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Carbon Emissions

The Climate Post: Carbon Dioxide Milestone Revised by NOAA

Tim Profeta | Posted 05.17.2013 | Green
Tim Profeta

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced last week that carbon dioxide concentrations at the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii surpassed the milestone 400 parts per million for a sustained period.

Tar Sands and Soda? Launching the Future Fleet Campaign

Michael Marx | Posted 05.16.2013 | Green
Michael Marx

The Sierra Club is joining and expanding this successful effort to convince even more companies to get on board and go even further to reduce their oil consumption altogether. To date, the climate movement has largely given large corporate oil consumers a free pass. Those days are over.

Latinos Agree: Time for President Obama to Cut Carbon Pollution From Power Plants

Adrianna Quintero | Posted 05.14.2013 | Latino Voices
Adrianna Quintero

Climate change -- and the hotter temperatures that come with it -- only make smog worse. For children, the elderly, outdoor workers, and those without health insurance in the Hispanic community, these conditions can be deadly.

The Day the Earth Stood Stupid

Marty Kaplan | Posted 05.14.2013 | Green
Marty Kaplan

Sure, disaster porn is always good for ratings, but though a Superstorm Sandy may momentarily raise the specter of climate change, daily bulletins on the parts per million of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere apparently aren't Nielsen enough.

Climate Change This Week: Acid Arctic, Hot Mama Nature, and More!

Mary Ellen Harte | Posted 05.17.2013 | Green
Mary Ellen Harte

By 2050, California & Southwest Could Have 100% Dry Years NASA Says, reports Climate Progress, according to a NASA analysis, which basically lays out ...

Norway, Canada, the United States and the Tar Sands

Dr. James Hansen | Posted 05.10.2013 | Green
Dr. James Hansen

If infrastructure, such as the Keystone XL pipeline, is built to transport tar sands, ways will be developed to extract more and more. When full accounting is done of emissions from tar sands oil, its use is equivalent to burning coal to power your automobile.

America Must Lead Global Fight Against Aviation Carbon Pollution

Bill Hemmings | Posted 05.07.2013 | Green
Bill Hemmings

International aviation is on course for a rough landing in our warming world. Air travel is growing rapidly -- and so are aviation emissions, which are already responsible for 5 percent of the warming effect of global greenhouse gas emissions.

Climate Change This Week: Whiplash Weather, Clean Energy Tax Breaks, and More!

Mary Ellen Harte | Posted 05.05.2013 | Green
Mary Ellen Harte

US Gets Weather Whiplash With Climate Change notes Andrew Freedman at Climate Central. Warming air and oceans mean more moisture in the air, and the ...

What Kind of Climate Change Piggy Are You?

Russ Blinch | Posted 05.03.2013 | Green
Russ Blinch

Let's say that by some miracle the pause button has been hit on global warming and we have a new window to save the planet. Under such a scenario, what kind of climate piggy would you be?

The Climate Post: U.S. Oil Reserves Higher Than Previously Thought

Tim Profeta | Posted 05.03.2013 | Green
Tim Profeta

Carbon dioxide levels in excess of 400 parts per million have already been recorded at the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii, but they tend to fluctuate hourly. The milestone is significant because it illustrates how dramatically humans have altered the atmosphere in a few generations, says Mother Nature Network.

The Making of South Pole Carbon: How to Become a Social Entrepreneur?

Student Reporter | Posted 05.05.2013 | Impact
Student Reporter

Many people dream of starting their own business. Some do it to make money and some want to make a difference to the social and environmental issues that matter to them. How does one then become a social entrepreneur? What is the story behind those who managed to do it?

Why GDP Growth Won't Fix Our Poverty Problem

Michael Shank | Posted 04.30.2013 | World
Michael Shank

The financial institutions' focus on generating economic growth without ensuring the concomitant increase in jobs, and the inequality this generates, is partly to blame for the waning public support for global economic integration.

