G20 envoys assemble in Nagano to discuss climate change and plastic waste
Group of 20 nations’ environment and energy ministers gather to search for innovative ways to combat emissions-driven climate change and eliminate plastic waste.
Greenhouse gas education program developed by Aichi professor proves popular both at home and abroad
An environmental education program developed in Aichi Prefecture, designed to help children deepen their understanding of climate change through measuring the concentration of carbon dioxide in places around them, has been introduced at a number of schools in the Tokai region and also in ...
EPA vastly underestimating U.S. oil, gas system methane leaks: study
U.S. oil and gas drilling and related operations give off much more of the powerful greenhouse gas methane than the federal government estimates, wasting about $20 billion in fuel a year, scientists said on Thursday. Methane, the main component of natural gas, is colorless and ...
Japan spends scant energy on renewables
Dec. 11, 2017, marked the 20th anniversary of the Kyoto Protocol, a treaty signed by 84 countries who committed to limit the release of greenhouse gases, which are considered the cause of global warming. Japan, of course, was one of the signatories, and a ...
Japan's carbon dioxide concentrations hit record highs in 2016
Japan's average carbon dioxide concentration set record highs at all observation points in 2016, the Meteorological Agency said Wednesday, underscoring the upward trend in global levels of the greenhouse gas. Atmospheric data collected show that carbon dioxide concentrations have set new records each year since ...
Environmentalists vow fight as EPA halts methane rule for oil and gas industry
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday halted methane emission standards for oil and gas companies in its latest move to unwind Obama administration climate change rules, amid reports that the United States will withdraw from a global climate change agreement. The agency issued a ...
NRG, JX Nippon open $1 billion clean coal power project in Texas
U.S. power generator NRG Energy Inc. and Japanese energy producer JX Nippon Oil & Gas Exploration Corp. have finished the world's largest system to capture carbon dioxide produced from burning coal at a power plant. The $1 billion Petra Nova project, which collects carbon emissions ...
Renewables credited with 28 million-ton drop in Japan utilities' carbon emissions in 2015
An association of Japanese electric power companies said Monday that carbon dioxide emissions by its members declined in fiscal 2015 to around 441 million tons, partly due to greater use of renewable energy. The preliminary figure represents a fall of 28 million tons from the ...
El Nino contributes to dramatic increase in carbon dioxide levels
Measurements show the amount of heat-trapping carbon dioxide in the air jumped by the biggest amount on record last month, a rise amplified by El Nino, scientists say. Carbon dioxide levels increased by 4.16 parts per million in April compared to a year earlier, according ...
As costs, mishaps mount, U.S. nuke industry weighs extending aging reactor lives up to 80 years
The U.S. is set to become the first nation to decide whether it's safe to operate nuclear power plants for 80 years, twice as long as initially allowed. The majority of the nation's 99 reactors have already received 20-year extensions to their original 40-year operating ...
Test begins to store carbon dioxide under seabed off Hokkaido
A trial operation for capturing carbon dioxide emitted by factories and power plants for undersea storage began Friday at the nation's first major facility for that purpose in Hokkaido. The government-backed project is aimed at putting the so-called CCS (carbon-dioxide capture and storage) technology into ...
Japan and other members of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development will end public financing of coal-fired power generation in principle from 2017 to help rein in global warming, Japanese officials said Wednesday. A working group of the OECD has agreed in Paris to ...
