Topic: greenhouse gas emissions
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Why Data Center Gas Plants Are So Polluting
Amazon's Texas off-grid data center power facility, using inefficient simple-cycle gas turbines, is poised to become one of the largest U.S. greenhouse gas emitters, with a permit allowing up to 33 million tons annually,even at half capacity, it would out-pollute 78 average natural gas plants. Si...
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UAE Launches National MRV System to Achieve Net Zero by 2050
The UAE has launched its National MRV system, the first regional platform integrating greenhouse gas and air pollutant monitoring to support its Net Zero by 2050 goal and enhance environmental governance. The system provides accurate data for evidence-based policymaking, helps economic sectors tr...
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EPA Halts Climate Pollution Tracking: Who Will Take Over?
The EPA has ended its Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program, dismantling a 15-year system that provided essential emissions data from major industrial sources for shaping environmental policies. Experts warn that this move undermines the ability to design effective climate strategies, as no substitute...
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EPA Sued Over Rollback Linked to "Thousands of Avoidable Deaths"
A coalition of health and environmental groups is suing the EPA for repealing the foundational "endangerment finding," which dismantles the legal framework for regulating greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles. The lawsuit argues the repeal disregards scientific consensus to benefit the fossil fu...
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US Gas Boom Fueled by Data Center Demand
Surging data center electricity demand is driving a massive expansion of natural gas power in the U.S., with over a third of new gas-fired power projects explicitly tied to these facilities. Proposed gas-fired power projects could expand the U.S. fleet by nearly 50%, with data center-linked deman...
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Europe’s Air-Conditioning Revolution Is Coming
The International Energy Agency projects that two-thirds of households worldwide could own an air conditioner by 2050, as global temperatures and demand for cooling rapidly increase. Air-conditioning has become a political flashpoint in Europe, with right-wing figures like Marine Le Pen supportin...
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Hourly Heat Tracking Reveals Climate Change's True Toll
A new study from Sun Yat-sen University analyzes heat extremes on an hourly basis rather than daily averages, revealing patterns that daily metrics hide; an extreme event is defined as any temperature exceeding the 90th percentile for that specific hour (based on 1981–2010 data). Over the past fo...
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Fossil Fuel Giants Pivot to Powering Data Centers
Oil and gas giants are reporting record quarterly profits, driven by high crude prices and a new revenue stream: surging natural gas and power demand from AI data centers, which BloombergNEF says will force a 36% boost in US gas production by the mid-2030s. Williams and Chevron are expanding "beh...
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Arab Region Faces Critical Climate Risks, New Report Warns
The Arab region, home to nearly 480 million people, faces severe climate threats like extreme heat and drought, despite producing a quarter of the world's oil while contributing only 5-7% of global emissions. Extreme weather, including unsurvivable temperatures over 50°C and catastrophic flooding...
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Ammobia Reinvents a Century-Old Technology
Ammobia claims a breakthrough modification to the century-old Haber-Bosch process, potentially cutting ammonia production costs by 40% and enabling its use as a clean energy carrier. The startup's redesigned process operates at significantly lower temperature and pressure, reducing pollution and ...
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GOP Nears Success in Bid to Scrap NASA Climate Satellites
NASA's climate monitoring satellite missions face defunding due to proposed budget cuts, threatening over two decades of greenhouse gas tracking. President Trump's budget proposal aims to terminate 41 NASA science missions, potentially reducing the agency's overall budget by a quarter and science...
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Microsoft revives carbon removal plans after pause
Microsoft has resumed carbon-removal purchases with a 650,000 metric ton credit deal from BioCirc, ending a reported pause and signaling a recalibration rather than abandonment of its program. The deal generates credits from five biogas projects that capture CO2 from agricultural waste and store ...
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