Jeremy Elton Jacquot
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Scientists Develop Air "Scrubber" Capable of Sucking Up One Ton of CO2 a Day
This sounds too good to be true: a machine that can vacuum the equivalent of a ton of atmospheric carbon dioxide a day in a cost-effective way. We've seen our fair share of CO2 "sucking" devices in the past -- everything from modified plastic membranes
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Getting the G8 to Square Up to the Climate Crisis
Warranted optimism or false hope? At a recent summit in Kobe, Japan, environment ministers from the G8 nations pledged to cut emissions in half by 2050 -- though they conspicuously failed to set a binding target for 2020
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Report Finds Lexington Has Largest Carbon Footprint, Los Angeles Has Second Smallest (With Big Caveats)
Imagine my surprise when the first headline I read in today's LAT Environment section blared: "Los Angeles' carbon footprint is a light one
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A Scorched Earth Shows its "Fire Scars"
An area equivalent to the European Union -- roughly 3.5 to 4.5 million sq. km -- burns every year, according to a new study published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters (sub. required). Kevin Tansey, a geographer at the University of
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This Month in SEED: Carnivores Like Us and Paper Tigers in China
Meat-lovers and vegetarians alike will find much to like about Paul Roberts' pièce de résistance, "Carnivores Like Us," in this month's SEED. The article, adapted from Roberts' new book, The End of Food (see Mother Jones' recent energy issue for his take
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The Great Arctic Ice Cap Break-Up: Scientists Discover Network of Cracks on Ward Hunt
Need more evidence that the Arctic ice cap is slowly going the way of the dodo? Traveling with a team of scientists and Canadian troops during a recent expedition on Ward Hunt, BBC Environment Correspondent David Shukman bore
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Number of the Day: 11,000,000,000
That, according to the Federal Highway Administration, is the decline in the number of miles driven by Americans since March 2007 -- at 4.3%, the sharpest yearly drop on record and the first fall in the month
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Tim Flannery: Plant Forests with eBay, Pump Sulfur into the Stratosphere to Fight Climate Change
It turns out noted science writer -- and 2007 "Australian of the Year" (not to mention a TH favorite) -- Tim Flannery is an advocate of geoengineering. Specifically, he supports a scheme in which sulfate aerosols would be injected into the stratosphere
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The Frogs Still Need Your Help!
With the hot summer months fast approaching, Amphibian Ark, the international organization helping to keep endangered amphibian species afloat (whose efforts we profiled here), needs your helps now more than ever. They've just embarked on an ambitious
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Obama Gets Out the Bike Vote in Portland, Helps Elect First Cyclist Mayor
Tongues were a-wagging this week in Portland over speculation that Barack Obama's primary appearance, whose 75,000-strong crowd drew over 8,000 cyclists, was also meant to serve as a tacit endorsement of mayoral candidate -- and erstwhile city
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Roasting Biofuel Crops Like Coffee Beans Could Boost Energy Yield by 20%
Two British engineers have discovered a novel technique that could help make biofuel production cheaper and boost the energy content of some crops by up to 20%. The process, called "torrefaction," consists of slowly heating biomass in an inert atmosphere
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It's Official: Bay Area Passes Carbon Tax
Despite widespread national ambivalence about its merits, air pollution regulators in the Bay Area have overwhelmingly approved the nation's second ever carbon tax (Boulder, CO, was first) -- voting 15-1 to require
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Invasive Species: Another Reason to Worry about Biofuels
A new report, entitled "A Risk Assessment of Invasive Alien Species Promoted for Biofuels," is calling on governments to carefully weigh the risks posed by biofuel crops that stand a chance of becoming invasive species against the perceived benefits. The
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Gas Buddy's Map Shows How Expensive Your Gas Is
So how much are you paying for gas (assuming, of course, you haven't yet gone car-free)? Those living on the West Coast (especially California) -- or in Hawaii -- probably already know that they're paying a nice premium over some of their fellow
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Ice Core Data Reveals GHG Emissions at Highest Level in 800,000 Years
New data obtained from an analysis of trace gases locked in Antarctic ice cores has revealed that atmospheric GHG levels are at their highest point in the last 800,000 years. The
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PARC Develops Low-Energy, Membrane-Free Water Filtration Technology
Leave it to the brainiacs at the renowned Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) to devise a water filter that manages to do away with two of the technology's most vexing problems: a high energy requirement and the need to constantly replace used up membranes.
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Designing a Climate Policy that's Easy on the Federal Budget (And Wallet)
Global warming naysayers have often invoked the strawman argument of an excessive cost burden, particularly on lower-income individuals, in arguing against any substantive climate policy. And while it's true that a poorly
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The Battle of the Santa Monica Ficus Trees Ends in Defeat... For the Trees
Ending a climactic battle over the fate of Santa Monica's now infamous ficus trees that pitted the city against Treesavers, a local environmental group, 23 trees were felled last Friday as part of a multimillion-dollar street renovation project,
