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Posts Tagged ‘co2’
Climate change, Science & Technology, Feb 19th, 2010,
A new article in The Ecologist shines a light on methane, the often-ignored greenhouse gas that is produced from both natural and human sources. Methane’s contribution to the greenhouse effect is estimated to be about 18% compared to CO2’s 63%. Yet it is also 20-30 times more potent than CO2 and has only one tenth [...]
Tags: acid rain, arctic, capture, carbon, climate change, co2, emissions, gas, global, greenhouse, livestock, methane, permafrost, warming, wetlands
Climate change, Politics, Sustainable lifestyle, Feb 12th, 2010,
Since 1979 China has more or less followed a government enforced policy of one child per family. It is a policy which dictates that urban couples are allowed only one child, whereas those in the countryside may have two – so long as the first child is a girl. Ethnic minorities, those with dangerous jobs [...]
Tags: birth, child, China, Chinese, co2, emissions, girls, one, one child policy, policy, population
Climate change, Science & Technology, Wildlife & Flora, Feb 6th, 2010,
Longer growing seasons and higher concentrations of CO2 may encourage faster growth rates in trees, according to a 22-year scientific study of mixed hardwoods in the eastern United States. During the study average temperatures increased by 0.3 degrees while the growing season was extended by 7.8 days. Furthermore, the CO2 concentration in the forest air [...]
Tags: carbon, carbon dioxide, climate change, co2, forest, global warming, Maryland, study, temperatures, tree, United States, waterfowl, wetlands
Climate change, Feb 3rd, 2010,
Supply and Demand. It’s a common thing amongst businesses and consumers. We demand something, they supply it. They demand something and some other company, manufacturer, or what-have-you supplies it. Such a common thing is about to take a bit of an unexpected turn.
The world of supply and demand is changing and it’s coming to the [...]
Tags: carbon, Carbon Disclosure Project, CDP, climate change, co2, Green business, greenhouse gas emissions, suppliers, supply and demand
Climate change, Green basics, Jan 23rd, 2010,
Lawn care is becoming more of an obsession these days. Most of us will do some lawnmowing, spray some weed killer and call it a day. However, there are people who go to extreme lengths of making sure their lawn is perfectly green. They will use fertilizers, pesticides, sprinkler systems, leaf blowers, branch chippers, and [...]
Tags: carbon, climate change, co2, emissions, greenhouse gases, lawn care, lawn maintenance, nitrous oxide
Climate change, Science & Technology, Transportation, Jan 22nd, 2010,
Those of you who followed GreenFudge last year may remember a story about the Biotruck Expedition: an old, salvaged school bus that traveled to Asia on french fry (chip) fat and biodiesel made from cooking oil. Why? They were (or actually, still are) trying to travel around the world without emitting more than 2 tons [...]
Tags: co2, ICARE project, renewable energy, solar and wind powered vehicle, Swiss, world travel, zero emissions
Climate change, Politics, Pollution, Jan 21st, 2010,
In an unprecedented and audacious move to curb global greenhouse gas emissions, the Federated States of Micronesia – a small nation of islands in the western Pacific Ocean – have appealed against the refitting of a coal plant in far off Prunerov, Czech Republic. Prunerov – owned by the utilities conglomerate CEZ – is one [...]
Tags: Bellona, climate change, co2, coal, copenhagen, Czech, Czech Republic, emissions, environment, Federated States of Micronesia, global, island, Micronesia, ocean, Pacific, plant, power, Prunerov, Times
Climate change, Uncategorized, Jan 12th, 2010,
The time frame for possible action against global warming has changed yet again. Researchers are now giving world leaders up to 40 years to reduce greenhouse gas emissions as much as possible.
During a recent study (and the first of its kind), analysts used a detailed energy system model to compare the potential 2050 emission levels [...]
Tags: climate change, co2, Doomsday Clock, emission targets, five minutes until midnight, global warming, greenhouse gas emissions, study
Climate change, Science & Technology, Dec 17th, 2009,
‘In short, China has gone from a slow-growing, insular country to the world’s second-largest economy and largest exporter in a single generation […] Commensurate with China’s economic growth has been its growth in CO2 emissions.’
–Kurt Zenz House, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Kurt Zenz House is a fellow at MIT, where he ’studies and develops methods [...]
Tags: Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, capture and storage, carbon emissions, co2, Dr. House, emissions, Kurt Zenz House
Health, Dec 12th, 2009,
According to a recent announcement made by the EPA, greenhouse gases do, indeed, have a negative effect on human health.
We already know the fumes from fossil fuels and the like can cause problems, ranging from asthma to migraines. Now, the EPA is pushing the fact that CO2 and other such pollutants should be regulated under [...]
Tags: carbon dioxide, carbon emissions, co2, EPA, greenhouse gases harmful, human health