Reducing Carbon Emissions

Pollution Ravages Low-Income Communities; Residents Speak Out

David Vognar | Posted 05.25.2012

Read More: Power Plants, Reducing Carbon Emissions, Environmental Protection Agency, Carbon Emissions, Low-Income, Coal, Epa, Green News

With moments of compelling commentary, the EPA forum provided a pressing reminder that there are real victims of our choice to pollute or put up with pollution, and in many instances those victims are from low-income areas.

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The Magically Green School Bus

Jonny Cohen | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Reducing Carbon Emissions, Carbon Emissions, Greenshields, Carbon Footprint, School Buses, Gen: Change, Ysa List, Ysa, 25-Most-Powerful-and-Influential-Young-People-in-the-World, Teen News

One day in seventh grade, I noticed the inefficient design of school buses. Then it hit me! Why not build a shield to retrofit buses by redirecting the airflow to decrease drag and increase gas mileage?

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The Greedy Bastards Antidote to Rigged Energy

Brian Merchant | Posted 04.08.2012

Read More: Dirty Coal, Carbon Emissions, Fossil Fuel Fee, Fossil Fuels, Big Coal, Fossil Fuel Industry, Reducing Carbon Emissions, Fossil Fuel Tax, Fossil Fuel Lobby, Coal Mining, Climate Change Denial, Oil Lobby, Green News

Fossil fuels seem cheap and convenient now, but when we get hit with the true costs -- of a spoiled environment, of missing out on vital future industries like clean energy, of a mounting public health burden, of possible war -- we'll see we were had.

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How the European Program to Reduce Carbon Pollution From Aviation Works

Jake Schmidt | Posted 03.06.2012

Read More: EU Aviation Emissions, Reducing Carbon Emissions, Carbon Emissions, Flight Pollution, EU Flight Emissions, EU Airplane Emissions, Green News

The E.U. program is the first mandatory program in the world to tackle the growing challenge of aviation's carbon pollution. It comes after years of failure to develop a global approach.

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'Carmageddon' Could Curb Carbon Dioxide Emissions -- Or Cause Them To Climb

HuffingtonPost.com | Matt Sledge | Posted 09.14.2011

Read More: Carmageddon, Jetblue-Carmageddon, Jet Blue, Carbon Emissions, Carmageddon Carbon Impact, Carmageddon Carbon Emissions, Car Culture, 405 Closure Carbon Impact, 405 Carbon Emissions, Reducing Carbon Emissions, 405-Carmageddon, I-405, Los Angeles News

On an average July weekend, 500,000 cars drive on I-405 in the Sepulveda Pass. But this is no average weekend: "Carmageddon" has descended on Los Ange...

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How Houston Won A Climate Protection Award

HuffingtonPost.com | Matt Sledge | Posted 08.24.2011

Read More: u.s. Mayors Conference, Reducing Carbon Emissions, Sustainability, Urban Design, Carbon Emissions, Greenhouse Gases, Cities, Annise Parker, Green News

Houston won this year's U.S. Conference of Mayors Climate Protection Award. Houston -- the city that serves as headquarters for BP America, ConocoPhi...

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US Airlines Say They Are "Green" While Fighting Anti-Pollution Efforts

Jake Schmidt | Posted 07.12.2011

Read More: Euets, Aviation, US, Unfccc, Cop17, Eu, United Airlines, Carbon Emissions, Climate Change, American Airlines, Carbon Pollution, Reducing Carbon Emissions, Continental Airlines, Global Warming, Green News

If an airline claimed to be "green" but was actively working to gut carbon pollution standards, what would you do?

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Cancún - restoring a climate of hope

Michael Jacobs | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Reducing Carbon Emissions, Climate Change, Cancun Climate Summit, Green News

The deal struck at the UN climate conference which concluded in Cancún, Mexico, at the weekend has been hailed by some - mainly governments - as a ...

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Copenhagen was not a (complete) failure

Michael Jacobs | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cancun Climate Conference, Reducing Carbon Emissions, Climate Change, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Copenhagen 2009, Green News

Living as we do in a time in which arguments about climate change are being turned on their heads - my favourite recent example being the creed of a T...

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Universal Benchmarking Is Essential in the Fight Against Global Warming

Ron Dembo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Carbon Emissions, Green Building, Green, Benchmarks, Reducing Carbon Emissions, Schools, Green Living, Green Energy, Carbon Footprint, Green News

Our homes and city buildings are responsible for over 70% of some cities' environmental footprints -- and yet we don't know how they compare individually with one another. There are no benchmarks.

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'The Moneyless Man'

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mark Boyle, Carbon Emissions, Moneyless Man, Mark Boyle Moneyless Man, Environment, The Moneyless Man a Year of Freeconomic Living, Reducing Carbon Emissions, Environmentalism, Green Living, Slidepollajax, Mark Boyle Moneyless, Green Living Tips, Moneyless, Boyle, Carbon Footprint, Books News

In 2008, economics graduate and former businessman Mark Boyle gave up the one resource we all crave more of: money. He sold his house, found a place t...

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Kyoto's Carbon Offsetting Moves from Tragedy to Farce

Patrick McCully | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Carbon Credits, Reducing Carbon Emissions, Climate Change, Wingnuts, Carbon Offsets, Kyoto Protocol, Carbon Trading, Green News

The Kyoto Protocol's Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) has long been known to be a honey pot of carbon credit income for cheating project developers. ...

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Successful Green-Building Mandates Must Focus on Aggressive Energy Reduction

Catherine Palmer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Energy Reduction, Reducing C02 Emissions, Reducing Carbon Emissions, Green-Building Mandates, Green News

Given that buildings are responsible for roughly 40% of global energy consumption, building codes are not properly addressing GHG emissions unless they are aggressively addressing building energy efficiency.

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A Lot of Bogus: The Story of Offsets

Patrick McCully | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: International Rivers, Cap and Trade, Reducing Carbon Emissions, Carbon Offsets, Carbon Emissions, Carbon Trading, Green News

if anyone does want a more comprehensive analysis of offsets (without having to read a small forest's worth of reports) I strongly recommend "Carbonomics," a recent episode of Dan Rather Reports.

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

Jeff Goldstein | Posted 05.25.2011

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

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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Why Carbon Caps are Good for U.S. Competitiveness and the Economy

Scott Daniels | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Monitor Group, U.S. Economy, Green Jobs, Competitiveness, Carbon Emissions, Green Technology, Carbon Trading, Reducing Carbon Emissions, Climate Change, Barack Obama, Green News

The U.S. doesn't just need jobs. It needs a new basis for competitiveness and growth in global markets. Carbon management isn't the opposite of growth, but a the perfect platform on which to achieve it.

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San Francisco Gets In-Airport Carbon Offset Kiosks

treehugger.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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 05.25.2011

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

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

Graham Hill | Posted 05.25.2011

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

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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City Living Is Green: Why The Lorax Was Wrong

New York Times, City Journal | Posted 05.25.2011

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 05.25.2011

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

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

George Spyros | Posted 05.25.2011

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

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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Want Greener Energy In Your Home? Try A Micropower Audit

Treehugger | Kimberley D. Mok | Posted 05.25.2011

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

George Spyros | Posted 05.25.2011

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

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 05.25.2011

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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