Tag: Global Warming Causes - Page 10
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Bush Administration's Abysmal Environmental Record in Cool Interactive Graphic Form
Yesterday when I passed on the news that the Bush administration proposed three new marine monuments way out in the Pacific Ocean, I mentioned that this was a rare bright spot in an otherwise abysmal record on the environment. The words I used to
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How Much CO2 Would a Nuclear War Emit?
The smallest possible regional nuclear war would unleash around 700 million tons of carbon dioxide—about as much as a country like England emits every year. The stat comes from a new paper called "Review of solutions to global
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Japan's CO2 Emissions Up 8 Percent Since 1990
Japan's carbon dioxide emissions reached record levels in 2007. New data shows that 1.37 billion tons of greenhouse gases were emitted here in 2007. The amount is 8 percent more than levels in 1990. According to NHK World, the amount exceeds the
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GE Reinvents the Fridge
Over the past few years we have waited for GE's ecomagination to change from pretty pictures to reality, and now we are beginning to see the results. In 2009 they are rolling out "Smart" Energy Management Enabled Appliances that can talk to the
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53% of Global Carbon Emissions Come From the Developing World: Oak Ridge National Laboratory
It's no secret that even though we've made strides in raising awareness (if not increasing action enough...) about global warming, carbon emissions just keep on rising. You probably also saw that
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The American Museum of Natural History Tackles Climate Change
The American Museum of Natural History is unveiling its much anticipated Climate Change exhibit today, giving the public an opportunity to take an in-depth, engaging look at the most notorious and ill-understood
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New Survey Explores Link Between Views on Politics, Economics, and Global Warming
Photo courtesy of Next Nature American Climate Values Survey Views on global warming may be more strongly politically and economically influenced than many may have hoped. The recently released results of the American Climate Values Survey, conducted
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On Energy & The Environment Joe Biden and Sarah Palin Probably Have to Agree to Disagree
In case you missed it last night, embedded above is the entire debate between vice-presidential hopefuls Joe Biden and Sarah Palin. As I did with the presidential nomination acceptance speeches of Obama and McCain, for those without the time or
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Too Little, Too Late? McCain v. Obama on Global Warming
I fear I may have poisoned my objectivity on this one after a recent post I did on Sarah Palin and her views on the cause of global warming; there's no getting around that Gov. Palin's viewpoint is at odds with what I consider
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Note to Sarah Palin: The Cause of Global Warming Does Matter
Is this really an improvement on saying that global warming is not man-made? In an interview with CBS' Katie Couric on Tuesday night, Republican nominee for vice-president Sarah Palin clarified her position on global
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Miles Traveled by US Drivers Down for 9th Straight Month
Keeping the Car Parked A few months ago we reported that "US citizens drove 9.6 billion fewer miles in May 2008 than in May 2007, or 3.7% less." The trend seems to be holding as Reuters reported a 5% drop in June and a 3.6% year-over-year decline in
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50% of Electricity Must Come From Renewables by 2050 to Avert Global Warming: IEA
If the collective human we is to get a handle on cutting CO2 emissions, we have to seriously increase investment in renewable energy, the International Energy Agency has said. In a new study titled "Deploying Renewables:
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Debunking Timber Industry Spin with a Slideshow
Photo courtesy of WKTV Oregon Wild Sets the Record Straight on Timber Industry Ever wonder what the precise impacts of logging and deforestation are, and whether the timber industry's defensive environmental claims hold any water? Well, Oregon Wild,
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Global Economic Slowdown Won't Help Reduce Carbon Emissions, Say Analysts
I know some of you were probably thinking along these lines, that with a slowing world economy greenhouse gas emissions might start dropping in line with industrial output. Its a kind of environmental schadenfreude. Things may be
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GM's Bob Lutz: "I don't believe in the CO2 theory"
GM vice-chairman Bob Lutz was on the Colbert Report to talk about the
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Sarah Palin Shifting Position on Global Warming Cause? Stands Firm on ANWR
ABC will be running an interview with Sarah Palin this evening on no less than three of its programs (World News, 20/20 and Nightline) and as Earth2Tech puts it, has been milking them for all they’re worth. In the run-up to that interview, last night
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Is Quitting Coal Harder Than Quitting Cigarettes?
When President Bush said that we're addicted to oil should he have included coal as a vice on par with the "black gold?" Yep. After all, we do get roughly half our electricity from coal. But does the coal industry have their own Joe Camel to help us
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New Cow Diet Reduces Methane Emissions...and No, It's Not M
While farmers in the US are trying to save money by feeding their cows junk food, the London Times reported today that scientists have found a diet that just might cut down on the belching coming from cows. By feeding cows
