What a shocker – Australia is not rushing to meet John Kerry’s request to give up one of our main export industries on the timeframe of Kerry’s choosing.
Category: Emissions
Pressure Grows For Meaningful US Emission Cuts
It is not widely understood how little Obama actually committed to in Paris, with a 26-28% cut from 2005 emissions by 2025. This compares to the UK’s pledge to cut…
Sins of Comission, Sins of Emission
Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach As a result of my last post looking at the question of CO2 and COVID, I came up with an interesting question, viz: What is…
Corona-induced CO2 emission reductions are not yet detectable in the atmosphere
Based on current data measured in the energy, industry, and mobility sectors, restrictions of social life during the corona pandemic can be predicted to lead to a reduction of worldwide…
Claim: Astronomers create 40% more carbon emissions than the average Australian. Here’s how they can be more environmentally friendly
Astronomers know all too well how precious and unique the environment of our planet is. Yet the size of our carbon footprint might surprise you.
Scientists identify missing source of atmospheric carbonyl sulfide
Researchers at Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) report that anthropogenic sources of carbonyl sulfide (OCS), not just oceanic sources, account for much of the missing source of OCS in…
Update: Global Man-made CO2 emissions 1965 – 2019, BP data
Introduction Every June BP publish their statistical review of world energy. https://www.bp.com/en/global/corporate/energy-economics/statistical-review-of-world-energy.html One element of their comprehensive set of spreadsheets is a table of CO2 emissions by world countries since…
New Study: Climate Impact Of Grazing Cattle Overestimated
From The Global Warming Policy Foundation Date: 05/06/20 Dr David Whitehouse, GWPF Science Editor The climate impact of grass-fed cattle may have been exaggerated as scientists find emissions of a…
COVID-19 Global Economic Downturn not Affecting CO2 Rise: May 2020 Update
Reposted from Dr. Roy Spencer’s blog June 5th, 2020 by Roy W. Spencer, Ph. D. The Mauna Loa atmospheric CO2 concentration data continue to show no reduction in the rate…
The Global CO2 lockdown problem
Guest post by Geoff Sherrington The global problem. In response to the threat of a global viral epidemic, countries announced lockdowns at various times near 25th March 2020. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_lockdowns This…
London’s CO2 emissions cut by almost 60% during lockdown
Measurements from BT Tower observatory show impact of reduced activity in UK’s capital due to COVID-19 pandemic UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology A new comprehensive analysis has revealed carbon…
COVID-19 crisis causes 17% drop in global carbon emissions
University of East Anglia The COVID-19 global lockdown has had an “extreme” effect on daily carbon emissions, but it is unlikely to last – according to a new analysis by…
Why the Current Economic Slowdown Won’t Show Up in the Atmospheric CO2 Record
Reposted from Dr. Roy Spencer’s Blog May 15th, 2020 by Roy W. Spencer, Ph. D. [UPDATE: MISSING IMAGES INSERTED] Summary: Atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) continue to increase with…
Joe Bastardi: Has CO2 been falling during the shutdown?
Weather or Not looks at Whether or not co2 has been falling during the shutdown
March 2020 CO2 Levels at Mauna Loa Show No Obvious Effect from Global Economic Downturn
From Dr. Roy Spencer’s Blog April 7th, 2020 by Roy W. Spencer, Ph. D. The COVID-19 disease spread is causing a worldwide shutdown in economic activity as business close, airlines…
Global supply chains as a way to curb carbon emissions
Norwegian University of Science and Technology The coronavirus outbreak has companies from Apple to Amazon warning consumers, shareholders and governments about how factory shutdowns in China and across the globe…
Coronavirus-hit carmakers urge EU to pull legislative handbrake
From EURACTIV By Sam Morgan | EURACTIV.com The car industry has warned Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and climate chief Frans Timmermans that the coronavirus will disrupt plans to…
Is the COVID-19 Economic Downturn Affecting Atmospheric CO2? Mauna Loa Data Say, Not Yet
Reposted from Dr. Roy Spencer’s Blog March 22nd, 2020 by Roy W. Spencer, Ph. D. Some global warming alarmists are celebrating the current economic downturn as just what is needed…
Nitrogen Dioxide Ramping Up Again Over China
From United space in Europe ESA / Applications / Observing the Earth / Copernicus / Sentinel-5P Recent data have shown a decline of air pollution over northern Italy coinciding with…
Quantifying Futility: an estimate of future Global CO2 emissions
Reposted from edmhdotme Following the thinking of the late Prof David Mackay using “back of the envelope calculations”, this post makes estimates of the likely future growth in global CO2…
Sins of emission
By Christopher Monckton of Brenchley Much has been made of the alleged standstill in global CO2 emissions, which are asserted to have been about the same in 2019 as in…
Plausible scenarios for climate change: 2020-2050
Reposted from Dr. Judith Curry’s Climate Etc. Posted on February 13, 2020 by curryja | by Judith Curry A range of scenarios for global mean surface temperature change between 2020…
Carbon intensity of power sector down in 2019
Engineers from Carnegie Mellon University’s Scott Institute for Energy Innovation have compiled carbon emissions for the U.S. electric power sector for the second quarter (Q2) of 2019 as part of…
European Commission report hypes EU’s globally irrelevant, costly & unsustainable lower emissions schemes
Guest essay by Larry Hamlin The European Commission Joint Research Centre (JRC) recently released its 2019 assessment of global carbon emissions that showed a worldwide increase of 1.9% in emissions…
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