Greenhouse gases

As China tightens its ‘gutter oil’ green fuel processes, where does Singapore fit in the equation?

Chinese aviation regulators are proposing new national standards to track used cooking oil from kitchen to refinery.

Google agrees biggest carbon-removal deal yet, aims to scale new model

The initiative, which Google said it hopes will serve as a template for future projects, is the first at such a scale to combine methane abatement and carbon removal.

Heathrow Airport expansion at odds with Britain’s climate goals: Report

Heathrow unveiled its multi-billion-pound expansion plan in 2025, including a long-planned third runway.

Trump administration repeals carbon emission limits for power plants at G-20 meeting

US EPA administrator Lee Zeldin (centre) said the moves will help build new generating infrastructure needed to meet skyrocketing electricity demand.

Trump administration poised to repeal carbon standards for coal, gas power plants

Under Trump, the EPA first proposed rolling back the power plant climate rules last summer.

Are we giving up on a 1.5 deg C limit to global warming?

The spillway (foreground) at Imja Lake in Nepal, an attempt to reduce flood hazard, in June 2025. Melting glaciers and the lakes they leave behind are time bombs.

Fashion’s climate emissions increased almost 14% over two years

The fashion industry’s greenhouse gas emissions climbed in 2023 and 2024 due in part to increased global production of fibre.

China mulls over bid to host 2028 UN climate talks, sources say

Hosting the COP33 UN climate talks could be an opportunity for China to boost its credentials as a climate leader.

Data centres emitting more CO2 than thought, study shows

(FILES) This photograph shows servers inside the data centre of French company OVHcloud in Roubaix, northern France on April 3, 2025. In northern France Hauts-de-France region, data centre projects are springing up, with massive investments that could turn it into an “AI valley”, thanks to its geographical advantages and a tried-and-tested approach already used for its “battery valley”. (Photo by Sameer Al-DOUMY / AFP)

Trump administration, Qatar say EU methane rules threaten bloc’s energy security

It is currently unclear where bigger economies in the union such as Germany stand on the methane rules.

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