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Ministers consider making UK’s carbon targets easier to meet | Greenhouse gas emissions

Ministers are considering plans to weaken Britain’s carbon reduction plans by allowing unused portions of the last carbon budget to be rolled over into the next. This would go against the strong recommendations of the Government’s statutory climate adviser, the Committee on Climate Change. But it will make it easier to achieve your next goal. […]

India seeks UK carbon tax exemption in free trade deal talks | Trade policy

India is demanding an exemption from Britain’s planned carbon tax as part of negotiations aimed at sealing a free trade deal before the UK general election. India’s negotiating team held a series of surprise negotiations in London this week to overcome remaining hurdles in the deal. Rishi Sunak is keen to cross the line on […]

Org That Wants To Cut Carbon Emissions Sues To Close Zero-Emission Nuclear Power Plant

An environmentalist nonprofit that seeks to cut carbon emissions and promote clean energy is suing to stop the Biden administration from funding a zero-emission power plant. The Department of Energy (DOE) announced in January that it had approved a $1.1 billion credit payment to the Diablo Canyon Power Plant, a nuclear facility on the central […]

New carbon capture technologies could help ‘Big Oil’ scale emissions cuts

Alex Epstein, author of The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels, discusses what’s behind the recent oil price hike in Kabuto: Coast to Coast. The results of four government-funded pilot projects are crucial for Big Oil to develop technology to reduce carbon emissions and support the Biden administration’s goal of achieving a net-zero emissions economy by […]