Tag: carbon emissions
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U.S. Announces Ambitious Carbon Cutting Plan While Canada Confirms It Will Do Nothing
Canada has now confirmed it will no longer take action to limit carbon pollution from its tar sands sector…
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New Research Maps Countries’ Contributions to Global Warming
A new study aims to offer unique insights into countries’ historical responsibility for global warming, by translating their carbon emissions into a proportion of observed temperature rise. How responsible different countries’ are for climate change to date has long been a contentious issue. Contributing differently to the build-up of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, some countries…
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Spanish Researchers Debunk Wind Energy Myth Showing Renewables Capable of Replacing Fossil Fuels
Paul Brown [caption id="attachment_309251" align="alignright" width="360"] Photo credit: Shutterstock[/caption] One of the most oft-repeated arguments of the anti-wind lobby is that turbines produce electricity only intermittently, when there is enough wind to turn them. This, the wind critics argue, means that so much gas has to be burnt to provide a reliable back-up supply of…
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Industrial Fossil Fuel Use Drives Climate Chaos
Since the dawn of the Industrial Revolution, carbon emissions from burning fossil fuels have grown exponentially. ncreasing global emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2), a heat-trapping gas, are pushing the world into dangerous territory …
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Legislators Call on Secretary of State John Kerry to Reject Keystone XL
Sen. Whitehouse and Rep. Waxman yesterday joined Gene Karpinski, in calling on Secretary of State John Kerry to reject the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline …