Tag: Carbon Dioxide - Page 8
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Is the IPCC Assessment on Global Climate Change Wrong?
Image via Global Warming Art Dear Pablo: I've heard that we don't have enough remaining fossil fuels available to burn in order to reach the carbon dioxide concentrations that the IPCC scientists are predicting. What would happen to the concentration of
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Carbonscape: Microwaved Biochar for Massive Carbon Sequestration
Image credit: Carbonscape Carbonscape - Developing Industrial-scale Carbon Capture Biochar, or the concept of turning woody materials into charcoal that is buried, or tilled into soil, is a hot topic. Tim has explored the benefits of biochar for carbon
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$500 Million Math Error Shut Down "Near Zero Emissions" Coal Plant
The high-profile FutureGen project in Illinois was pioneering carbon capture and sequestration--the controversial effort to curb greenhouse gas emissions in coal plants--when it was shut down last year after the
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Europe's 4 Greenest Leaders - And Worst Polluters?
Europe is a pioneering force in cutting greenhouse gases and supporting environmentally friendly measures—just look at their far superior mass transit systems, fledgling cap and trade system (hey, they're trying), and strong support
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Obama's Cap and Trade Would Generate $645 Billion in "Climate Revenue"
In what the New York Times calls a 'greenhouse gas gamble,' Obama designed his newly unveiled budget to include revenue from a carbon cap and trade system he expects to be in place by 2012—and he's got high expectations. Obama's
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Congress Gives Up on Going Carbon Neutral
Remember that Green the Capitol program that House Democrats put into place shortly after regaining the majority in 2006? As a demonstration to the American people that green issues were of the utmost importance, the US House of
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Which Milk Container Has the Lowest Carbon Emissions?
Image via Telegraph.co.uk Dear Pablo: I have been wondering for some time what a life cycle analysis would show is the "greenest" way to ship milk. Plastic containers are light, but are not reusable and don't biodegrade; cardboard containers are less
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Obama May Set National Auto Emissions Standard
We're hardly a month into a new administration, and at least from an environmental perspective, it's hard to believe that this is the same country we're talking about: clamping down on coal, leading negotiations to create a
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Obama EPA May Regulate CO2 for the First Time Ever
The new incarnation of the EPA isn't wasting any time making headlines—in the last week alone, it announced that it's reconsidering a key Bush era ruling, and it's filed a massive lawsuit on a Louisiana coal plant to get it to
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Forest Death Rates Doubled on the West Coast
Since the 1970s, tree death rates have doubled on the west coast, according to research appearing in the journal Science. And the causes seem to be stress from drought and global warming. After decades of study, scientists have
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Ranchers Could Earn Carbon Credits, Save the World Through Better Grazing Practices
In a statement that makes you just want to smack yourself in the forehead, scientists have determined that grazing practices play a significant role in soaking up C02. So much so, that they feel farmers and ranchers could take part
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A Google or a Cup of Tea: Which Warms the Globe the Most?
Note: please see the correction at the end of this article.
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Survey: Do Trade Shows Make Sense Any More?
Consumer Electronics Shows. Auto shows. Greenbuild. ICFF. TreeHugger writers wing around America (carbon offsetted, of course) to hit the massive annual shows and bring you the latest information. But is the era of shows over? (see Tom of Terracycle
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No Infrastructure Investment for Concrete!
Making cement creates 5% of the world's greenhouse gases. Putting it into roads promotes consumption of fossil fuels. And where is the infrastructure investment going? States
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The TH Interview: Andy Revkin--Climate in the Obama Age
Hopes are high for an Obama-led climate strategy, but when it comes to true details there are still more questions than answers. Andrew C. Revkin has stationed himself at the intersection of science, technology, and policy for two decades, watching
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Humboldt Squid May Become Easy Calamari Thanks to Climate Change
Humbolt Squid May Become Easy Calamari Thanks to Climate Change Just last year we talked about the invasion of Humboldt squid off the California coasts. Over the past 17 years, the aggressive predator has
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Ozone Depletion Contributes to Ocean Acidification in the Southern Ocean
Forty percent: That is the share of annual oceanic carbon dioxide uptake accounted for by the Southern Ocean. Given that oceans comprise Earth's largest carbon sink, that is not an insignificant figure;
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Greenwash Watch: Catching CO2 With A Butterfly Net
It seems like Fun With Advertising Week at TreeHugger; first with Clean Coal Carolers, and now with the fantasy behind clean coal, carbon capture and storage. (CCS). Shell is running this ad in the New Yorker, noting that "Perfecting CCS won't be easy,
