Could plants save us from the rising carbon dioxide levels from human emissions and greenhouse gases and save us from the Climate Crunch?
Are plants our saviour from the Climate Crunch
July 3rd, 2009 · No Comments
Tags: · carbon, change, climate, climate crunch, crunch, emissions, gases, glaciers, greenhouse, ice age, plants, Pollution
UK climate watchdog urges dramatic cuts in greenhouse gases
December 2nd, 2008 · No Comments
Ambitious targets to cut the UK’s greenhouse gas emissions by at least one fifth in just over a decade were proposed today by the government’s Climate Change Committee.
The reductions would be achieved by transforming the way electricity is produced and redesigning buildings, appliances and cars.
If accepted by ministers, the changes could see as much as [...]
Tags: · gases, greenhouse, UK
UN: greenhouse gases at new record highs
November 27th, 2008 · No Comments
Greenhouse gases in the Earth’s atmosphere have reached new record highs and show no sign of leveling off, the U.N. weather agency said Tuesday.
Major greenhouse gases have been increasing every year since detailed records started being kept in 1998 and follow a trend of rising emissions that began with the Industrial Revolution in the mid-18th [...]
Tags: · gases, greenhouses, Pollution
Yes We Can!
November 21st, 2008 · No Comments
Barack Obama’s pledge to work to reduce emissions sharply by 2020 is a “huge signal” of encouragement to countries negotiating a new climate pact, the head of the U.N. Climate Change Secretariat said on Wednesday.
The U.S. president-elect said the United States would engage vigorously in climate change talks when he is president, and he pledged [...]
Tags: · gases, greenhouse, obama, Pollution
Greenhouse gas 4 times higher than thought
October 26th, 2008 · No Comments
Levels of a powerful greenhouse gas are four times as high as previously thought, according to new measurements released on Thursday.
New analytical techniques show that about 5,400 metric tons of nitrogen trifluoride are in the atmosphere, with amounts increasing by about 11 percent per year.
Ray Weiss of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla, [...]
Tags: · gas, gases, greenhouse, higher, Pollution
Cut greenhouse gases to save coral reefs: scientists
August 27th, 2008 · No Comments
To keep coral reefs from being eaten away by increasingly acidic oceans, humans need to limit the amount of climate-warming greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, a panel of marine scientists said on Wednesday.
“The most logical and critical action to address the impacts of ocean acidification on coral reefs is to stabilize atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration,” [...]
Tags: · acidification, AIB, atmosphere, blog, carbon, coral, cut, dioxide, environmental, gases, greenhouse, hawaii, honolulu, inconvenient, ocean, reefs, save
Flat-screen TV gases may be added to climate fight
August 23rd, 2008 · No Comments
New greenhouse gases emitted in making flat-screen televisions or some refrigerants might be capped under a planned U.N. treaty to combat global warming, delegates at U.N. talks in Ghana said on Friday.
Emissions of the recently developed industrial gases, including nitrogen trifluoride and fluorinated ethers, are estimated at just 0.3 percent of emissions of conventional greenhouse [...]
Tags: · AIB, blog, change, climate, environmental, flat, gases, inconvenient, screen, tv
White House rejects regulating greenhouse gases
July 14th, 2008 · No Comments
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Bush administration, dismissing the recommendations of its top experts, rejected regulating the greenhouse gases blamed for global warming Friday, saying it would cripple the U.S. economy.
In a 588-page federal notice, the Environmental Protection Agency made no finding on whether global warming poses a threat to people’s health or welfare, reversing an [...]
Tags: · bush, change, climate, gases, greenhouse, hite, House, president
NYC to spend billions to cut greenhouse gases
July 8th, 2008 · No Comments
New York City will spend $2.3 billion to cut greenhouse gas emissions from municipal buildings and operations by 30 percent in 30 years, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said on Monday.
The city aims to cut 1.68 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalents a year from 2006 levels by 2017, with measures ranging from improved heating and [...]
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