The Department for Transport (DfT) has given permission for longer lorries to use Britain’s roads after claiming they are more efficient, safer, and produce less carbon emissions. Critics have described it as a “deeply retrograde step,” while the Road Haulage Association said it does not go far enough and urged the government to increase the…

A recently developed material that can increase the durability of the positive electrodes within solid-state batteries, an alternative battery to lithium-ion, can potentially boost electric vehicles (EVs). While some car companies predict that plug-in hybrids will maintain their popularity in the short term, electric cars are considered the world’s leading candidate in the switch from conventional gasoline-run…

The Western Australian (WA) Labor government will formally enshrine net-zero emissions in law by 2050 and reduce government emissions by 80 percent by the end of this decade. The policy, to be introduced to parliament this year, will create statutory requirements to set emission reduction targets for businesses and investors and provide a framework for the…

Commentary The European Union is currently in the midst of one of its largest corruption scandals to date. There are credible allegations that Qatar—the Gulf state that recently hosted the FIFA World Cup—bribed a number of high-level EU figures in order to exert influence on European politics. Some may well ask: Why should we care…

LOS ANGELES—New buildings in Los Angeles will be required to be all-electric under a policy approved by the city council Dec. 7 as part of a movement to reduce carbon emissions in the city. The requirement applies to buildings approved after April 1, and affordable housing projects approved after June 1 of next year. Accessory…

New “clean fuel” regulations that aim to reduce carbon emissions and are set to come into effect next summer will cost Canadians more than $1,200 a year on average, according to research commissioned by the advocacy group Canadians for Affordable Energy. The average cost per household for the government’s Clean Fuel Standard will be “$1,277…

Farmers in Saskatchewan, a province that has nearly half of Canada’s arable land, say production will fall sharply if they are forced to use less fertilizer and pay increasingly high carbon taxes on fuel. The government is moving ahead with its goal, first announced in December 2020, to reduce absolute levels of greenhouse gas emissions…

Canada and Ireland are rolling out policies to force their farmers to cut carbon emissions to a point that the farmers say would affect food production. Despite the potential negative consequences, the policies would seem to only achieve minute results for the “decarbonization” agenda. Some Canadian provincial officials recently criticized their federal government for setting…

Australia’s Minister for Climate Change and Energy, Chris Bowen, has revealed the new centre-left Australian government’s climate bill, which will set a target of 43 percent emissions reduction by 2030 and net-zero by 2050. Speaking to the National Press Club on Wednesday, Bowen said Labor would establish a Climate Change Authority to “assess and publish…

China’s environmental watchdog has named four companies that falsified carbon emission reports. As data fraud continues to undermine the country’s ambitious climate goals, a former insider in China’s environment ministry discloses the causes. On March 14, China’s Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE) said that data verification agencies manipulated reports and falsified testing dates, emissions…