Archive for ‘co2 emissions’
Carbon dioxide levels up faster than thought-study
October 22nd, 2007
Humans are pumping carbon dioxide into the atmosphere at an increasingly quicker pace while natural reservoirs such as oceans and trees are soaking up less and less of the greenhouse gas, researchers said on Monday. Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere have grown 35 percent faster than expected since 2000 due to increased greenhouse gas emissions in rapidly developing …
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Scientists see coal as key challenge
October 22nd, 2007
The proliferation of coal-burning power plants around the world may pose “the single greatest challenge” to averting dangerous climate change, an international panel of scientists reported Monday.
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Howard breaks ranks with Bush on greenhouse targets
October 21st, 2007
Prime Minister John Howard said Sunday that he would accept targets for cutting Australia’s greenhouse gases thrashed out in a global deal that would follow the expiry of the Kyoto Protocol in 2012. Speaking in a televised debate with opposition Labor Party leader Kevin Rudd, Howard also said that he would urge US President George W Bush to join …
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Traffic lights have drivers seeing red
October 12th, 2007
A new report shows that fuel consumption can be decreased and congestion mitigated if the nation improves how its traffic signals are managed.
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Keep warm this winter without costing the earth
October 9th, 2007
As the nights draw in and getting up in the morning becomes more and more of a struggle, turning your heating up to full blast and snuggling up in front of the fire can be very tempting.
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Climate Report: World at Risk Now
October 9th, 2007
A report by the United Nation’s Panel on Climate Change, due out in November, states the number of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere has reached a level they had not expected for another decade.
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Climate change talks at U.N.
September 24th, 2007
The central issue during a trio of climate change meetings at the U.N. is how to curb the emission of climate-warming greenhouse gases.
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Landmark Ruling on Emissions
August 27th, 2007
In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency has the authority to regulate greenhouse gases. Wyatt Andrews has more on the significance of this ruling.
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Greek forest fire deaths rise
August 27th, 2007
More than 60 people are now known to have died in the forest fires sweeping parts of the country as the government offers a reward of over a million dollars for help in tracking down arsonists it believes are partly to blame.
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Nearly 100 New Fires Burning in Greece
August 27th, 2007
Fires burning for three straight days obliterated vast swathes of Greece and the death toll rose by 11 on Sunday to 60.
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Indonesia third ranked CO2 emitter
July 12th, 2007
Palm oil producers are blamed for some of the many forest fires to hit Indonesia. Environmental campaign group Greenpeace says the fires deliberately started to clear large areas of land for crop production are creating huge amounts of carbon dioxide and spreading haze across south east Asia.
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Bush to Cut Gas Consumption
May 14th, 2007
President Bush has responded to a Supreme Court environmental ruling by ordering his administration to find a way to begin regulating vehicle emission. Bush says the new rules would cut gasoline consumption and greenhouse gas emissions.
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Climate experts issue final report
May 4th, 2007
The world must act quickly to cut back on the greenhouse gases that fuel global warming, the UN’s leading authority said in a major report on Friday. Scientists and experts on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) concluded that there was “substantial” potential for the
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Pass overhauled clean air bill, Harper urged
March 30th, 2007
Environmental groups urged the Harper government on Friday to pass a bill rewritten by a special Commons committee because they say it takes real action on greenhouse gas emissions.
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New advances in age old concrete
February 15th, 2007
Cement production is a major contributor to worldwide carbon dioxide emissions. Nanotechnology may have an answer to produce greener concrete in the future.
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