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”

• Copenhagen Meeting – President Barack Obama

  
  GreenEnergyForEarth.com - Solar & Wind Power Products — Authority: 126
  Dec 7, 2009 – Are you at the Copenhagen meeting?  If so, please provide your comments here.  USA President Barack Obama will be there as well as leaders from most developed and developing countries of the world.  People are unsure if any major commitments will be made by the largest polluters in the world, or if ...
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• Obama’s Vigorous Anti-Jobs Campaign

  
  The Foundry — Authority: 745
  The Obama Administration is visibly perplexed by the failure of the U.S. economy to be duly stimulated. It shouldn’t be. After frittering away political capital and taxpayer dollars on an ineffectual fiscal stimulus, Obama’s policies share the singular characteristic of draining the economy of the most important ...
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• EPA to declare carbon dioxide a public danger

  
  HALFWAY TO CONCORD — Authority: 433
  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ( EPA ) said this morning it will soon announce that Carbon Dioxide (C02), including emissions from business, automobiles, and politicians, is an official PUBLIC DANGER. “Climate change has now become a household issue,” said Lisa Jackson, head of the Environmental ...
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• India hints at 24pc carbon intensity cut by 2020

  
  Carbon Offsets Daily — Authority: 524
  NEW DELHI: India thinks it may be possible to cut its carbon intensity by 24 percent by 2020 compared with 2005 levels, according to provisional government estimates obtained yesterday. Continue reading at Thepeninsulaqatar.com
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• Ex-KGB Officers May Be the Hackers Behind ClimateGate

  
  TreeHugger — Authority: 675
  Photo via Ruby-Sapphire What could make a story already brimming with intrigue, flared passions, and global controversy even more outrageous? Throw in the involvement of some ex-Russian secret service members. Yes, the ongoing inv... Read the full story on TreeHugger
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• EPA Finds That Greenhouse Gases Threaten Public (CQPolitics.com)

  
  enUws — Authority: 467
  CQPolitics.com – The EPA on Monday found that carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases threaten public health, a strategically… Go here to see the original: (CQPolitics.com)"> (CQPolitics.com)">EPA Finds That Greenhouse Gases Threaten Public (CQPolitics.com)
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• EPA Endangerment Ruling Threatens All Americans

  
  Bob McCarty Writes — Authority: 438
  By issuing an endangerment finding on CO2 today, EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson effectively placed an economy-wide tax on energy use.  How can this be?  Because 85 percent of the U.S. economy runs on fossil fuels that emit carbon dioxide, according to a Heritage Foundation post today.Among those issuing immediate ...
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• EPA Announces "Endangerment" and "Cause or Contribute" Findings

  
  Renewable + Law — Authority: 118
  Stoel Rives partner Tom Wood reports: Minutes ago EPA announced its long awaited “endangerment” and “cause or contribute” findings in relation to six key greenhouse gases – carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons and sulfur hexafluoride.  While technically this ...
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• Europe says US and China emission targets dont go far enough

  
  Mongabay.com News — Authority: 142
  At a press conference during the first day of the UN Copenhagen Climate Change Conference, the European Union has stated it will not raise its emissions cuts from 20 percent to 30 percent by 2020 (over 1990 levels) unless the US and China go further in their cuts.
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• Bill by Candidate Paul Schiffer to REPEAL EPA Ruling Carbon Dioxide = Pollutant

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 177
  PAUL SCHIFFER, candidate for Ohios 16th Congressional District, HAS ALREADY WRITTEN LEGISLATION TO REPEAL TODAYS DECISION by the Envrionmental Protection Agency that Carbon Dioxide is a pollutant. http://www.theschifferreport.com/paulschifferforcongress/media/Global-Warming-Bill.pdf In an effort to show Mr. Schiffers ...
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• EPA Will Declare CO2 Harmful to Public Health

  
  Newsvine - JCAtom's Column - Articles and Seeds — Authority: 129
  The head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is expected later Monday to officially declare carbon dioxide a danger to public health and welfare...More Articles
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• EPA Formally Declares CO2 a Dangerous Pollutant

  
  The Foundry — Authority: 745
  Step aside, elected Members of Congress. If you can’t pass cap and trade legislation, The Environmental Protection Agency will move in with massively complex and costly regulations that would micromanage just about every aspect of the economy. They announced today that carbon dioxide and five other greenhouse ...
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• DOE funding places spotlight on industry commitment to CCS

  
  Behind the Plug — Authority: 125
  Last week’s announcement of DOE funding for carbon capture and sequestration projects reminded us of past criticism against industry for its lack of investment in emissions reductions and technology. The DOE’s latest wave of financial support provides clear evidence that...
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• It is against the law to breathe

  
  Written on the Wind — Authority: 143
  In a purely Marxist power grab the Obama administration is about to declare that breathing is lethal and dangerous and should be curtailed. Stop breathing to save the earth Communists agree we should be destroyed! Go commie now! Did Al Gore Steal his Global Warming Oscar? By poetryman69 Some say:  Give ...
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• This new stock index aims to track green efforts in emerging markets

  
  DailyFinance — Authority: 788
  Filed under: Energy , Economy , Investing , Green One of the top premises behind the Green Revolution has long been that companies embracing green strategies to minimize energy consumption and carbon emissions benefit from "a triple bottom line" (as explained by TriplePundit.com ). Such companies win in terms ...
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• Another day, another billion dollars wasted

  
  Celebrity Paycut Encouraging celebrities all over the world to save us from global warming by taking a paycut. — Authority: 173
  “Multibillion-dollar clean coal projects in West Virginia, Texas and Alabama are getting $979 million in federal stimulus funding, Energy Secretary Steven Chu said Friday.The money will go toward retrofitting existing coal-fired power plants owned by American Electric Power, Southern Co. and Summit Texas Clean ...
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• Profile of the carbon footprint of the global poor: the challenge of alleviating poverty and fighting global warming

  
  Mongabay.com News — Authority: 142
  Two of the worlds most serious issues—poverty and climate change—are interconnected. With a rise in ones income there usually comes a rise in ones carbon footprint, thereby threatening the environment. Wealthy nations have the highest per capita carbon footprints, while developing nations like India and ...
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• EPA: Greenhouse gases endanger human health

  
  Celebrity Paycut Encouraging celebrities all over the world to save us from global warming by taking a paycut. — Authority: 173
  WASHINGTON – Officials tell The Associated Press that the Environmental Protection Agency has concluded greenhouse gases are endangering peoples health and must be regulated. The EPA will announced its findings at a news conference Monday. The announcement is timed to boost the Obama administrations arguments at an ...
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• First Gas sees potential carbon credits from mangrove plantation

  
  Carbon Offsets Daily — Authority: 524
  Protection from climate change’s wrath, a cleaner air, and an alternative livelihood source are among the greatest benefits that energy firm First Gas Power Corp. (FGPC) is seeing in its mangrove reforestation. Continue reading at MB.com.ph
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• Obama, EPA Finalizing ‘Endangerment Finding’ on Emissions

  
  Environmental Leader — Authority: 616
  The Environmental Protection Agency and the Obama Administration are expected to announce the long-awaited — and long-feared, by some — ruling that carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions pose a danger to public health and welfare, according to news reports.EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson has planned a ...
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