Combined, the world’s two biggest polluters were responsible for almost 50 percent of global carbon dioxide emissions in 2021.
A new report from a group of major US-based environmental and water organisations claims that coal plants, which they say have no effective federal pollution standards, are the major source of water pollution in the country.Cat Fitzpatrick
The world’s biggest polluters and strongest economies — China and the United States — aren’t sending their No. 1s. Neither are India and Indonesia. That’s the world’s four most populous nations, with more than 42% of all the world’s people. “It’s symptomatic of the lack of ...
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has convened a major new climate summit on September 23 because the world's main polluters remain well behind their goals as laid out in the 2015 Paris Agreement. Here are where the main players stand in relation to the goals they had set for themselves....
Space junk is piling up in orbit, and these are the biggest polluters Which country is the worst offender when it comes tofilling Earth’s orbit with space junk? RS Components, a distributor of electronic, electrical and industrial components, has compiled the figures, and singled out the ...
The project addresses sustainability(可持续性) from a number of angles: The buildings' electricity is provided with solar power; the system does not use traditional air conditioning systems that use refrigerants(制冷剂), which are polluters; and the underground water tanks can also collect rainwater...
According to the Energy Information Administration, China, the United States and Asia are among major polluters that are expected to increase emissions over the next 20 years.
Experts say that food is one of the biggest greenhouse gas polluters. The reason is the rising demand for meat. Animal farming is responsible for 14.5 percent of global greenhouse gas methane emissions. While cows are the worse contributors, pigs, sheep, donkeys and other animals play a part ...
Mr Simms said it would be “game over” for the industry if such events were used to make polluters more acceptable. Climate-damaging companies have long sought to improve their public image by sponsoring sporting events. They are now also looking to the fast-growing esports industry, which ha...