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1 month ago | climatebase.org | Abigail Bassett

Most of Asia is well ahead of the U.S. when it comes to green energy, and this week, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has revitalized an old vision: Creating a single regional power-sharing grid, called a "super grid" that would interconnect countries’ electricity networks to help bolster renewable energy exchange across borders.

Oct 1, 2024 | climatebase.org | Abigail Bassett

A report from The Global Carbon Project last week notes that methane emissions are increasing faster than ever, and it's largely due to human activities. Methane is a greenhouse gas that traps up to 30 times more heat than carbon dioxide, and it's rising at a rate that's setting off alarm bells around the world. While there are plenty of companies trying to track and mitigate methane all over the world, this recent report indicates that things might be worse than we had previously imagined.

Mar 26, 2024 | climatebase.org | Abigail Bassett

Last year, the EPA announced $4.6 billion in Climate Pollution Reduction Grants Program (CPRG) as part of President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act, and as of last week, more than 45 states and large metro areas submitted their plans for ways to “reduce harmful pollution and address environmental justice concerns.” This is just one step in many needed to move America’s cities and municipalities toward a greener future, and while it certainly represents a tremendous move in the right...

Mar 13, 2024 | climatebase.org | Abigail Bassett

This week, the U.S. Security and Exchange Commission finally adopted rules that could force large companies to disclose both emissions and the climate-related risks that they face. While the rule is far from set in stone and expected to face a lot of legal issues, it offers a small glimmer of hope that big business will be required to get its climate house in order. Here’s what you need to know about the new SEC rules and how they came to be. The New Rule vs. the Proposed Rule: What’s Changed?

Mar 5, 2024 | climatebase.org | Abigail Bassett

Before we had blue bins and sorting stations, human beings were recycling. When garbage collection began in the late 19th century, workers sorted through refuse bound for the landfill and those things that were reusable. Then plastics came on the scene and became more widely used in the 1960s and 70s because they were cheap, easy to manufacture, sanitary, and, in theory, disposable or recyclable. It turns out that the last part about plastic being recyclable is, in fact, a lie.