tagged w/ Carbon Emissions
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Silverchair found a way to neutralize their carbon emissions during their world tour.
ChairPage.comSilverchair found a way to neutralize their carbon emissions during their world tour.... more
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Paris-Orly airport is gearing up to for a £8.7 million project to build a geothermal station that will provide the airport with up to a third of its energy needs.
It would be the first airport in Europe to make a major commitment to renewable energy, and expects to reduce its fuel needs by thousands of tons a year.Paris-Orly airport is gearing up to for a £8.7 million project to build a... more
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I am so looking forward to seeing Mr. Gore's interview this Sunday night. I hope he gets to talk about The Alliance for Climate Protection's ad campaign scheduled to be launched next week, because I am hoping it brings a turning point in this country regarding the need to take action on climate change through awareness. And also, his response to the climate skeptics is right on target. Those centuries ago who claimed that the sun not the Earth was the center of the universe were treated with the same scorn and contempt as those scientists who have proven that we as humans are contributing to the affects of climate change. How fortunate for humanity that it did not place trust in those who thought the opposite or thought the world was flat.
I don't believe it is all about money either, though that is certainly a large part of it as many of those who dismiss the evidence of anthropogenic climate change in the skeptics movement have received money from oil and utility companies. I also think it is religious in nature (the will of God) opposing science, it is political, and it is also about the inability to take responsibility for one's actions.
None of those reasons however, should stand in the way of truth and that is exactly what those who refuse to see the evidence are doing: standing in the way of truth. Should we actually listen to the skeptics and decades from now after the glaciers have melted, after the water has begun to dwindle, after wars are fought for land, water, food and other resources with great loss to humanity and other species, will those who claimed this was all a hoax still believe that?
Let's hope we never have to find out. Let's hope we take action now to save not only the planet that is our only home but ourselves, a rare and precious species in a rare and precious universe too precious to bow to the whims of the few who simply wish to perpetrate lies to assuage their own wants over the needs of the whole.
Therefore, thank you Mr. Gore for being our Galileo.
I am so looking forward to seeing Mr. Gore's interview this Sunday night. I hope... more
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Answer: they can help end global warming. Reduce carbon emissions 2% a year by switching to flourescent light bulbs, drive a car that has a better design and turn off your computer when you are not using it. If we do this, we can tell our kids, I lived during the age of global warming. I helped stop it by changing light bulbs, driving a different car, and turning off my computer when I wasn't using it. Answer: they can help end global warming. Reduce carbon emissions 2% a year by... more
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Subversive environmental blog climatedenial.org has been inviting readers to send in adverts which seem specifically angled at riling those concerned with global warming and carbon emissions. A great selection, including this disturbing TV ad from an energy company claiming to have 'made coal beautiful again'. Also lots of SUVs picturesquely zooming across snowy landscapes, and casually hackneyed images of 'ethnic' types in darkest Africa. Ugh. What I would really like to see is a remix of these ads showing the reality behind the posturing. Subversive environmental blog climatedenial.org has been inviting readers to send in... more
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A look into rural India to see how cooking over open fires and traditional stoves is a danger to the health of the cooks, their families, and the planet. A major contributor to global warming, smoke from cook fires is cooking the earth. See for yourself.A look into rural India to see how cooking over open fires and traditional stoves is a... more
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...Just in time to make sure they cashed in on the fall-out from last July's smoking ban! The government - and Friends of the Earth - today welcomed the DIY store's decision to stop selling the 'carbon-belching monstrosities'. Carbon dioxide emissions have risen in the UK under Labour, despite promises of substantial cuts. ...Just in time to make sure they cashed in on the fall-out from last July's... more
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Citing 'executive privilege', the US Environmental Protection Agency today has refused today to reveal its reasoning behind denying the stringent emissions regulations California applied to enforce. There is an ongoing Congressional investigation into the matter, in what would have been the toughest greenhouse gas emissions anywhere in the US. The story is conspicuously absent from the EPA's own webpage, but reports indicate that California intends to sue them over the matter.Citing 'executive privilege', the US Environmental Protection Agency today... more
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263 all-time high temperature records, the warmest English April in 348 years, the warmest January on record worldwide, a tornado in New York City, an equally rare cyclone hitting Oman and Iran, a record breaking 155 inches of rain in 72 hours on Reunion Island, record heat waves in Europe, 60% of the U.S in drought throughout August, record flooding in China, England and Wales, and the all time ice melting record in the North Pole shattered by some distance.
Can we add to this modest list of record breaking weather?263 all-time high temperature records, the warmest English April in 348 years, the... more
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In a decision that begs the question, "What environment are you protecting?", the EPA ruled that California and 16 other states could not set their own admissions standards. The plan required a 30 percent cut in carbon emissions by 2016 to 36 miles per gallon, and would include 40% of the United States population. Arnold Schwarzenegger threatened to sue, claiming, "It is disappointing that the federal government is standing in our way and ignoring the will of tens of millions of people across the nation. We will continue to fight this battle."In a decision that begs the question, "What environment are you... more
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"... We may within 50 years need to take all, or almost all, the carbon out of the way we live. That would need an extraordinary technological and social revolution."
