Co2 Emissions

Global Warming was not Created by Developing Countries

Jurriaan Kamp | Posted 12.17.2009 | Green


Jurriaan Kamp

Leaders of developing countries walked out of the UN Climate Conference in Copenhagen yesterday to protest what they called an attempt to kill the Kyoto Protocol.

Fossil Fuels Had A Hand In Dinosaur Extinction

New Scientist | Posted 11.06.2009 | Green


Fossil fuels have a new crime to live down. A frenzy of hydrocarbon burning at the end of the Permian period may have led to the most devastating mass...

Cap And Trade: Get The Lowdown

Posted 11.06.2009 | Green


Recent surveys about public perceptions of climate change and knowledge of cap-and-trade in the United States show that a lot of people out there have...

SuperFreakonomics Authors Forced To Answer Critics

Posted 10.19.2009 | Books


Since we posted the video and teaser for SuperFreakonomics, the follow up to the bestseller Freakonomics, there's been an outcry from scientists over ...

John Tierney: Carbon Capture Could Be A Cheaper, Neglected Solution To CO2 Levels?

nytimes.com | John Tierney | Posted 11.25.2009 | Green


Governments are doing practically nothing to study the removal of carbon dioxide directly from the atmosphere, but this technology could be a much che...

California Dreaming: Driving on Sunshine

Kevin George | Posted 09.14.2009 | Green


Kevin George

Bottom line, if your enthusiastic about EVs, this may be your time to plug-in and get involved. Find out for yourself why there's electricity in the air around EVs.

Superclunkers for Clunkers

Scott Page | Posted 09.12.2009 | Politics


Scott Page

Allowing people with superclunkers to trade up to clunkers would put children in safer cars, provide people with more dependable transportation, and reduce gas consumption.

Business as Radical, Not Business as Usual

Carl Pope | Posted 08.22.2009 | Green


Carl Pope

Since I was in India 18 months ago, a burgeoning youth climate movement has arrived on the scene.

Cool Off Without The AC This Summer

Chelsea Green | Posted 07.27.2009 | Green


You may want to reconsider blasting your AC in the cars, in your house, and in your workplace (unless you're working outside, 'cause that breeze is fr...

Green News Report - April 21, 2009 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.22.2009 | Green


Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

IN TODAY'S AUDIO REPORT: The EPA declares pollution a hazard (duh)....so Congressional Republicans focus on (wait for it).... cow farts!; The 39th ce...

KCRW's Left Right & Center 04.17.09

Huff Radio | Posted 05.18.2009 | Home


Huff Radio

Tax Tea Parties; EPA/CO2; CIA/Torture; Raul Castro Was it the voice of the people or the voice of right-wing radio?Arianna says there were too many...

One Man's Car Shows Why Aid to the Automakers Must Include a Commitment to Fuel Efficiency

Mitchell Bard | Posted 05.01.2009 | Green


Mitchell Bard

By forcing General Motors and Chrysler to shift focus to a future of fuel-efficient vehicles, all of the concerns can be addressed. The automakers can be saved.

Outsourcing Emissions: Assigning Responsibility & COP15

Jerry Cope | Posted 03.28.2009 | Green


Jerry Cope

That an agreement to reduce CO2 concentration levels must be reached is critical to the survival of human civilization as we know it.

Combatting "CO-Tuneout"

James Glave | Posted 03.01.2009 | Green


James Glave

Do you know how much carbon that quick Google search just kicked up? Or the atmospheric price of that orange juice? Me neither. In fact, I don't care.

The Man from Greensboro and His Super Green Hotel

Bill Chameides | Posted 12.26.2008 | Green


Bill Chameides

Been to any LEED Platinum hotels lately? Probably not, unless you've been to the Proximity Hotel in Greensboro, North Carolina -- it's the first and only one of its kind.

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 ...

California Urban Sprawl Control Bill Awaits Schwarzenegger's Signature

ClimateProgress | Earl K. | Posted 10.11.2008 | Green


The California Assembly and Senate have passed legislation, SB 375, that would encourage local communities to control sprawl. This is seen as critical...

Voodoo Science Blames Climate Change on Immigrants

Angela Kelley | Posted 09.18.2008 | Green


Angela Kelley

According to an anti-immigrant group's new junk-science report, immigrants would ultimately produce less CO2 if they just remained in their "less-consuming, less-industrialized, and less CO2 emitting" home countries.

Unearthed: News of the Week the Mainstream Media Forgot to Report

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Brendan DeMelle | Posted 08.02.2008 | Green


Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Brendan DeMelle

Ashcroft claims waterboarding isn't torture, Green energy sector jobs surge, Ford offers more fuel efficient vehicles in the U.S., and the White House tries to define contraception as abortion.

Carbon Savings at Home -- A Little Can Go a Long Way

Bill Chameides | Posted 07.27.2008 | Green


Bill Chameides

You do have some control over your carbon footprint -- maybe more than you think. Let's look at how choices at home, on the road, and at the store can fight global warming.

Lawlessness at the EPA

Jessica Catto | Posted 07.22.2008 | Green


Jessica Catto

Remember Jack Benny's reply when held up at gunpoint? Your money or your life was the demand. "I'm thinking, I'm thinking," was the reply. Well, the response from the administration last week was that they will take both.

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...