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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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “Carbon dioxide”

• Ten climate change “flagship” species named at Copenhagen summit

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 724
  Washington, December 15 (ANI): A report released at the Copenhagen climate change conference by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has listed ten species likely to suffer huge losses due to global warming.According to a report in National Geographic News, although the ten species aren’t those ...
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• Business Fumes Over EPA Carbon Dioxide Rule

  
  Celebrity Paycut Encouraging celebrities all over the world to save us from global warming by taking a paycut. — Authority: 172
  
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• Hockey sticks, ‘unprecedented warming’ and past climate change

  
  Celebrity Paycut Encouraging celebrities all over the world to save us from global warming by taking a paycut. — Authority: 172
  A continual theme expressed at Skeptical Science is one should take in the broader picture rather than focus on small pieces of the puzzle. There is a YouTube movie currently propogating through the blogosphere that purports to do this. Rather than narrowly focus on just the hockey stick of the last…
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• Climate Update 21: AGW Investigation Begins? 100 Reasons AGW Is Natural, Green Profiteers, Conflict Of Interest & Arctic Sea Ice

  
  Wolf Howling — Authority: 583
  Is there going to be a real investigation over Climategate? Perhaps so. The Dept. of Energy has issued a " litigation hold notice " to its employees. The notice requires employees, in relevant part, to "preserve any and all documents relevant to “global warming, the Climate Research Unit at he University of East ...
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• Setting Boundaries: 10 Guidelines to Save Earth

  
  Innovation Toronto — Authority: 142
  Image via Wikipedia Scientists propose a set of safe limits for human impacts on Earth The scale of humanity’s impact on the globe is becoming ever more apparent: we have wiped out species at a rate to rival great extinction events of all geologic time as well as contributing to a rapidly acidifying ocean, ...
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• Study: Aspen warm to extra CO2 in air

  
  Carbon Offsets Daily — Authority: 157
  Aspen trees, the backbone of Minnesota’s paper industry, are liking the extra carbon dioxide in the air linked to global warming. Continue reading at Startribune.com
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• Global-Warming Watchdogs to Emit CO2 Gas Equal to 200,000 Cars

  
  Carbon Offsets Daily — Authority: 157
  Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) — The 17,000 people visiting Denmark for global talks on reducing greenhouse gases will release as much carbon dioxide during the two-week event as about 200,000 U.S. passenger cars do in the period. Continue reading at Bloomberg.com
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• Climate change causing irreversible acidification in worlds oceans

  
  Mongabay.com News — Authority: 143
  A new study from the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity has synthesized over 300 reports on ocean acidification caused by climate change. The report finds that increasing ocean acidification in the oceans will lead to irreversible damage in the worlds oceans, creating a less biodiverse marine ...
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• "The Most Important Number in the World"

  
  Celebrity Paycut Encouraging celebrities all over the world to save us from global warming by taking a paycut. — Authority: 172
  Copenhagen, December 14—”The most important number in theworld,” Mohamed Nasheed, president of the Maldive Islands, told anaudience of hundreds of climate activists in downtown Copenhagen,“is 350.” Why 350? That’s the threshold for parts per million ofcarbon dioxide in the atmosphere that will cause ...
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• The Road to a Green World

  
  Socyberty — Authority: 576
  The environment used to be filled with species that helped change the the world. We are currently trying to save the environment as to help any other possibly endangered animals and to save the earth from global warming. Some people never take into account the importance of this plan and how we must fix it in order to ...
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• 350: The Most Important Number in the World for Global Warming

  
  The Foundry — Authority: 743
  When Kevin Garnett led the Boston Celtics to the 2008 NBA Championship, his memorable post game interview included him screaming , “Anything is possible!” – A slight rendition of his shoe sponsor Adidas’ motto, “Impossible is nothing.” At Copenhagen where world leaders are gathering to discuss policies to ...
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• Business Fumes Over Carbon Dioxide Rule

  
  Carbon Offsets Daily — Authority: 157
  Officials gather in Copenhagen this week for an international climate summit, but business leaders are focusing even more on Washington, where the Obama administration is expected as early as Monday to formally declare carbon dioxide a dangerous pollutant. Continue reading at Truthabouttrade.org
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• Copenhagen summit has biggest-ever carbon footprint: report

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 176
  COPENHAGEN, Dec 14 -- The Copenhagen climate talks will generate more carbon emissions than any previous climate conference, equivalent to the annual output of more than half- -a-million Ethiopians, figures commissioned by hosts Denmark show. Delegates, journalists, activists and observers from almost 200 countries ...
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• (Scottish 1st Minister) Alex Salmonds nuclear opposition threatens climate change targets

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 176
  Alex Salmond’s opposition to nuclear power could sabotage targets to cut Scotland’s greenhouse gases by half, a report prepared for SNP ministers has suggested. Released ahead of the First Minister’s visit this week to the Copenhagen climate change summit, the study warned carbon dioxide emissions increased by ...
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• Mexican Firm Receives Carbon Credits for Reducing Emissions

  
  Carbon Offsets Daily — Authority: 157
  MEXICO CITY – Mexican firm Petrotemex has been awarded certified emission reduction credits, commonly known as carbon credits, by the United Nations for reducing the amount of greenhouse gases it releases into the environment by 260,000 tons annually, its parent company, the Alfa SAB consortium, said. Continue ...
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• Australian Firm Hopes to Cash In by Giving Away Light Bulbs

  
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  Cool nrg International is handing out 30 million energy-efficient light bulbs to families in Mexico to capture a previously untapped corner of the carbon-offset trading market.
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• EU: Poor countries agree to resume climate talks (AP)

  
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  AP - The European Union says poor countries have stopped their boycott of climate change negotiations at Copenhagen and have found a solution to their dispute with rich nations.
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• Ask Pablo: Should We Go Back To Using Horses Instead Of Tractors?

  
  TreeHugger — Authority: 629
  Image Source: Anguskirk Dear Pablo: What is more sustainable, using a horse or a tractor?The answer may seem simple at first. A tractor consumer diesel fuel and belches greenhouse gasses and air pollutants. The horse on the other hand does not. End of story? Not quite. The horse also requires fuel in the form of ...
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• Live at Copenhagen: Pitfalls for America

  
  The Foundry — Authority: 743
  There is plenty of anti-U.S. sentiment on display here in Copenhagen as we begin the crucial final week of the United Nations climate change conference. Representatives of developing nations brand Americans as energy hogs - enjoying a high standard of living while contributing disproportionately to the global warming ...
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• Worldwide One-Child Policy

  
  race42008.com — Authority: 625
  From The Lobbyist : So this knucklehead up in Canada thinks a planet-wide one-child law is the cure to overpopulation concerns. The author, one Diane Francis, cites China as her example of a country with the right policy on population control to help save the planet and, as a result, humanity. Before I rip into ...
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