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The industrial sector is responsible for about 25% of global CO2 emissions – or about 9.3 billion metric tonnes per year and growing. But a team at the University of Leeds says we don't need to wait for magical new tech to clean most of it up.In a new study published in the journal Joule, the researchers went through a range of different industrial sectors looking at the available options for decarbonization, their emissions reduction potential, and their technology readiness level (TRL) – a measure of how close a given…

Ariel view of cargo container ships at port. Credit: IOP Publishing A new study published in Environmental Research: Infrastructure and Sustainability has found that green ammonia could be used to fulfill the fuel demands of over 60% of global shipping by targeting just the top 10 regional fuel ports. Researchers at the University of Oxford looked at the production costs of ammonia, which are similar to those of very low…

Artificial intelligence is now on the agenda as world leaders, climate diplomats and thousands of others descend on Dubai for the United Nations climate summit. Boosters of machine learning are pitching it as tool for unlocking enormous cuts to emissions.Some of the hardest to decarbonize sectors like cement and steel could particularly stand to benefit, according to a new report from the Innovation for Cool Earth Forum, an international climate forum organized by the government of Japan. The final version of the report…

Samsung has been consistently trying to reduce the negative effects of its products on the environment. Over the past few years, it has started using recycled material in its devices and reducing harmful emissions from its factories and products. However, a new report claims that it isn't doing enough and needs to improve. According to a new Greenpeace report, Samsung Display and Samsung Semiconductor aren't doing enough to decarbonize their supply chains. Samsung Display, which supplies display panels to almost all…

Our planet is changing. So is our journalism. This weekly newsletter is part of a CBC News initiative entitled "Our Changing Planet" to show and explain the effects of climate change. Keep up with the latest news on our Climate and Environment page.Sign up here to get this newsletter in your inbox every Thursday.April 22 is Earth Day. But as a What on Earth? reader, you know we celebrate Earth Day all year long.This week:The airline industry is working on cleaner fuel — but how quickly can it decarbonize flying?2022 was a…

Future markets of road fleet, lithium-ion batteries, and freight and passenger traffic. a Road fleet stock of China, the USA, Europe, India, and the rest of the regions. b Projection of the future lithium-ion battery market. c Road freight (expressed in Kg·km, or one kilogram transported over one kilometer) and passenger (expressed in p·km, or one passenger transported over one kilometer) traffic activities. d, e Stock of EV and ICEV in five major…

Part of the current labor issue stems from the patchwork training system in the US, which includes apprenticeships run by trade unions, employer-sponsored programs, and vocational schools where students must pay tuition out of pocket. “We have this system in America where you decide what you want to do, you go learn all about it in school, and then you go try the job and realize if you like it or not after you’ve spent $100,000,” says Todd Vachon, who studies labor and employment relations at Rutgers University. “We’re…

Photo: Spencer Platt (Getty Images)This story was originally published by Grist. You can subscribe to its weekly newsletter here.Block-Lite is a small concrete manufacturer in an industrial corridor of Flagstaff, Arizona. The third-generation family business makes bricks and other masonry materials for retaining walls, driveways, and landscaping projects. The company was already a local leader in sustainability — in 2020, it became the first manufacturer in Flagstaff to power its operations with on-site solar panels. But…

The US departments of Energy, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development and the Environmental Protection Agency today released a plan that lays out how they’re going to decarbonize all US transport. The four agencies have together created the “US National Blueprint for Transportation Decarbonization: A Joint Strategy to Transform Transportation.” It’s a first-of-its-kind strategy for federal leadership and partnerships to decarbonize the entire US transportation sector. The Blueprint is…

Hydrogen storage tanks photographed in Spain on May 19, 2022. Hydrogen has a diverse range of applications and can be deployed in a wide range of industries.Angel Garcia | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesHydrogen has a part to play in the U.K.'s shift to a net-zero economy but its role will likely be restricted to certain sectors, according to a report from an influential committee of U.K. lawmakers.The House of Commons Science and Technology Committee concluded that although hydrogen possessed "several attractive features, most…