Tag: co2
member name: Sam Carana
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February 18, 2008 01:12 AM EST --
As we all know, we should end the practices of burning forests and clearing land for farming, for urban expansion and for road construction. Big companies are often blamed for this, but what's often . . .
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February 14, 2008 03:06 AM EST --
Shipping emissions of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) are underestimated by as much as three times, according to the British daily Guardian, which quotes a new study that shows that annual emissions from the . . .
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April 08, 2008 01:38 AM EDT --
Global warming has plunged the planet into a crisis and the fossil fuel industries are trying to hide the extent of the problem from the public, NASA's top climate scientist says.
"The problem . . .
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March 18, 2008 10:09 PM EDT --
Virtually all countries have ratified the Kyoto protocol. Yet, carbon dioxide ( CO 2 ) emissions are rising even faster than the worst-case estimates by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change . . .
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April 16, 2008 06:20 AM EDT --
After publication of Ten Dangers of Global Warming , now more than a year ago, some said that the article was 'alarmist' and had 'dramatized' the impact of global warming. After the Intergovernmental . . .
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September 22, 2009 03:23 AM EDT --
Large-scale afforestation, in the form of bringing vegetation into the desert by means of desalinated water, is proposed by a team of scientists. A study by Leonard Ornstein, a cell biologist at the Mount . . .
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February 22, 2008 02:12 AM EST --
The image on the right shows the Anderson Mill, in Travis County, Texas, which was built in the 1850s as a corn mill. Since ancient times, waterwheels and wind mills have been used to grind grain to produce . . .
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November 19, 2008 07:41 AM EST --
Extract: As we shift away from fossil fuel and as the number of wind turbines increases, more and more people are calling for a Supergrid - high capacity links carrying electricity between the major . . .
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June 02, 2008 03:37 AM EDT --
The Earth's soil can act as a huge carbon sink. One way to store more carbon is by inserting AgriChar into the soil, i.e. carbon produced from biowaste. Another way is to store carbon in the soil . . .
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February 15, 2009 10:31 PM EST --
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has in many respects underestimated the severity of global warming and the speed at which it strikes. "From 2000 to 2007, greenhouse gas emissions . . .
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March 06, 2008 08:09 PM EST --
As is now abundantly clear, we cannot continue releasing emissions into the atmosphere as we have done in the past. Emissions should be cut dramatically everywhere around the world, the sooner the . . .
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April 29, 2008 12:08 AM EDT --
Why action needs to be taken
It has been known for decades that global warming is a problem. Over time, it has become increasingly clear that greenhouse gas emissions must be reduced to avoid catastrophe. . . .
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February 16, 2008 03:10 AM EST --
Last month, the European Union (EU) threatened to impose tariffs on products from countries such as the US and China, if those countries didn't comply with European plans to reduce greenhouse gas . . .
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February 24, 2008 02:23 AM EST --
Electric vehicles can cut greenhouse gas emissions in two ways. They are clean and efficient. By acting as storage capacity, they can also make the electric grid more efficient.
Electric cars are . . .
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October 23, 2008 08:23 AM EDT --
Professor David Keith of the University of Calgary is working on a device that removes carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) directly from ambient air.
Keith has built a tower, 4 feet wide and 20 feet tall, . . .
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May 21, 2009 08:32 AM EDT --
Will America be a desert by 2100? Or Africa, India or China, for that matter?
Chances are, according to MIT projections , that global median surface temperature will rise by 9.4 o F (5.2 o C) by 2100, . . .
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June 02, 2009 11:02 AM EDT --
Earth 2100 will be broadcast by the ABC on June 2nd, 2009 from 9 to 11 pm Eastern time. Hosted by Bob Woodruff, it explores a future in which we don't take action on the problems we're facing.
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April 24, 2008 01:32 AM EDT --
In discussions about global warming, many are reluctant to make 'the first move'. The coal industry points at figures by the Energy Information Administration (EIA), showing that coal accounted . . .
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February 03, 2009 01:10 AM EST --
President Obama, please read this!
The energy and environmental policy that you have proposed for the U.S. is a patchwork of policies, ranging from higher fuel efficiency standards and subsidies for . . .
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May 22, 2008 07:32 AM EDT --
Rising Sun for Electric Cars
Originally published 04/22/08 (Earth Day)
by Roy Morrison in Policy Innovations
Earth Day 2008 is a time to ask: Is my sustainability work consonant . . .
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