Carbon Dioxide

It has been said that Suburbia is where they cut down trees and name streets after them. As funny (and true) as this observation may be, mankind needs to start being more conscious about how we are treating the trees with which we share this precious real estate called Earth.

Of all the things we share, none is more important than Carbon Dioxide (CO2). Carbon Dioxide is used by plants during photosynthesis to make sugars and is also used to produce other organic compounds needed for plant growth and development. Carbon Dioxide is produced by humans (as we breathe). This symbiotic relationship has been a delicate symphony since life began on earth.

Too much Carbon Dioxide can be a bad thing. This colorless, odorless, greenhouse gas can be a killer. Human activities such as the combustion of fossil fuels and deforestation have caused the atmospheric concentration of Carbon Dioxide to increase by about 35% since the beginning of the Industrial Age. Many strategies have been implemented to try to decrease the levels of Carbon Dioxide that humans produce. Bio fuels, pellets, and bio ethanol are all gaining popularity as a safe, reliable means of cutting down on CO2 emissions.

Bloggers speaking about carbon dioxide can be found at sites like greeninc and mongabay.

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• Daily Mail Climate Change Denier ‘Grossly Irresponsible’

  
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  In the very week that President Obama announces he will be going to Copenhagen and committing the US to a carbon dioxide emission reduction target for the US, climate change sceptics refuse to accept that doing something about the issue is warranted. The Obama promise of a 17% emissions reduction target below 2005 ...
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• Jim Prentice On Formulating the Canadian Response to Climate Change: Copy America!

  
  Canada's World — Authority: 418
  With less than two weeks remaining before the opening of the climate change conference in Copenhagen, Environment Minister Jim Prentice took to the pages of the National Post the other day to explain the “intelligent, measured approach” he considered appropriate for Canada to bring to Copenhagen and to the ...
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• Skewed science by Phil Green (Statistician), National Post

  
  Celebrity Paycut Encouraging celebrities all over the world to save us from global warming by taking a paycut. — Authority: 169
  Article Tags: ClimateGate , Phil Green , World Temperatures A French scientist’s temperature data show results different from the official climate science. Why was he stonewalled? Climate Research Unit emails detail efforts to deny access to global temperature data. The global average temperature is ...
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• World’s carbon footprint continues to grow

  
  Carbon Offsets Daily — Authority: 526
  | Sourced From Radioaustralia.net.au | As the world prepares for next month’s UN climate change conference in Copenhagen, the latest annual global carbon report has been released in London. It shows carbon emissions hitting record highs in 2008, mainly driven by the burning of coal but thanks to the global ...
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• Replacements To Unhealthy Food That Help You Lose Weight

  
  Health - Wellness Guide — Authority: 130
  When you are trying to Lose Weight , exercise alone will never be enough to ensure lasting, healthy weight loss. While exercise will certainly burn more calories and help improve overall fitness, nutrition cannot be neglected if long term health is the goal. You wouldn’t run your car on substandard gas, so there is ...
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• By Cell Phone, Scientists Assist African Farmers Facing Effects of Climate Change

  
  Celebrity Paycut Encouraging celebrities all over the world to save us from global warming by taking a paycut. — Authority: 169
  For much of the last 200 years, levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide hovered around 275 parts per million. In this century, with atmospheric carbon dioxide nearing 390 ppm, and climbing annually by about 2.5 ppm , we are already beyond what many scientists see as a critical threshold in climate change.…
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• Obamas Climate Goals vs. the Senates

  
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  Farm and manufacturing states are seeking aid and changes before accepting emissions targets.
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• Opinion: B.C. better start finding carbon credits at home

  
  Carbon Offsets Daily — Authority: 526
  | Sourced From Vancouversun.com | For the last year I’ve been on an admittedly geeky quest during my vacations. I have criss-crossed the planet, hunting down the million-dollar deals involving what many think will be a commodity as big, or bigger, than either oil or gold. I’ve been carbon-credit hunting. My ...
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• ‘Living Buildings’ Could Help Tackle Climate Change

  
  Impact Lab — Authority: 540
  Architecture could help us tackle climate change, if we start to design our buildings with ‘living’ materials, according to Dr Rachel Armstrong, UCL Bartlett School of Architecture. Speaking today at a UCL Lunch Hour Lecture, Dr Armstrong argued that biological systems could be engineered into ‘smart’ paints ...
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• Obamas Climate Goals vs. the Senates

