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People ride their bicycles at the marina port in Oslo, Norway
Environment
Norway has one of the world’s most ambitious climate change targets. But it’s also a major oil producer and exporter.
Since 2002, scientific data pointed to a slower decline of CFC-11, one of several chemical substances banned by the Montreal Protocol in 1987. The amount of CFC-11 found in the atmosphere has actually gone up during that time, prompting the United Nations
Environment
Scientists detected a spike in ozone-depleting chemicals. They’ll use the Montreal Protocol to stop the pollution.
For years, Shanghai has featured some of China's worst air pollution. Recent initiatives by the Chinese government, though, have begun to clean up some of the problem.
Economics
With the US pursuing fossil fuels, alternative, renewable forms of energy could be an even bigger boon to China
Business
A Silicon Valley engineer is on a quest to green the world by making buildings smarter
Volkswagen CEO Matthias Mueller poses next to an Electro-Golf police vehicle during a tour of the VW factory in Wolfsburg, Germany in October.`
Environment
VW’s CEO is expected to end his US apology tour with a proposed fix