that Hannaford Supermarkets crafted an entire initiative with the goal of eliminating all food waste from its 183 stores across the northeast. According to a statement from the company this week, the company met that goal in 2020, sending “no food waste to landfills” last year.

When you think of climate change, you may not think of food waste, but the Maine supermarket chain says it’s found a way to mitigate it.

A group of Maine researchers wants to know: could a seaweed diet for cows combat climate change? After three years of prep work, Nichole Price and numerous colleagues at the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences will be trying to find the answer, thanks to a $3 million grant. Researchers in Australia determined a seaweed species there that reduces the amount...

After three years of prep work, a group of Maine researchers just got a $3 million grant to find out if a seaweed diet for cows could combat climate change.

Fires have been breaking out at an unusual pace in Brazil this year, causing global alarm over deforestation in the Amazon region. The world’s largest rainforest is often called the “lungs of the earth.”

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres took his global message urging immediate climate action to officials gathered in the United Arab Emirates on Sunday, where production of hydrocarbons remains a key driver of the economy. Guterres is calling on governments to stop building new coal plants by 2020, cut greenhouse emissions by 45% over the next decade and overhauling fossil fuel-driven economies...

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres took his global message urging immediate climate action to officials gathered in the United Arab Emirates on Sunday, where production of hydrocarbons remains a key driver of the economy. Guterres is calling on governments to stop building new coal plants by 2020, cut greenhouse emissions by 45% over the next decade and overhauling fossil fuel-driven economies...

This weekend, Earth’s atmosphere had a concentration of carbon dioxide last seen more than 3 million years ago, before humans had evolved, NBC News reported. The greenhouse gas was detected at 415 parts per million by sensors at the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii on Saturday. The level has been steadily rising over the past decade and doesn’t appear set...

This weekend, Earth’s atmosphere had a concentration of carbon dioxide last seen more than 3 million years ago, before humans had evolved, NBC News reported. The greenhouse gas was detected at 415 parts per million by sensors at the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii on Saturday. The level has been steadily rising over the past decade and doesn’t appear set...

President Donald Trump on Monday rejected a central conclusion of a dire report on the economic costs of climate change released by his own administration. But economists said the National Climate Assessment’s warning of hundreds of billions of dollars a year in global warming costs is pretty much on the money. Just look at last year with Hurricanes Harvey, Maria...

Maine native and NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy is on a new mission: to the Amazon.

Companies around the world are taking steps to create cleaner, more sustainable ways of living through innovative technologies that can change everyday activities. In mid-April, consumers will be able to purchase solar roof tiles from Tesla, the California-based electric automaker that also dabbles in battery production, hyperfast train travel and rockets. The glass tiles add abit of fashionable flair compared...

When it comes to research, NASA’s DC-8 jetliner is the only way to fly.