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Reducing Carbon Emissions

In Support of 350, It's Myth Bustin' Time: "Carbon Dioxide is Just a Trace Gas, Big Deal"

Jeff Goldstein | Posted 10.26.2009 | Green

Read More: Climate, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Environment, Carbon Dioxide, Carbon Dioxide Emissions, Reducing Carbon Emissions, Blood Alcohol Level, Climate Change, Global Warming Deniers, Climate Crisis, Global Warming, Trace Gas, Green News
Jeff Goldstein

For all those that do not want to pay homage to CO2, I say -- stop eating. Or at least stop throwing around the expression "trace gas" so loosely.

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Airport Carbon Offset Kiosks Coming To A City Near You?

treehugger.com | Posted 11.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Airports, Reducing Carbon Emissions, Gavin Newsom, Carbon Emissions, Carbon Offsets, Air Travel, San Francisco, San Francisco-California, Green News

Personally, while carbon offsets may not be an ideal solution in the long-term, nor a substitute for developing ways to avoid the carbon emissions bei...

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Put the Brakes on the Bank: Carbon Finance in Indonesia

Chad Dobson | Posted 08.30.2009 | Business

Read More: Transparency, Sustainable-Forestry, Governance, Human Rights, Indonesia, Carbon Emissions, Carbon Finance, World Bank, Reducing Carbon Emissions, Indigenous Rights, International-Financial-Institutions, Reducing Deforestation in Developing Countries, Civil Society, Deforestation, Indigenous People, Business News
Chad Dobson

The World Bank's current struggle within its Forest Carbon Partnership Facility illustrates the difficulty of building a solid programmatic foundation that incorporates civil society concerns.

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City Living Is Green: Why The Lorax Was Wrong

New York Times, City Journal | Posted 04.10.2009 | Green

Read More: Green Cities, Reducing Carbon Emissions, Green Living, Green News

Economist Edward L. Glaeser penned a guest blog for the New York Times about green city living. He points out that people who want a much smaller carb...

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It Is Time to Order a New Economic Order

Peter Brown and Geoff Garver | Posted 03.12.2009 | Green

Read More: Hydrogen Cars, Earth, Reducing Carbon Emissions, Carbon Emissions, Pollution, Economic Budget, Climate Change, Ecological Budget, Environment, Earth Overshoot Day, Green Stimulus, Green Business, Stimulus Package, Green News
Peter Brown and Geoff Garver

The evidence is everywhere that continued dedication to 'economic growth,' per se, will destroy the Earth's ability to provide a healthy home for most life forms.

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Want Greener Energy In Your Home? Try A Micropower Audit

Treehugger | Kimberley D. Mok | Posted 11.20.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, Conserving Energy, Energy Use, Environment, Reducing Carbon Emissions, Green Living, Money Saving, Carbon Footprint, Green News

Interactive energy audit websites which allow you to reduce home energy costs (such as the free one offered by the U.S. Department) are now commonplac...

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Emissions "Must be cut" by 80% by 2050 says British Climate Change Committee VIDEO>>

George Spyros | Posted 01.27.2009 | Green

Read More: Britain, Carbon Emissions, Great Britain, British Committee on Climate Change, Carbon Dioxide Emissions, Reducing Carbon Emissions, Climate Change, Climate Crisis, Committee on Climate Change, Global Warming, Carbon Footprint, Green News
George Spyros

With dramatic video of melting arctic ice crashing into the ocean, including *insert metaphor* the fjord in Greenland that is believed to have produ...

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

George Spyros | Posted 10.26.2008 | Green

Read More: Starbucks, Carbon Dioxide, Reducing Carbon Emissions, GOOD Magazine, Carbon Footprint, Green News
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...

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Public Transit Use Surges 5.2 Percent In US

AP | SARAH KARUSH | Posted 10.10.2008 | Green

Read More: Green Living, Mass Transit, Public Transit, Public Transit Use, Gas Prices, Reducing Carbon Emissions, Carbon Footprint, Green News

WASHINGTON — The nation's public transportation systems logged a 5.2 percent jump in ridership in the second quarter, according to industry figu...

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California Might Legislate To Discourage Urban Sprawl

Los Angeles Times | Margot Roosevelt | Posted 09.21.2008 | Green

Read More: Traffic, Reducing Carbon Emissions, California Legislature, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Darrell Steinberg, California, Urban Sprawl, Green News

Will Californians drive less to reduce global warming? Maybe not on our own -- but state officials are ready to nudge us. The Legislature is on the v...

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Green Fatigue and The Global Hothouse...Are We Hosed?

Graham Hill | Posted 09.19.2008 | Green

Read More: Reducing Carbon Emissions, Values, Global Temperature, Global Warming, Environment, Green News
Graham Hill

There are signs that people are getting green fatigue. Short-term threats are using up our threat bandwidth, while the specter of longer term havoc isn't enough to budge us into paradigm shift.

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China May Tax Big Cars As Much as 40 Percent

AP | ELAINE KURTENBACH | Posted 09.13.2008 | Green

Read More: China, Suvs, SUV Sales, Cars, Taxes, Taxes on Cars, Car Taxes, Carbon Tax, Reducing Carbon Emissions, Reducing Emissions, China Pollution, Green News

SHANGHAI, China — China is raising its sales tax on big cars to as high as 40 percent, and drastically cutting taxes on small cars, in its lates...

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CarSharing 2.0: Give Us Many Transportation Options (Please!)

Graham Hill | Posted 04.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Transportation, Biking, Biofuel, Bicycles, Fuel Efficiency, Cars, Bike, Hybrid Cars, Carbon Emissions, Reducing Carbon Emissions, Carbon Footprint, Green Living, Green Transit, Green News
Graham Hill

Do you find yourself using a big car or truck when something smaller would do the job? Would you book an electric bike or golf cart or folding bike to cut your carbon footprint?

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Tire Pressure Not Just Hot Air

The Guardian, NASCAR, Car Talk | Posted 08.13.2008 | Green

Read More: Obama Energy Policy, Energy, Gas Prices, Reducing Carbon Emissions, John McCain, Cars, Energy Policy, Conserving, Tire Pressure, Barack Obama, Green News

The latest in the battle over energy between Obama and McCain is all about pressure -- specifically, tire pressure. Across the pond, the Guardian's e...

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Oil Prices Drop On Predictions Of Lower Demand

AP | MADLEN READ | Posted 08.13.2008 | Business

Read More: Stocks, Oil, Oil Prices, Oil Demand, Reducing Carbon Emissions, Reducing Emissions, Business News

NEW YORK — Oil traders sent crude prices tumbling as low as $118 a barrel Tuesday on the growing belief that a U.S. economic slowdown and high e...

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California's Global Warming Plan First Of Its Kind

Los Angeles Times | Margot Roosevelt | Posted 07.04.2008 | Green

Read More: Reducing Carbon Emissions, Carbon Emissions, Climate Change, Global Warming, California Emissions Standards, California, Green News

California air regulators today announced a bold plan to slash greenhouse gas emissions that would alter the way utilities generate electricity, autom...

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18 Top Brit Companies Pledge To Help Curb Carbon Emissions

New York Times | JULIA WERDIGIER | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Reducing Carbon Emissions, Tesco, Bp, Green Britain, Carbon Emissions, BT, British Companies, Business News

Britain's largest companies are pledging to offer greener products and invest in research and technology as part of a wider push to reduce carbon emis...

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