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Three Big Things We Should Do Now to Slow Global Warming

August 14, 2008 – 3:47 pm

The following summary was submitted by Andrea Hill, who works with Durwood Zaelke, President of the Institute for Governance and Sustainable Development. Amidst all the complexity of international climate change negotiations, it is easy to lose sight of actions we can take now, using proven technologies. Such “immediate mitigation” is essential if we are to [...]

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Black carbon climate danger ‘underestimated’

April 4, 2008 – 2:26 am

From SciDev.Net by Naomi Antony 3 April 2008 Biomass stoves contribute to black carbon emissions Flickr/Eileen Delhi Black carbon, a key component of soot, plays a much larger role in global warming than previously estimated, scientists have found. They cite black carbon as the second largest contributor to global warming after carbon dioxide. “We’ve got [...]

By Francis Scudellari | Also posted in climate, climate change, global warming, soot | Comments (0)

Northern plants ‘losing carbon’ due to warming

January 8, 2008 – 2:48 am

Global warming could cause northern plants to lose carbon Jia Hepeng 4 January 2008 Source: SciDev.Net [BEIJING] Global warming could cause plants in northern regions to lose carbon to the atmosphere rather than sequester it, according to a new international study. The research, published in Nature yesterday (3 January), looked at atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations [...]

By Deborah | Also posted in atmosphere, global warming | Comments (0)

The Carbon Crisis

September 20, 2007 – 3:08 am

Climate Crisis Coalition The Carbon Crisis. By Bill McKibben, The National Geographic Magazine, October, 2007 issue. “It’s impossible to precisely predict the consequences of any further increase in CO2 in the atmosphere. But the warming we’ve seen so far has started almost everything frozen on Earth to melting; it has changed seasons and rainfall patterns; [...]

By Deborah | Also posted in atmosphere, global warming | Comments (0)

Keep Carbon Tax in the Mix

July 14, 2007 – 3:32 am

Climate Crisis Coalition Keep Carbon Tax in the Mix Editorial, Detroit Free Press, July 12, 2007 “U.S. Rep. John Dingell (D – MI) is stretching the boundaries of the debate over energy use and global warming by proposing a carbon tax that would add 50 cents per gallon to the price of gasoline. It’s really [...]

By Deborah | Also posted in emissions, global warming | Comments (0)

Where the Presidential Candidates Stand on Climate and Energy Issues

July 9, 2007 – 9:39 am

From: Climate Crisis Coalition Where the Presidential Candidates Stand on Climate and Energy Issues By David Roberts, Grist Magazine, July 7, 2007. “All of the Democratic presidential candidates put energy independence and climate change among their top-tier issues. They all support carbon cap-and-trade systems of varying strengths. They all at least gesture at renewable energy [...]

By Deborah | Also posted in campaign, climate change | Comments (0)

Germany Aims for 45% of Electricity From Renewable Resources by 2030.

July 6, 2007 – 5:15 am

From: Climate Crisis Coalition Germany Aims for 45% of Electricity From Renewable Resources by 2030. Agence France-Presse, July 5, 2007. “Germany plans to boost the percentage of electricity generated by renewable resources to 45 percent by 2030 in a bid to curb global warming, environment minister Sigmar Gabriel said Thursday. Gabriel told reporters that a [...]

By Deborah | Also posted in carbon dioxide, electricity, solar, solar power | Comments (0)

Switzerland to Impose a Carbon Tax on Oil Imports

July 2, 2007 – 4:16 pm

From: Climate Crisis Coalition Switzerland to Impose a Carbon Tax on Oil Imports Neue Zurcher Zeitung, June 29, 2007. Switzerland will introduce a tax on carbon dioxide emissions from January 1, 2008 to meet its Kyoto objectives, the government said on Thursday. The tax will be applied to all imported fossil fuels, amounting to around [...]

By Deborah | Also posted in carbon emissions, climate change, fossil fuels | Comments (0)

Antarctic Icebergs Creating New Ecosystems

June 24, 2007 – 12:00 pm

TreeHugger Scientists have discovered that the recent surge in the number of Antarctic icebergs, prompted by rising temperatures, has resulted in the creation of vast new ecosystems of plankton, seabirds and krill. They believe they could play a key role in absorbing the excess carbon dioxide emissions driving global warming. By using photosynthesis, the species [...]

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