To stave off temperature increases that could pose immense risk, more forceful action is needed to trim anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions – beginning now – according to the latest in a series of new reports from the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The report says the required remaking of the global energy picture can… Keep reading →
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change today released its latest report on the current state of global warming, the risks it poses and mitigation efforts. The prognosis is negative, as the following list of key risks laid out in the report describes. “The key risks that follow, all of which are identified with high confidence,… Keep reading →
The latest U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report published on Sept. 27 paints a grave message about the planet’s carbon budget and things are not looking good from a climate change mitigation perspective. Arresting global temperature increases in order to prevent potential catastrophe means countries cannot burn all their fossil fuel resources, according… Keep reading →
Quick Take: Utilities are already saddled with myriad mandates ranging from renewables to energy efficiency to cybersecurity to coal plant standards and many more. But they should have a few years respite from the prospects of a carbon tax or other climate change legislation. This despite an about-to-be-released report with additional evidence that fossil fuels are… Keep reading →
