Tag: Carbon Dioxide - Page 5
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Ask Pablo: Do Solar Panels Actually Contribute To Climate Change?
Dear Pablo: Is it true that the heat absorbed by dark solar panels contributes to climate change?
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Secret Report Revealed: Bush Admin Determined CO2 to be Public Threat in 2007
In December 2007 the Bush administration found that greenhouse gases, especially those emitted by motor vehicles, were a danger to public health, and therefore should be regulated by the Clean Air Act. This finding was sequestered
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Does Peeing Before Boarding an Airplane Really Save Carbon Emissions?
Although their website makes no mention of it, Japan's All Nippon Airways (ANA) has been widely reported to be trying
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Organic Farming Could Stop Global Climate Change
Organic soils such as those seen here could sequester 40% of global carbon emissions. Image source: Rodale Institute stock. Global Climate Change Chaos We've overshot sustainability. Three hundred fifty parts per million (350 ppm) is the recommended
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New Clean Coal Hazards Revealed: Could Poison Plants, People
Photo via Twilight Earth Clean coal seems like such a nice idea, doesn't it? We wouldn't have to close any polluting plants, nobody would have to lose their jobs in the coal mines, and we could go on getting half of our energy supply from the black
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West Coast Green 2009: PlanetUp is a Carbon-Offsetting Digg, But Will It Work?
A giant net filled with balloons greets visitors as they enter the West Coast Green tradeshow floor. It's from PlanetUp, who says that this is the amount of CO2 put out by utilizing one gallon of gas. 19.6 pounds, to be
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New Concrete Made From Coal Plant Waste Lasts 10 Times as Long
Researchers have created an impressive new kind of concrete that's made out of waste products from coal plants--concrete that could both last for hundreds of years and reduce carbon emissions by 90%. The cement industry is one
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The Best of Fast Company: A Distorted View of Climate Change, Ultra-Fortified Rice, and a Test Drive of the Wheego Whip
This week at Fast Company, we looked at an unsuccessful attempt to champion global warming, talked to the people behind PATH's fortified rice for developing countries, took a spin in the Wheego Whip EV, and evaluated Newsweek's green company
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Ask Pablo: Is Nuclear Power Really "Carbon Neutral?"
The short answer
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C.R.O.C. Parody Puts Carbon Offsets in Crosshairs
Carbon offsets. Did the hair on your neck stand up a little? Most people brace themselves for a bit of debate, or at least defense, when the topic comes up. On one side of the issue sit people who see carbon offsets
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Google Maps Earth's Carbon Cycle
Google Earth has a new application that shows carbon dioxide in different layers of the earth's atmosphere. Tyler Erickson, a geospatial researcher at the Michigan Tech Research Institute in Ann Arbor, responded to a competition call
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US Carbon Emissions Down 9% Over Last Two Years
Since 2007, emissions in the United States have dropped a startling 9%, ending an entire century of rising emissions. And while many will be quick to point to the recession and high gas prices as the main cause for the flagging emissions, other
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US Reluctance Looms Large Over International Climate Events
This month is absolutely packed with vital talks, summits, and meetings between the world's most important climate players. Climate Week just kicked off in New York City, and the Clinton Global Initiative begins tomorrow. Then the
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As its Glaciers Melt, Greenland on Track to Emit 10 Million Tons of CO2 a Year
You might think that one of the world's foremost examples of the impact of climate change would be deterred from making exceptionally pollution-heavy plans for development. You'd be wrong. Despite the fact that global warming is
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Australia Now the World's Largest Per Capita Carbon Emitter
The average Australian now emits more carbon dioxide than the average American--which means Australia has surpassed the United States, claiming the dubious distinction of world's largest per-capita carbon emitter. Canada's a close
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Mercury Rising: Temperature Will Soar in Some U.S. States Within the Century
The heat is on. We all know climate change is a very real and very dangerous fact of life, and many
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Maldive Islands Using Coconuts to Capture Carbon
The Maldives made headlines earlier this year when they vowed to become the first carbon neutral nation by 2020. In an attempt to inch closer towards that goal, the island nation is trying some
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Forest of 100,000 Artificial Carbon-Capturing Trees Proposed in UK
Carbon-capturing artificial trees have been getting some due attention lately, and for good reason: each fake tree can suck down CO2 thousands of times faster than their leafy, organic brethren--giving them intriguing potential
