Tag: Global Warming Causes
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Emissions From Hydropower in Brazil Grossly Underestimated
Emissions from tropical hydropower dams in Brazil are up to four times higher than often assumed, new research shows.
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Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions Rose 3.6%, Hit New High in 2011
Large increases in China offset decreases in the US and Europe, new data from the IEA shows.
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Fewer Americans Believe Climate Change Is Not Happening Than We Think
The latest of Yale University's surveys on American attitudes towards climate change also shows that two-thirds of people now believe the planet is warming, but fewer attribute it to human activity.
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NASA Discovers Yet Another Terrifying Global Warming Feedback Loop
As if the melting methane-packed permafrost and shrinking Arctic ice sheets weren't enough.
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7 Big East Coast Polluting Power Plants, Plus One Showing A Cleaner Way Forward
You may not be able to see the emissions in Mona Miri's photographs, but you can see where they're coming from.
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Dinosaur Farts Contributed to Global Warming, Study Suggests
A British study has found that dinosaur flatulence could have produced 520 million tons of methane gas annually, contributing to a warm climate.
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Number One CO2 Emitter in the Northeast: Brayton Point Power Station
In Somerset Massachusetts sits the coal-fired Brayton Point Power Plant, which the EPA listed in January 2012 as the worst power plant station in the Northeast.
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More US Shale Gas Drilling Means More Gas Flaring, More Emissions
The World Bank reports that for the first time since 2008 global gas flaring has increased, with the blame placed on increased shale gas drilling in North Dakota.
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Wind Farms Cause Global Warming, Fox News Says
The conservative media apparatus distorts another scientific study so it can claim that wind power is causing climate change.
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See How Climate Change & Rising Sea Levels Plague American Cities Right Now (Video)
Rising sea levels caused be global warming are impacting communities across the nation right now.
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An Appropriately Profane Response to the Impending Irreversibility of Global Warming
Upon receiving the latest bad news from scientists on climate change, I have composed a post that should accurately reflect one's reaction. Do not read if you are offended by four letter words, or news that the world as we know it is ending.
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How Climate Mitigation Saves Money
Yale's William Nordhaus sets the record straight on his research, which is often misrepresented by climate skeptics.
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Climate Change Crisis Loses Some Urgency in Touring Museum Exhibit
The touring museum show 'Climate Change: The Threat to Life and A New Energy Future,' which wraps up its Istanbul run this weekend, is professionally put-together and well-intentioned, but flawed.
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U.S. Chamber of Commerce Calls for Fossil Fuels Bonanza, Catastrophic Global Warming
The amount of fossil fuels that the U.S.Chamber of Commerce advocates burning would literally ruin civilization as we know it.
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Map Reveals the Nation's Biggest Contributors to Climate Change
The EPA has put together a handy interactive map that reveals the emissions of the largest polluters in the U.S.
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How Tar Sands Will Devastate Agriculture, Increase Hunger in Africa
An eye-opening study shows the effects that full development of Canada's tar sands would have on global food production.
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Asia's Coal Use Grew 500% Since 1980!
This animation of world coal consumption by the U.S. Energy Information Administration shows clearly just how problematic Asia's coal dependency is.
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Melting Permafrost in the Arctic is Some Truly Scary S%*t
Perhaps the most dreaded climate 'feedback loop', thawing permafrost in the Arctic may unleash a torrent of heat-trapping methane and CO2. Here's what you need to know.
