Counting Carbon
Did China Already Hit Peak Carbon?

A new report says Chinese CO2 emissions are due to peak by 2025, if they haven’t already done so.

Enviro-Mental
Here Comes GMO Labeling

A compromise bill introduced into the Senate this week is a step back for science in this country.

Crude Economics
Can We Monitor the Oil Output Freeze?

Monitoring global oil sales is more art than science, and that could undermine Russia and Saudi Arabia’s proposed production freeze.

Gazproblems
Gazprom Goes Hat in Hand to China for a Loan

Russia’s state-owned gas company Gazprom just secured a 2 billion euro loan from the Bank of China.

Paying the Price
Brazil’s Tanking Economy Is Crushing its Green Dreams

Brazil’s renewable energy ambitions are falling by the wayside as the country struggles with economic recession.

Atomic Promise
Nuclear Is the World’s Green Power “Workhorse”

Our green energy future needs nuclear power, and there are some exciting new nuclear technologies coming.

Smart Green Policy
Smart Spending Could Yield an Energy Storage Breakthrough

Cheap, scalable energy storage is something of a holy grail for clean energy boosters, and the US is smartly focusing on its R&D.

Crude Economics
Russia Says Oil Freezing Plan Has Hit “Critical Mass”

Russia’s energy minister thinks petrostates’ plan to freeze oil output has achieved “critical mass.” That’s not likely, though it is slightly boosting prices.

A Hollow Treaty
The EU Can’t Keep Its Climate Promises

According to leaked texts, the EU doesn’t plan to update its climate goals as agreed in Paris, nor is it capable of the carbon reductions it promised.

Stunted Science
How Scientists Are Exaggerating the Threat of Ocean Acidification

Scientific journals are “biased” towards publishing doom-and-gloom climate studies, according to a new review.

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