Tag: Carbon Emissions - Page 15
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Should Coal Ash Be Getting LEED Credits?
Coal ash never ceases to amaze: despite being radioactive and loaded with mercury, not only does the EPA claim it reduces greenhouse gas emissions, its use in construction is also a source of LEED credits in green building. Public
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CO2 Levels Could Rise to Concentrations Unseen in 30 Million Years by 2100
Now this is really a pretty shocking projection, but one which is by no means certain provided we take action now to change course from our business-as-usual levels of greenhouse gas emissions: New research from the National Center for
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Clearing Up the Misconceptions About California's Climate Law
Even though voters turned out in force to reject the oil company-led effort to repeal California's pioneering climate law, many folks still don't know exactly how it works. There are a bunch of misconceptions lingering in the air, and thankfully,
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Southwest Airlines Announces More Energy-Efficient Landings
Southwest Airlines is changing its landing procedures in the hopes of reducing emissions, delays, and of course, costs. The move is driven in part by changes mandated by the Federal Aviation Administration that
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Canadian Carbon Sequestration Project Leaking, Killing Farm Animals & Causing Algae Blooms
Not too much on this one yet, but take it as an example of one of the no-longer theoretical problems of carbon capture and storage: Canada's CTV News is reporting that a CCS project in
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Spam Drops Dramatically in December - Energy Used Selling You Stuff You Don't Want Falls Fourfold
You may have seen headlines this morning about how global spam email levels have suddenly fallen, declining from approximately 200 billion spam messages in August to just 50 billion in December. Which got me thinking:
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Ferran Adrià 's elBulli Restaurant Aims for Zero Emissions with Architect Enric Ruiz-Geli's Smartgrid
Image credit: El País According to El País on sunday, celebraty chef Ferran Adrià is plotting a zero emission premises for his restaurant elBulli on the coast of Catalonia, Spain. The 2010 chef of the decade (nominated by The Restaurant magazine) closed
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Orwellian Alan Oxley's Pro-Palm Oil Claims Mislead the Public: Top Indonesian Climate Official
If you follow the problems with palm oil and deforestation in Southeast Asia you've no doubt come across Alan Oxley and his shilling for big timber--for which a group of scientists recently chided him, for massive
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Massive CO2 Savings in 2010: Businesses, Individuals & Government Step Up
While blowing up climate skeptic school kids may have angered both detractors and proponents, the 10:10 Campaign—an initiative to encourage individuals, companies and organizations to cut CO2 emissions 10% in one
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Watch The Earth Breathe: A History of Atmospheric CO2 (Video)
File this one in the interestingly geeky diversion category: Coming to TreeHugger via The Cost of Energy is what they are calling the "coolest looking graph in climate science"--which helps visualize why global average temperatures are rising, oceans
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Canadian Government Report Predicts a Tar Sands Oil Boom
A report by the Canadian government warns that Canada and the U.S. will both shift toward heavier forms of crude oil as global sources of lighter crude become scarcer. The biggest problem with that shift is one the report
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Nitrogen Runoff Into Rivers Causes 3x More Emissions Than IPCC Estimates
You're probably aware that nitrogen runoff into rivers contributes to the growing problem of ocean dead zones, but according to new research published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
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UK's New Plan Aims to Make Renewables "Dominant" Energy Source by 2030
The plans are being called the "largest shakeup of the UK energy sector" since the 1980s, and indeed, if implemented, they could have a profound impact on carbon emissions. The proposal, announced by UK energy
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California Passes Cap & Trade Bill - Creates World's Second Largest Emission Trading Scheme
The California Air Resources Board yesterday passed a statewide cap and trade bill for greenhouse gas emissions, creating the second-largest emissions trading scheme in the world after Europe's. A 9-to-1 vote brings
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Tar Sands Not Most Destructive Project on Earth, But Very Far From Benign: Royal Society of Canada
TreeHugger has filled a great many virtual pages on the topic of Alberta tar sands, detailing time and time again the high environmental costs of extracting this so-called unconventional source of oil, which the Albertan government has bet
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Buyers Get Money Towards Purchasing Electric Cars in UK
Buyers of some electric cars will be given up to £5,000 ($7,800) towards their purchase. With its new £43M plan to encourage people to drive electric and low-carbon cars, the government has announced that buyers of 9 models of cars
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Carbon Trading is Far From Perfect, But What's the Alternative?
While some see it as the only viable way to curb our carbon emissions, and there is evidence that the EU's carbon trading scheme has helped reduce emissions, the fact that the global carbon market has grown to over
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Gap Between National Emission Reduction Pledges & What's Needed Is Wide - And Not Narrowing
At the COP16 climate talks enter into the home stretch, UNEP has released a new assessment of the gap between what nation's emission reduction pledges will do and what is actually needed to keep global