Big Oil's Yellow Submarine

Carl Pope | Posted 04.29.2013 | Green
Carl Pope

Every serious nation except the U.S. has an energy policy -- we need one. Obama's economic advisers appear not to want to even discuss the idea.

Climate Change This Week: Solar Shines in 2012, Wrong Clean Energy, and More!

Mary Ellen Harte | Posted 04.29.2013 | Green
Mary Ellen Harte

Solar Grew 5x Faster Than Rest of US Economy in 2012, reports Joe Romm at Climate Progress, adding 14,000 new jobs in California, Arizona, New Jersey ...

An Earth Day Message: Take Heart From the Abolition Movement

Bill Bigelow | Posted 04.22.2013 | Green
Bill Bigelow

Every Earth Day, some of us are tempted to say things like "We live on the same planet; we're all in this together." But no, we're not.

Climate Change This Week: The $6 Trillion Mistake, Cut The Soot, and More!

Mary Ellen Harte | Posted 04.22.2013 | Green
Mary Ellen Harte

Fossil Fuels Investments A $6 Trillion Mistake, if the world addresses climate change, says a London School of Economics study, reports Sally Bakewell...

Reducing Greenhouse Gasses: NYC Is Not Waiting for the U.S. Congress

Steven Cohen | Posted 04.22.2013 | Green
Steven Cohen

New York City is not going to wait around for the U.S. Congress to do something rational. Congress is too busy having tea parties, defeating modest gun regulation, and sequestering critical research funds to be considered a serious participant in climate policy.

The Ill Logic of Keystone XL

Kelly Rigg | Posted 04.19.2013 | Green
Kelly Rigg

Carbon logic dictates that if President Obama is at all serious about addressing climate change, he must help put an end to Canada's tar sands folly, ...

Making Solar Sustainable: Inside a Solar Giant

Mary Ellen Harte | Posted 04.18.2013 | Green
Mary Ellen Harte

The Renewable Energy Kids - Solar, Wind, Geo and Wave (wave to the folks, honey!) - are all growing up at different rates, having been nurtured in ve...

The push for clean energy has stalled

Maria van der Hoeven | Posted 04.17.2013 | Green
Maria van der Hoeven

The drive to clean up the world's energy system has stalled: While energy is becoming less carbon-intensive in some sectors and regions, the story of ...

Climate Energy This Week: Healthy Clean Energy, Mideast Climate Change, and More!

Mary Ellen Harte | Posted 04.14.2013 | Green
Mary Ellen Harte

Invest In Clean Energy To Reap Enormous Health Benefits says the UN, reports Alister Doyle at Reuters News, and help slow climate change. Fossil fuel ...

Climate Change This Week: MegaMelt, Clean Energy Rockin', and More!

Mary Ellen Harte | Posted 04.08.2013 | Green
Mary Ellen Harte

It's Melting, Melting: 1600 Years Worth of Andean Ice Melted in 25, says a new study, reports Justin Gillis at the New York Times. Researchers studyin...

Climate Change This Week: China's Choice, Climate Punch, and More!

Mary Ellen Harte | Posted 04.01.2013 | Green
Mary Ellen Harte

China's Choice: Cut Coal Or Dry Up says a new report highlighting how coal mining and combustion technologies there are drinking up scarcer water supp...

Doubling Down on Our Faustian Bargain

Dr. James Hansen | Posted 03.31.2013 | Green
Dr. James Hansen

Humanity's Faustian climate bargain is well known. Humans have been pumping both greenhouse gases (mainly CO2) and aerosols (fine particles) into the atmosphere for more than a century. Is the new data we present here good news or bad news, and how does it alter the "Faustian bargain"?

Is Global Warming Hot Air?

Sunil Sharan | Posted 03.29.2013 | Green
Sunil Sharan

The endless tug of war confuses the common man, who has worries more immediate than climate change. He would like to know, once and for all, if global warming is deadly. To wit, are we are done for, or are some people just blowing hot air?