Tag: Carbon Emissions - Page 6
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When It Comes To Our Carbon Footprint, Only Two Things Really Matter: Buildings and Cars
Everything else really is barely more than a rounding error.
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EU's Highest Court Gives Green Light To Charging International Airlines For Carbon Emissions
From January 1, all airlines landing in the European Union will have to participate in the emission trading program, purchasing credits for all their carbon emissions.
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Matter Hatters Of Coal vs The Children: Which Side Will Business Leaders Take?
Industry's hand is being forced by EPA's final rule over power plant mercury emissions. Are they in favor of mercury polluiton?
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Chiquita Bananas Joins Other Major Brands, Pledges to Avoid Oil from Tar Sands
Chiquita Bananas becomes the latest major brand to avoid tar sands fuel. But will it really help?
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Is The Arctic Methane Situation Really As Bad As Headlines Make It?
Most of the methane in the east Siberian shelf is trapped 200m below the seafloor. Even under the most extreme climate scenarios tested, by 2100 thaw will only extend 10 more meters and 50 meters by 2200.
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Why We Should Really Be Talking About National Carbon Footprint, Not Just Carbon Emissions
In addition to emissions originating within a nation's borders in assessing progress on mitigating a nation's climate impact, as with personal impact, the emissions of all goods consumed need to be included.
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What Is Santa's Carbon Footprint? [Infographic]
We know there has to be a carbon footprint to the Christmas Eve trek Santa makes every year. This fun infographic adds it up for us.
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Wind Power Produces Just 4-14% Emissions of Fossil Fuels, Even With Manufacturing & Decommissioning
What phase of the project produces the most emissions varies greatly between onshore and offshore projects.
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French Firm Proposes To Transform Eiffel Tower Into World's Largest "Tree"
By covering France's most famous monument with 600,000 plants, the Ginger Group's controversial plan hopes to remake the tower into a symbol of sustainability and a hotspot for eco-tourism.
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2010 Saw Biggest Jump in Global CO2 Emissions Since the Industrial Revolution
Worldwide, CO2 emissions jumped 5.9% last year; a record amount.
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Ask Pablo: What Is The Greenest Booze?
Ask Pablo answers: What's the greenest kind of booze we can drink this holiday season?
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Improved Cooking Technique Slashes Coal Use. Is Funded Through Carbon Offsets (Video)
Carbon offsets have traditionally gone to technological improvements or reforestation. One group is teaching a different way of cooking. And it's using offset funds for the training.
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British Columbia's Quest for Carbon Neutrality
In 2007 BC's Premier shocked North America when he announced his government's bold Climate Action Plan. Is it working?
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Hacking Minecraft to Include Carbon Emissions
Every time you light a fire in Minecraft, or plant a tree, this hack will tell you your carbon footprint.
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Kristen Wiig's Global Breathing Initiative Will End Climate Change (Video)
Q: What if everyone on the planet held their breath for one minute every day? A: We'd stop climate change. According to Kristen Wiig. And Mitt Romney.
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Sorry, Mitt: Not Even Fringy Climate Denial Will Get the Tea Party to Like You
In which Mitt Romney emerges from his Tea Party pupa, fully and 100% transformed from a climate realist to a fringe science denier.
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65% of Americans Want a Carbon Tax: New Study
Who says it's impossible to put a price on carbon?
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Honda’s Natural Gas Civic is Named Green Car of the Year
The award by Green Car Journal -- recognizing near zero emissions, a 200-mile range, and a combined average of 31mpg -- kicks off the LA Auto Show.
