Carbon Dioxide

Change In Diet Could Curb Cows' Carbon Emissions

nytimes.com | LESLIE KAUFMAN | Posted 07.06.2009 | Green


Libby, age 6, and the 74 other dairy cows on Guy Choiniere's farm here are at the heart of an experiment to determine whether a change in diet will he...

Why the Peapod Will Change America and Save Chrysler in the Process

Joshua Schoen | Posted 05.30.2009 | Green


Joshua Schoen

With the Chrysler group in dire straits, the Peapod might be the magic elixir that will save the company by becoming the most relevant form of transportation for the new generation.

The Cause of Global Warming -- Put Down That Pie!

Ken Levine | Posted 05.25.2009 | Green


Ken Levine

Get out your aerosol spray cans, they're not the problem after all! Scientists now know the real cause of Global Warming: Fat people.

Sam Stein

Boehner Cites Cow Farts To Downplay Global Warming (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.20.2009 | Green


Minority Leader John Boehner described the overwhelming scientific consensus that carbon dioxide is contributing to climate change as "comical" during...

"We Call it Life ..." Idiocy and Deception Resurrected

A. Siegel | Posted 05.08.2009 | Green


A. Siegel

When it comes to discussion of climate change, there are too many prepared to come to the table intent on deceiving and confusing rather than engaging honestly.

Earth Hour? Why Not "Earth Until-We-Figure-This-Out?"

Robert Engelman | Posted 04.30.2009 | Green


Robert Engelman

I doubt that the lighting of the world's monuments contributes that much to global warming. But lighting of all kinds is used to make a statement, as well as for practical illumination.

The Republican's Global Warming Amateur Hour

Kevin Grandia | Posted 04.29.2009 | Green


Kevin Grandia

Republicans don't want to hear from real scientists like the climatologists at NASA and the National Academy of Sciences.

Carbon Cap-and-Trade

Ginna Kelly | Posted 04.12.2009 | Green


Ginna Kelly

A cap-and-trade program is an example of free market environmentalism. It harnesses a company's creative forces to find effective ways to reduce emissions.

"Vulcan" Google Earth Plugin Maps Carbon Dioxide Emissions

AFP | Posted 03.23.2009 | Green


Google Earth is always being used to newer, cooler purposes -- from exploring underwater to learning about deforestation to, heck, checking out the Vi...

A New World: When The EPA Speaks, Energy Industry Trembles

Huffington Post | Dave Burdick | Posted 03.22.2009 | Green


In the waning days of the Bush administration, the Environmental Protection Agency seemed to be the most blatant tool being used to execute "midnight ...

EPA Expected To Act For First Time On Carbon Dioxide Regulation

New York Times | JOHN M. BRODER | Posted 03.21.2009 | Green


The Environmental Protection Agency is expected to act for the first time to regulate carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases that scientists blame ...

Rod Bremby: Moving Towards a Renewable Future, Despite Big Coal's Backlash

Simran Sethi | Posted 10.23.2009 | Green


Simran Sethi

Roderick Bremby, Secretary of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, is a force of nature. He stood up to big coal interests in Kansas and, quite simply, said "no."

Yes, We Can Regulate CO2!

Sarah Newman | Posted 02.27.2009 | Green


Sarah Newman

Environmentalists are heralding Obama's decision to review the request by California and 13 other states to establish strict limits on greenhouse gas emissions from cars and trucks.

Staying in the Lead on Biofuel Development -- Part 2

Bob Dinneen | Posted 02.21.2009 | Green


Bob Dinneen

Producing ethanol from cellulose can cut carbon dioxide emissions by 86% compared to gasoline according to the US Department of Energy, and ethanol can be produced in almost every part of the country.

Energy Lessons for Europe and the U.S. from the 1973 Arab Oil Embargo

Charles D. Ferguson | Posted 02.15.2009 | World


Charles D. Ferguson

While feeling angry is justified in a crisis, the governments would be best advised not to get mad at Russia but to get more secure in energy supplies and smarter in energy usage.

Methane Bomb Threat Small? Think Again

Mary Ellen Harte and John Harte | Posted 02.05.2009 | Green


Mary Ellen Harte and John Harte

Data from the last time Earth experienced a large, abrupt climate warming, around 20,000 years ago, indicate that a slight change in Earth's orbit caused an initial warming.

Coral Reefs Already 1/5 Destroyed

AP | Posted 01.10.2009 | Green


POZNAN, Poland — The world has lost nearly one-fifth of its coral reefs and much of the rest could be destroyed by increasingly acidic seas if c...

The Venus Syndrome Revisited

Patrick Takahashi | Posted 12.05.2008 | Green


Patrick Takahashi

According to some atmospheric scientists, this miniscule amount of methane in our atmosphere already has half the potency of carbon dioxide in warming our globe.

Sarah Palin Enviro Hit List & Plastic Trees -- ZapRoot VIDEO >>

George Spyros | Posted 11.14.2008 | Green


George Spyros

Arizona tests artificial CO2 filtering trees. Sarah Palin loves oil. Find ways to get rid of your junk mail. • ZapRoot gives a breakdown of the ...

Starbucks Stores Distribute "CO2 World" GOOD Sheet, but is it Good Enough?

George Spyros | Posted 10.26.2008 | Green


George Spyros

If you're at the local Starbucks and find some knowledge dropped on you about atmospheric CO2, look no further than the good folks at the GOOD integ...

Life Cycle: The Birth and Death of Your Bootleg DVDs

Simran Sethi | Posted 10.23.2009 | Green


Simran Sethi

Your cinematic experience leaves its mark not only on your heart, but on the planet.

Profit-Loss Entrepreneur

Norman Cressy | Posted 08.19.2008 | Green


Norman Cressy

I wonder what it will feel like for everyone to witness Armageddon outside their window rather than in a movie theater or perhaps in traffic jams trying to get to gas stations.

Harnessing Carbon Dioxide To Make Green Plastics (VIDEO)

ScienCentral News | Posted 07.17.2008 | Green


Using carbon dioxide as an ingredient in plastics could help reduce the use of fossil fuels, and be another market for waste CO2. As this ScienCentra...

The Real Cost Of Saving The Planet

BusinessWeek | John Carey | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


On Dec. 5, the U.S. Senate will begin marking up a bill that would, for the first time, put mandatory limits on the gas emissions that are warming the...

Independent Scientific Panel Criticizes Focus Of Bush Admin's Climate Program

New York Times | ANDREW C. REVKIN | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


A Bush administration program for improving climate research across 13 government agencies has clarified some scientific questions, but is saddled wit...