"...the UK still plans a huge airport expansion, there is not the slightest hint of a deal that would see rich nations pay poor nations to capture their emissions from coal and even Democrats in the US Congress want to postpone any tough action on emissions until after 2020."
"...since the world committed to avoid dangerous climate change, emissions globally are up around 22%, the highest levels of CO2 since dinosaurs roamed a sweltering earth.""... We may within 50 years need to take all, or almost all, the carbon out of... more
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The Mission: Cut Carbon Emissions
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Britains largest companies are pledging to offer greener products and invest in research and technology as part of a wider push to reduce carbon emissions.
In an unprecedented joint effort, 18 of Britains top companies, including carmakers, airlines, retailers and banks, are publishing a report on Monday in which they promise to develop new products and services that allow customers to cut their carbon emissions.
The initiative is also intended to send a message to companies around the world to move climate change higher on their agendas. Britains largest companies are pledging to offer greener products and invest in... more
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"The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ordered a federal transportation agency on Thursday to rewrite its fuel economy standards for many SUVs, minivans and light trucks, arguing that the new rules are inadequate in part because they fail to properly assess the risk of global warming.
The decision is a huge win for several environmental groups and 11 states, including California, that argued that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's new fuel economy standards ignored the effects of carbon dioxide emissions.""The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ordered a federal transportation agency... more
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"An American power company with close financial links to President George Bush has been named as one of the world's top producers of global warming pollution.
A single Southern Company plant in Juliette, Georgia already emits more carbon dioxide annually that Brazil's entire power sector. The company is in the top two of America's dirtiest utility polluters and sixth worst in the world.""An American power company with close financial links to President George Bush... more
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Ian Somerhalder is both passionate and knowledgeable about the world's oceans. Here he shares some really fascinating and scary information about the environmental issues the oceans are dealing with. And yeah, your salmon might be died orange...Ian Somerhalder is both passionate and knowledgeable about the world's oceans.... more
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Ian Somerhalder has some suggestions about how we can all help out when it comes to the environment.Ian Somerhalder has some suggestions about how we can all help out when it comes to... more
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...about taking responsibility for their impact on the environment. Here they share some of the things they do in an effort to be environmentally conscious....about taking responsibility for their impact on the environment. Here they share... more
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by Nicole
According to a new study CO2 levels in the atmosphere have risen 35% faster than expected since 2000. The research was done by the University of East Anglias Global Carbon Project in partnership with the British Antarctic Survey, and was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The unexpected increase was impart due to our ever rising emissions, but also, rather worryingly, because it appears the earths own ability to soak up emissions in its natural sinks is decreasing, which is compounding our global warming problems.
"In addition to the growth of global population and wealth, we now know that significant contributions to the growth of atmospheric CO2 arise from the slow-down of natural sinks," said the studys lead author, Dr Pep Canadell of the Global Carbon Project, in a statement. "The decline in global sink efficiency suggests that stabilization of atmospheric CO2 is even more difficult to achieve than previously thought," said report co-author Dr Corinne Le Quere of the British Antarctic Survey. Their decade long study in the North Atlantic found that the oceans ability to soak up CO2 had halved between the mid-90s and 2005.
And as the earths abilities to health itself is increasingly compromised, a recent report by Intertanko, an organization which represents the majority of the worlds tankers, has found that global CO2 emissions from shipping are now twice the level of those due to aviation. According to the BBC, they found that emissions have risen sharply over the last six years, due to increasing trade, and because ships are burning more fuel due to time and speed constraints. With 90% of the worlds cargo now carried by ships, we should perhaps all be encouraged to think global by keeping trade local.
Meanwhile global warming has had unexpected consequences at sea, causing quite a stink on the Canadian Navys ships. Until recently the storage of sewage and garbage aboard their ships hadnt been an issue, since the icy Arctic waters would keep it cool while they carried out their patrols at sea. However, with rising sea temperature odors have become a big issue, and the Navy have requested that regulations in the Arctic Water Pollution Prevention Act be relaxed to allow garbage and sewage dumping if, and when, necessary. An internal memo, reprinted by Green Options, revealed the Navy requested the changes to help alleviate our COs (commanding officers) concerns (with regard to) accumulated food remnants stored in garbage bags on decks during ever-increasing global warming summers.
Looking at the evidence from all quarters leads us to conclude the planet's in serious hot water.
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According to a new study CO2 levels in the atmosphere have risen 35% faster... more
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Would you trade your car for a bike? Would you live a year of your life with out driving a car just to prove it could be done? Some people are. Plus they get to spend more time outdoors and stop wasting money and polluting the environment driving their inefficient cars. It's a simple concept but could be a revolutionary one, just go ride a bike.Would you trade your car for a bike? Would you live a year of your life with out... more
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