  
  Room for Debate — Authority: 691
  Farm and manufacturing states are seeking aid and changes before accepting emissions targets.
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• A Political Who’s Who Of Global Warming Liars

  
  PA Pundits - International — Authority: 491
  By Alan Caruba As the global warming fraud unravels, it’s a good time to look at the politicians who have been some of the most outspoken advocates, using global warming/climate change to advance “Cap-and-Trade” legislation and other related laws and regulations. Top of the list is President Barack Obama ...
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• Scientists explain why breathing carbon dioxide triggers panic attack

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 726
  Toronto, Nov 26 (IANS) Breathing in carbon dioxide is known to trigger panic attacks. Now scientists have unravelled why.A new study by University of Iowa (UI) researchers shows that carbon dioxide increases brain acidity, which triggers a protein that is central to fear and anxiety behaviour. Inhalation of carbon ...
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• Hybrids Are Good, but ICE Car Tweaks, Cooking Stoves Better for Curbing Oil Use

  
  Car Reviews & Car Buying Blog — Authority: 164
  Weve said it before and, because theres a well-written article on the subject in todays Wall Street Journal (subscription required), well say it again: Tweaking regular gasoline-powered cars is likely to curb oil use than plug-in-hybrid and all-electric vehicles for years to come. Raising the average fuel economy of ...
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• Researchers Build Machine That Turns CO2 Into Fuel

  
  The Far Edge — Authority: 146
  Imagine a machine that could suck carbon dioxide right out of the air and magically transform it into a usable product. It may seem like wishful thinking, but that’s exactly what researchers at the Sandia National Laboratories hope to do. They’ve created a protoype of a device that can turn carbon dioxide ...
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• Has ClimateGate Changed Obama’s Global Warming Strategy?

  
  Celebrity Paycut Encouraging celebrities all over the world to save us from global warming by taking a paycut. — Authority: 169
  Has the emerging international ClimateGate scandal changed President Obama’s global warming strategy? After winning the Nobel Peace Prize last month, expectations were that Obama would not attend the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen due to it conflicting with the Nobel awards ceremony in ...
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• Skewed science

  
  Celebrity Paycut Encouraging celebrities all over the world to save us from global warming by taking a paycut. — Authority: 169
  A French scientist’s temperature data show results different from the official climate science. Why was he stonewalled? Climate Research Unit emails detail efforts to deny access to global temperature data By Phil Green T he global average temperature is calculated by climatologists at the Climatic Research ...
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• Tokyo arcade to sell CO2 quota to Seiyu

  
  Carbon Offsets Daily — Authority: 526
  | Sourced From Tradingmarkets.com | TOKYO, Nov 15, 2009 (The Yomiuri Shimbun – McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) — SYLTF | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating — A shopping district association in Tokyo plans to break new ground by selling carbon dioxide emission credits gained by replacing ...
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• UPDATE 1-Global CO2 emissions to drop 2.8 pct in ‘09 -report

  
  Carbon Offsets Daily — Authority: 526
  * CO2 emissions up 2 pct in ‘08, to dip 2.8 pct in ‘09-report * Emissions from developing nations continue to soar * Consumer demand from rich countries partly to blame (Adds details, quotes throughout) SINGAPORE, Nov 18 (Reuters) – Global carbon dioxide emissions are set to fall an estimated 2.8 percent this ...
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• Can the Sun Help Turn Carbon Dioxide Into Fuel?

  
  Celebrity Paycut Encouraging celebrities all over the world to save us from global warming by taking a paycut. — Authority: 169
  U.S. researchers have demonstrated a technology that uses the sun’s heat to convert carbon dioxide and water into the building blocks of traditional fuels, a reverse combustion process that may emerge as a practical alternative to sequestration of CO2 emissions from power plants.
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• Carbon trading scheme gains in Australia

  
  Carbon Offsets Daily — Authority: 526
  | Sourced From Upi.com | CANBERRA, Australia, Nov. 25 (UPI) — The Australian government struck a deal Tuesday with opposition leaders on a revised carbon emissions trading scheme, clearing the way for the Senate to approve legislation this week. The Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme aims to cut Australia’s ...
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