added 2007 Sat May 26 22:16:25 by capn_caveman
New research has shown that saving trees could slow the onset of climate change. According UN's Food and Agriculture Organization, nearly 33 million acres of forestland is felled around the world each year, accounting for approximately 1.5 billion metric tons of carbon to the atmosphere, or 20 percent of anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions.
New research has shown that saving trees could slow the onset of climate change. According UN's Food and Agriculture Organization, nearly 33 million acres of forestland is felled around the world each year, accounting for approximately 1.5 billion metric tons of carbon to the atmosphere, or 20 percent of anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions.
added 2007 Fri May 25 17:26:14 by catstevens
NEW YORK (Reuters) - President George W. Bush said his voluntary plan to cut greenhouse gases is on track, citing a 2006 dip in U.S. carbon dioxide emissions, but environmentalists say the change is a temporary blip that goes against an overall trend.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - President George W. Bush said his voluntary plan to cut greenhouse gases is on track, citing a 2006 dip in U.S. carbon dioxide emissions, but environmentalists say the change is a temporary blip that goes against an overall trend.
added 2007 Wed May 23 17:33:25 by populist
A major demand of the environmental movement, put forward as essential to combating global warming, is the imposition of a massive rollback in global emissions of carbon dioxide accompanied by a freeze on such emissions at the sharply reduced level imposed. What's the implications?
A major demand of the environmental movement, put forward as essential to combating global warming, is the imposition of a massive rollback in global emissions of carbon dioxide accompanied by a freeze on such emissions at the sharply reduced level imposed. What's the implications?
added 2007 Tue May 22 2:29:28 by TimALoftis
From 2000 to 2004, emissions grew at a rate of 3 percent a year - more than the highest rates used in recent key UN reports.
From 2000 to 2004, emissions grew at a rate of 3 percent a year - more than the highest rates used in recent key UN reports.
added 2007 Sun Apr 29 18:15:45 by jcolman
Just how personally committed Branson is to the green cause has only now come to light. It turns out that the contract he signed contains a bizarre clause in the small print: "The parties hereby agree... to lose at least one stone in weight over the next four years in order to reduce carbon dioxide emissions..."
Just how personally committed Branson is to the green cause has only now come to light. It turns out that the contract he signed contains a bizarre clause in the small print: "The parties hereby agree... to lose at least one stone in weight over the next four years in order to reduce carbon dioxide emissions..."
added 2007 Sun Apr 15 23:45:26 by TimALoftis
Former US military leaders have called on the Bush administration to make major cuts in greenhouse gas emissions.
Former US military leaders have called on the Bush administration to make major cuts in greenhouse gas emissions.
added 2007 Sun Apr 15 19:59:16 by STONERS
Reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the oil sands will not happen quickly, said Kevin Meyers, president of ConocoPhillips Canada, one of the country's largest energy companies.
Reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the oil sands will not happen quickly, said Kevin Meyers, president of ConocoPhillips Canada, one of the country's largest energy companies.
added 2007 Fri Apr 6 2:44:43 by populist
Researchers from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Colorado State University think they've found a better way. They used computer models to figure out which biofuel sources are best at reducing greenhouse gas emission.
Researchers from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Colorado State University think they've found a better way. They used computer models to figure out which biofuel sources are best at reducing greenhouse gas emission.
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added 2007 Wed Apr 4 20:25:20 by populist
So the hydrogen debate will continue. The hydrogen trials being conducted by cities will be a great Petri dish to observe the results.
So the hydrogen debate will continue. The hydrogen trials being conducted by cities will be a great Petri dish to observe the results.
added 2007 Mon Apr 2 22:38:34 by searchbeam
The Supreme court ordered EPA to rethink its objection to declaring CO2 as a major pollutant. It has declared that CO2 is a major pollutant by a majority of 5-4, with 4 conservative Justices Scalia, Roberts, Thomas and Alito dissenting!
The Supreme court ordered EPA to rethink its objection to declaring CO2 as a major pollutant. It has declared that CO2 is a major pollutant by a majority of 5-4, with 4 conservative Justices Scalia, Roberts, Thomas and Alito dissenting!
added 2007 Fri Mar 23 2:31:46 by TimALoftis
General Motors Corp. today set a new goal of reducing carbon dioxide emissions produced by its U.S. plants, aiming for a 40 percent drop by 2010.
General Motors Corp. today set a new goal of reducing carbon dioxide emissions produced by its U.S. plants, aiming for a 40 percent drop by 2010.
added 2007 Wed Mar 21 21:44:47 by catstevens
Knowing the impossibility of such an action, the former vice president urged international cooperation to come up with a cost-based system for measuring and limiting carbon emissions.
Knowing the impossibility of such an action, the former vice president urged international cooperation to come up with a cost-based system for measuring and limiting carbon emissions.
added 2007 Mon Mar 19 16:02:09 by jeremytoday
The United States must act to cap its emissions of greenhouse gases and join the fight against climate change or risk losing global leadership, a former CIA director said in a report released on Monday.
The United States must act to cap its emissions of greenhouse gases and join the fight against climate change or risk losing global leadership, a former CIA director said in a report released on Monday.
added 2007 Wed Mar 14 19:14:30 by populist
A three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit rebuked the Environmental Protection Agency in a decision Tuesday, indicating that the regulators had flouted Congress and the courts in setting the standards governing hazardous air pollution emissions from plants making bricks and ceramics.
A three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit rebuked the Environmental Protection Agency in a decision Tuesday, indicating that the regulators had flouted Congress and the courts in setting the standards governing hazardous air pollution emissions from plants making bricks and ceramics.
added 2007 Mon Feb 12 1:21:17 by ind06
THE ONION RADIO NEWS with Doyle Redland reporting. The Alabama Environmental Defense League is nearing the end of a three-month campaign to instal solar-powered electric chairs in each and every of the state's 4,200 prisons.
THE ONION RADIO NEWS with Doyle Redland reporting. The Alabama Environmental Defense League is nearing the end of a three-month campaign to instal solar-powered electric chairs in each and every of the state's 4,200 prisons.
added 2007 Tue Jan 23 21:57:17 by STONERS
President George W. Bush needs to go beyond rhetoric and call for mandatory limits on greenhouse gas emissions in his State of the Union address, Democrats said on Tuesday.
President George W. Bush needs to go beyond rhetoric and call for mandatory limits on greenhouse gas emissions in his State of the Union address, Democrats said on Tuesday.
added 2007 Sun Jan 14 9:05:55 by Neophile
George Bush is preparing to make a historic shift in his position on global warming when he makes his State of the Union speech later this month, say senior Downing Street officials.
George Bush is preparing to make a historic shift in his position on global warming when he makes his State of the Union speech later this month, say senior Downing Street officials.
