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.

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• Letters: Well protect protest in Copenhagen

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  A letter from several lobby groups (4 November) left the impression that proposed Danish legislation intends to reduce the rights of members of the public to protest openly. This is misleading. Denmark is committed to including civil society in important events like Cop15 . The Danish government supports efforts by ...
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• APEC leaders dilute carbon targets

  
  Carbon Offsets Daily — Authority: 544
  | Sourced From Abc.net.au | Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is jointly hosting a climate change breakfast on the sidelines of APEC in Singapore, though the Pacific rim leaders have watered down climate change targets in their final statement. Climate change has been the big new issue on the usually trade-centred agenda ...
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• Global body needed to direct green technology, G77 says

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  Developing nations call for UN body to police battle on climate change A green technology body with powers to direct a worldwide transition away from a high-carbon economy is needed to combat climate change, according to the worlds developing nations. While most negotiations ahead of the UNs climate change summit in ...
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• Newtongate: The final nail in the coffin of Renaissance and Enlightenment “thinking”

  
  Celebrity Paycut Encouraging celebrities all over the world to save us from global warming by taking a paycut. — Authority: 168
  The blog Carbon Fixated has a must-read post that provides some perspective on the scandal du jour : If you own any shares in companies that produce reflecting telescopes, use differential and integral calculus, or rely on the laws of motion, I should start dumping them NOW. The conspiracy behind the calculus ...
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• Climate change sceptics and lobbyists put world at risk, says top adviser

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  • Chance to limit warming squandered, says scientist • World needs to prepare to cope with at least 3-4C rise Climate change sceptics and fossil fuel companies that have lobbied against action on greenhouse gas emissions have squandered the worlds chance to avoid dangerous global warming, a key adviser to the ...
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• Rudd may call election over carbon trading programme

  
  Carbon Offsets Daily — Authority: 544
  | Sourced From Businessgreen.com | Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, whose government was elected in 2007 on a pro-green platform, may call an early election if Parliament fails to pass his carbon trading programme next week, according to a senior minister. The government is currently negotiating possible ...
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• Will Federal Agency Emissions be Reduced?

  
  World News — Authority: 464
  Critics of government action which would force corporate attention to focus on environmental change, point to the fact that the federal government does not lead by example. The burgeoning organization is often touted as the countrys largest polluter and seems slow to accept its responsibilities and publish the size of ...
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• Agency Emissions are Likely to Be Considerable

  
  AQUACHANNEL — Authority: 142
  It only seems fair that, if individual organizations are to be asked to reveal the size of their carbon footprint, that the federal government should be as well. This concept is now likely to become reality, as Pres. Obama’s latest executive order calls for each department within the government to assess its ...
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• Rahul Bose slams developed nations for climate change

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 715
  New Delhi, Nov 22 (IANS) Bollywood actor-activist Rahul Bose has slammed developed countries for preaching to developing nations to reduce “the use of energy sources” in order to cut down on “greenhouse gases (GHG) and carbon emissions” without practising the same.“Developed nations have enjoyed unbridled ...
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• Fossil Fuel CO2 Emissions Trends — 1990, 2000, 2008

  
  Green Options — Authority: 148
  Overall, global CO2 emissions from fossil fuels increased 29% between 2000 and 2008 and 41% from 1990-2008, and the current concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere is now at its highest in at least 2 million years, according to a new study in the journal Nature Geoscience . The new report published this week by an ...
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• Australians Think Locally, but will They be Allowed to Act?

  
  Carbon Offsets Daily — Authority: 544
  | Sourced From Cosystemmarketplace.com | Broad but not deep, Australia’s new mandatory cap-and-trade regime limits the emissions of industries responsible for 75% of all greenhouse gas emissions. Those limits, however, are weak compared to those of most developed countries, and critics say the law actually ...
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• Vote for a steady state economy

  
  Robert Kyriakides's Weblog — Authority: 129
  Economic growth is assumed to be a Good Thing, by most economists but it is responsible for most of the environmental problems that affect us, because the growth is uncontrolled and rewards greed. Economic growth is presented as a benefit to society but it is actually a cancer infecting the environment which will ...
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• EU Paper Industry Has Cut Carbon Pollution by 42% - Exceeded Kyoto Goals

  
  CleanTechnica — Authority: 651
  The US paper industry is one of the three non-fossil-energy industries that will be affected under the Clean Energy Jobs & American Power Act ; the climate bill being attempted in the Senate; to regulate the industries that emit over 25,000 tons/yr of carbon dioxide. Cement-making and steel production are the ...
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• Fred Krupp’s Remarks to the Point Carbon Conference

  
  Celebrity Paycut Encouraging celebrities all over the world to save us from global warming by taking a paycut. — Authority: 168
  The full-text remarks of EDF President Fred Krupp at the November 2, 2009 Point Carbon Conference are below: Think for a moment about the speech you’d expect to hear from an environmental leader on the eve of Copenhagen. Now forget it. This is not going to be that speech. You might expect someone…
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• Obama Weekly Address: Overseas Trip to Bolster US Economy

  
  CafeSentido.com — Authority: 520
  From WhiteHouse.gov: “In an address recorded in Seoul, South Korea, the President discusses his trip to Asia. He talks about his push to stop nuclear proliferation in North Korea, Iran, and around the world. He talks about promoting America’s principles for an open society in China while making progress on joint ...
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• Can We Expect China’s Cooperation on Cutting Emissions? (discussion)

  
  CafeSentido.com — Authority: 520
  I think this is an interesting question. Can we expect China’s cooperation? It’s clear that China has shifted its energy policy somewhat, to take account for the potential long-term strategic economic benefit of being a major source for green energy technology, know-how and to use green energy to fill out the ...
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• Crush Global Warming: Declare Your Independence From Fossil Fuels

  
  TakePart Social Action Network — Authority: 622
  Music videos don’t typically address climate change, nor do the musicians usually give you a shout-out in the video, but the Alliance for Climate Education (A.C.E.) is giving you the chance to declare your independence from fossil fuels by creating your own personalized Crush Global Warming video.  The clever ...
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• Water company reduces its carbon footprintr

  
  Carbon Offsets Daily — Authority: 544
  | Sourced From Burtonmail.co.uk | SEVERN Trent Water has received an award for its carbon reduction and management programmes. The company, which supplies full water services to South Derbyshire and North West Leicestershire and sewerage services to East Staffordshire, was awarded the Carbon Trust Standard after it ...
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• Global warming: Carbon dioxide emissions increasing in Montana, group reports

  
  Carbon Offsets Daily — Authority: 544
  | Sourced From Missoulian.com | HELENA – Montana’s output of emissions that cause global warming has increased by 10 million metric tons since 1990, a 36 percent increase, according to a report compiled by Environment America, a national conservation group. The state’s production of carbon dioxide, the main ...
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• Give the IASB resources to set carbon guidelines

  
  Carbon Offsets Daily — Authority: 544
  | Sourced From Accountancyage.com | We are just weeks away from world leaders meeting in Copenhagen to thrash out plans for reducing carbon emissions. At the same time accountancy professionals are acutely aware that companies, especially large multinationals, do not have a standardised accounting approach for ...
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