Greenhouse Gases

Many Governments Aren't Meeting Emissions Reductions Pledges, Researchers Say

Reuters | Posted 05.25.2012

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* Policies not adequate to limit warming to 2 degrees * Could widen emissions gap to 9 billion tonnes by 2020 By Nina Ch...

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Climate Conference Delegates Hope For Greater Ambitions For CO2 Cuts

Reuters | Posted 05.22.2012

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* Reluctance to take on more ambitious CO2 cut targets * Pressure is on as climate risks grow By Nina Chestney ...

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I'm With Stupid: When Inappropriately Named Dinosaurs Warmed the Earth

Todd Hartley | Posted 05.11.2012

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Just last week, a 23-year-old Nebraska man named Tyler Gold legally changed his name to Tyrannosaurus Rex Gold. Gold wrote that "name recognition is important, and the new name is more recognizable." On that count, he's entirely correct.

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Clean, Sustainable Energy vs. Fracking Colorado

Michele Swenson | Posted 05.08.2012

Clearly when it comes to environmental protection, public health and sustainable energy, it requires a groundswell of action by the people.

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Finding Your Force Multiplier

Terry Tamminen | Posted 05.03.2012

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Finding force multipliers for your company may not be obvious, but the thing these examples have in common is that they look at existing resources and ask, "What more could we get out of what we already have or already spend?"

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Climate Leadership From American Colleges and Universities

Dr. Reese Halter | Posted 04.27.2012

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In 2007, a small group of visionary college and university presidents gathered to form the American College & University Presidents' Climate Commitment (ACUPCC). Five years later they have achieved some remarkable results.

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Richard Sandor: A Legend in Financial Innovation

Michael Martin | Posted 04.24.2012

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Richard Sandor is not a household name but he should be. He is quite frankly one of the most important people in finance today given his 40 years of innovation.

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The Climate Post: As Half the U.S. Contemplates Hydraulic Fracturing, First Liquefied Natural Gas Export Plant Approved

Jan Mazurek | Posted 04.22.2012

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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Monday approved the first large-scale liquefied natural gas export terminal in the lower 48 states despite record falling gas prices.

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Time to Switch to Switchgrass

Daniel J. Graeber | Posted 04.12.2012

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USGS scientists have developed a method for mapping grasslands that could be well suited for growing biofuel crops. This boils down to good and basic natural resource management. But just as scientists note that just because it's green doesn't' make it clean, switchgrass has its problems.

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Past Time to Stop Greenhouse Gas Pollution

Dominique Browning | Posted 04.09.2012

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What do greenhouse gases have to do with our children's health? Lots, it turns out. None of it good. Parents have to make our voices heard. No one cares more about our children. Let Congress know that we want strong regulation of greenhouse gas pollution.

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Southeast Louisiana Turns to Greener, Grocery Bag Options

Susan Buchanan | Posted 04.08.2012

Unless they're recycled or sent to landfill, plastic bags slowly degrade outdoors, often reaching the ocean and interfering with life there. So how are local stores and shoppers dealing with grocery bags today?

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New Study Finds Important Global Warming Link

AP | SETH BORENSTEIN | Posted 04.07.2012

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The dramatic temperature increases that thawed the last ice age followed spikes in carbon dioxide levels in the air, a new study f...

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Earth Hour: Not a Flicker in the United States

Robert Glennon | Posted 04.03.2012

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Earth Hour has mutated into individual, grassroots actions. With hundreds of millions of people, each making small commitments to living sustainably, there is hope for the future of the planet.

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Sizzling Spring Temperatures Disrupt Plants, Destroys Food

Dr. Reese Halter | Posted 05.30.2012

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Nature is vividly showing us the unintended consequences of what spewing 82 million metric tons of greenhouse gases daily into our atmosphere: Climate disruption.

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'Green' Scientists Offer Controversial Blueprint For 'Engineered Humans'

Posted 03.30.2012

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By: Wynne Parry, LiveScience Senior Writer Published: 03/30/2012 07:27 AM EDT on LiveScience So far, conventional solutions to global warming ...

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Inhofe, EPA Head Share Unlikely Alliance

Posted 03.16.2012

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Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.), a longtime foe of the Environmental Protection Agency's efforts to cap carbon dioxide emissions, praised the agency's Adm...

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WATCH: Colbert Mocks GOP For Oversimplifying Environmental Issues

The Huffington Post | Seena Vali | Posted 03.14.2012

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While Republican presidential hopefuls continue on the primary campaign trail, Stephen Colbert took a look at some of the candidates' speeches on comp...

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The Climate Post: Maldives President and Climate Advocate Forced at Gunpoint to Step Down

Mason Inman | Posted 04.10.2012

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Meteorologist Jeffrey Masters said it's not clear if global warming is the culprit behind the U.S. weather, but "... over the last couple of years, it's really not the atmosphere I know anymore."

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Wall Street Journal's Portrait of the Young Climate Scientist

Bill Chameides | Posted 04.01.2012

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I guarantee that most scientists, myself included, would love to make their reputation by refuting the whole notion of global warming. We have tried and have concluded that we can't.

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The Climate Post: Obama Calls for "All of the Above" Energy Strategy for America

Mason Inman | Posted 03.28.2012

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In President Obama's third State of the Union address, he devoted more time than before to covering energy issues, calling for an all-out, "all-of-the-above" approach to boosting production of every kind of domestic energy, fossil as well as renewable.

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Keystone XL in the 'National Interest'? No Way.

Noah Greenwald | Posted 03.14.2012

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Whether the pipeline "serves the national interest" is the threshold for deciding whether it can move ahead. The decision should be a no-brainer. Here are five reasons why Keystone XL is not in the national interest.

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Sins of Emission and Omission in Durban

Ian Parry | Posted 03.12.2012

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While some progress was made in the latest round of United Nations' climate change negotiations in Durban, South Africa, there was little progress on either carbon pricing or financing for action against climate change.

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Rick Santorum's Big Coal Buddies

Mother Jones | Posted 01.11.2012

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Rick Santorum likes to brag about how he helped a poor local company fight big, bad government regulations on greenhouse gas emissions. "My grandfathe...

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Building a Better Garbage Truck

Neil Wagner | Posted 03.06.2012

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Shale Gas: Time to Look Before We Leap Any Further

Janet Ranganathan | Posted 02.20.2012

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This post was written with Kevin Kennedy, Director of the U.S. Climate Initiative at the World Resources Institute. Shale gas is a game-changer for g...

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