Archive for ‘co2 emissions’
Carbon dioxide levels reach new high
November 23rd, 2007
Global concentrations of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere reached their highest levels ever recorded in 2006, according to the latest Greenhouse Gas Bulletin published Friday by the UN weather agency, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
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Japan pledges $1.8 bln for green projects in Asia
November 21st, 2007
apanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda pledged 200 billion yen ($1.83 billion) in loans over the next five years for environmental projects in Asia, officials said on Wednesday. The projects include sewage disposal and sulphur dioxide scrubbing from power plant smoke stacks.
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Asian leaders agree on need to further cut global emissions
November 21st, 2007
Asian leaders on Wednesday agreed on the need for long-term goals to cut global emissions and develop clean energy resources to combat devastating impacts of global warming ahead of a crucial meeting in Indonesia next month.
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National Recycling Day
November 16th, 2007
Thursday was National Recycling Day and what once was an additional burden to the list of chores, has now become an ethic.
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EU parliament tightens airline emissions rules
November 13th, 2007
All airlines should join the European Union’s emissions trading system in 2011 and face tighter pollution caps than first proposed, the European Parliament voted on Tuesday.
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Blue Source’s Founders Bill Townsend and Greg Spencer
November 7th, 2007
Two Evangelical Christians Out of Utah Set Out to Change Carbon Emissions.
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2030 global CO2 emissions expected to surge 56% over 2005 level
November 7th, 2007
Global carbon dioxide emissions in 2030 will likely be 56 percent higher than in 2005 due chiefly to burgeoning CO2 emissions from China and India, the International Energy Agency said in an annual report Wednesday.
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PG&E To Build A Solar Power Plant.
November 6th, 2007
Creation of a Solar Power Plant in Australia is a significant step towards reducing green house emission.
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CO2 emissions and climate change
November 5th, 2007
By the end of the century scientists are projecting an increase in global emissions from between 2.5. and 10.5 degrees. How do our CO2 emissions affect their predictions?Professor Diane Sullivan interviews Dr. Paul R. Epstein of the Harvard Medical School, Nancy Cole of the Union of Concerned Scientists, and Kurt Olson Professor of Law at MSL on this episode of …
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Ocean CO2 Muscles Out Shellfish
November 4th, 2007
Oysters and mussels, one of the most ancient and prized delicacies, are at risk of extinction because of rising CO2 levels.
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U.S. Mayors Meet to Sign Climate Protection Pact, Pledging to Cut Carbon Emissions to 7% Below 1990 Levels
November 2nd, 2007
Cities Address Climate Change - Interview with Trenton NJ Mayor Douglas Palmer.
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Fires spew tons of global warming gas
November 1st, 2007
In one week, Southern California’s wildfires spewed the same amount of carbon dioxide — the primary global warming gas — as the state’s power plants and vehicles did, scientists figure.
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Global warming bill advances in Senate
November 1st, 2007
Lawmakers took the first step Thursday on a bipartisan global warming bill that would impose mandatory cuts in greenhouse gases from power plants, industrial facilities and transportation
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US Air Force eyes alternative fuel, slashing CO2
October 27th, 2007
The world’s most powerful air force is seeking to wean itself from foreign oil and nearly zero out its carbon dioxide output as part of a sweeping alternative energy drive, a senior Pentagon official said Friday. By early 2011, the U.S. Air Force aims to make sure its entire fleet of bombers, fighters, transports and other aircraft can use …
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Carbon dioxide in atmosphere increasing
October 23rd, 2007
Just days after the Nobel prize was awarded for global warming work, an alarming new study finds that carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is increasing faster than expected. Carbon dioxide emissions were 35 percent higher in 2006 than in 1990, a much faster growth rate than anticipated, researchers led by Josep G. Canadell, of Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial …
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