carbon emissions
Although some think that talking about carbon emissions and the Greenhouse Effect has become the Temple of Boredom in our current society, there are some things about it that are worth mentioning. Did you know you can reduce carbon emissions by changing the light bulbs in your home to fluorescent instead of incandescent? You could also try burning wood pellets, a carbon-neutral fuel.
Carbon Emissions are often blamed for the Greenhouse Effect in earth's atmosphere. However, it should also be noted that there are also gases that cause The Greenhouse Effect on other planets in our solar system like Mars and Venus, both of which have no life inhabiting them. Water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and ozone are all other contributors to The Greenhouse Effect.
A recent assessment report put together by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change says that "changes in atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases and aerosols, land cover, and solar radiation alter the energy balance of the climate system. Increases in anthropogenic greenhouse gas concentrations is very likely to have caused most of the increases in global average temperatures since the mid-20th century."
Bloggers speaking about carbon emissions can be found at sites like globalwarmingisreal and carbonfund.
Latest blogosphere posts tagged “carbon emissions”
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China’s Pledge on Carbon Emissions: Is It Enough?
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Time Magazine analyzes China’s recent pledge to reduce carbon emissions: But it is important to understand what exactly Beijing is promising — and what it’s not. China has not pledged to make an absolute cut in its emissions levels, but rather, a 40% to 45% cut in its “carbon intensity” by 2020, ...3 hours ago -
Out of Nowhere, India Proposes 25% Emission Reduction Target for 2030
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Only days after assuring the parliament that the government stands firm on the issue of opposing carbon emission targets, the Indian Environment and Forest Minister Mr. Jairam Ramesh announced in Beijing that his government could propose a target of reducing carbon emissions by 25 percent by 2030. India’s move ...4 hours ago -
Terence Corcoran: Skeptics score a win against alarmists
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The audience shift at the Munk Debate followed a global trend By Terence Corcoran O n Tuesday night about 1,100 people participated in a sold-out global warming debate that, in the end, turned downtown Toronto’s new concert hall at the Royal Conservatory of Music into a microcosm of a larger tranformation ...4 hours ago -
New Superconducting Magnet Breaks Records with a Lower Carbon Footprint
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Florida State University has just announced that it is chipping in $1 million toward the cost of a $3 million magnet to be constructed at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory . The new high tech magnet is expected to generate a field about 45% more powerful than the strongest superconducting magnet ...4 hours ago -
Response: Carbon trading is not enough to tackle climate change
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Unambitious emissions caps provide no incentive for businesses to cut CO 2 output Your article explaining how the global carbon market could be worth $3tn a year, but "enthusiasm to place it at the heart of the Copenhagen treaty is matched by growing criticism of the concept", elucidated the issues of the expanding ...6 hours ago -
Paper provider for fashion gurus drops APP due to deforestation across Indonesia
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One by one, the fashion industrys biggest companies are leaving Asian Pulp and Paper (APP)—and deforestation in Indonesia—behind. The newest defector is PAK 2000, a packaging company for fashion products. After a sustained campaign by the Rainforest Action Network (RAN) and fashion companies buying from PAK 2000, ...6 hours ago -
Australian government to present final carbon trading plans
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| Sourced From Moneycontrol.com | After months of political haggling the Australian government will unveil its revised carbon trading laws this week, with a vote expected by year’s final day of parliament on Thursday. If the emissions trading scheme (ETS) is rejected by a hostile Senate for a second time, Prime ...7 hours ago -
India reveals carbon emission targets
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India became the last of the "big four" polluters to reveal its opening hand in the negotiations today, ahead of the crucial climate change talks in Copenhagen next week. Government sources revealed the country could curb the carbon emitted relative to the growth of its economy – its carbon intensity – by 24% by ...8 hours ago -
Has Canada become the new climate villain (yes, thats right, Canada)?
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In 2007 American delegates to a climate summit in Bali were booed outright for obstructing a global agreement on climate change. Then in a David versus Goliath moment they were famously scolded by a negotiator from Papua New Guinea, Kevin Conrad. "If for some reason you are not willing to lead, leave it to the rest of ...8 hours ago -
Enough posturing politics. Time to let the experts lead | Jeffrey Sachs
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Copenhagen must mark the end of politician-dominated negotiation. The technical stuff has to come out of the shadows We can only marvel at the disarray. Here we are, 17 years after the signing of the UN framework convention on climate change , two years after the decision in Bali to agree a new climate policy, one ...9 hours ago -
Cisco enters the sustainability game with San Francisco partnership (via postie)
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Bookmark this categoryCisco Systems has officially launched its Smart+Connected Communities program in San Francisco, signing on to provide multiple technologies to make the city more sustainable, and partnering with local government, and maybe even the United Nations, in a new laboratory working to reduce global ...9 hours ago -
The cat’s out of the bag!- Climate change is a load of cobblers!
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Nick Griffin- challenging the hype In an earth-shattering piece reported by the Telegraph on 27th November, it would appear that the scientific evidence for climate change is not what it seems. Leaked e-mails from scientists at the Climatic Research Unit in East Anglia suggest in no uncertain terms, that the experts ...9 hours ago -
Climate Scientist Steps Down:British Researcher Leaves Post Amid Probe Sparked by Hacked Emails
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The British scientist at the heart of a scandal over climate-change research temporarily stepped down Tuesday as director of a prominent research group amid an internal probe that follows the release of hacked emails involving him and other scientists. People in Copenhagen form the logo of a campaign to cut…10 hours ago -
Low-carbon future: We can afford to go green
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An exclusive study for New Scientist shows that westerners can radically cut carbon emissions and keep their lifestyles10 hours ago -
Cisco signs on to make San Francisco sustainable (via postie)
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Bookmark this categoryCisco Systems has officially launched its Smart+Connected Communities program in San Francisco, signing on to provide multiple technologies to make the city more sustainable, and partnering with local government, and maybe even the United Nations, in a new laboratory working to reduce global ...11 hours ago -
If not a carbon allowance, then what? Pt 2
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I’ve been plodding my way through The Suicidal Planet (see Read This, right margin) and am nearing the end. One personal conclusion so far: It sounds more like homicide to me. The author, among other things, encourages North Americans to consider a policy related to personal carbon allowances for reducing the ...11 hours ago -
Ocean Acidification Causing Some Shells to Grow Thicker
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Photo via WHOI Were familiar with the problem of ocean acidification causing crustaceans shells to dissolve . The problem has been seen among species such as oysters, clams and mussels. However a new study shows that in several other species such as crabs, shrimp and lobsters, increased acidity can spur a ...12 hours ago -
Welsh assembly becomes first regional government to sign up to 10:10
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First minister announces pledge to reduce carbon emissions from its estates by 10% by the end of 2010 The Welsh assembly has become the first regional government to sign up to the 10:10 campaign . Rhodri Morgan, the outgoing first minister, announced today that the assembly has pledged to reduce carbon emissions ...12 hours ago -
EPA Petitioned to Regulate CO2 Using Clean Air Act, Cap At 350ppm
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photo: Codo via flickr. On and off for the past year weve heard statements about how the Environmental Protection Agency could really make an end run around Congressional inaction on climate and set a cap on carbon dioxide emissions though the Clean Air Act. Even Al Gore hinted at it during Climate Week NYC. Well ...13 hours ago -
Broker markets emissions offsets from Valley dairies
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| Sourced From Thebusinessjournal.com | It was announced today that the methane carbon offsets produced by 28 Valley dairies —the biggest agriculture offset basket to date — will be marketed exclusively by the UK-based broker, Tradition. The 28 Dairy Methane projects in the Valley have been successfully ...13 hours ago

