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“Canada, the U.S., and Mexico will work together to implement the historic Paris Agreement.” – from the three leaders’ statement “We announce a historic goal for North America to strive to achieve 50 percent clean power generation by 2025.” – from the...

Summary In today’s edition, we are told that the U.S. will offer up to 28 percent emissions cut when it unveils its plans to reduce emissions to the UN today, while many other countries will miss the deadline. In any case, you will be able to follow...

Asgard’s fire Can celebrities and prime time TV make Americans care Car, truck and airplane pollution set to drive climate change Climate targets: Australia can't be caught napping El Niño could grow into a monster, new data show Greenhouse...

Could ‘economic peak oil’ rival the banking crisis? ‘Economic peak oil’ could cripple the world’s economies by 2014 according to a UK-based think tank, which recommends governments take urgent action to wean their economies off fossil fuels. In its...

Editor’s note: This feature was adapted and reprinted with permission from Cosmos magazine. View the original here. Mention “carbon capture and storage” — the process of trapping carbon dioxide produced in fossil-fuel burning or other industrial processes...