Posts Tagged ‘carbon emissions’
American ozone depletes European wheat
Air pollution plays a significant role in reducing global crop productivity, finds a new study that shows the negative impacts of air pollution on crops may have to be addressed at an international level rather than through local air quality policies ...
Brazil: Report Reveals Unsustainable Practices of Biofuel Industry
Though biofuel has been acclaimed as the best exit for the world’s struggle for energy resource and a 'green' alternative which can reduce carbon emission, a recent study by the NGO Reporter Brasil on the Brazilian ethanol chain production reveals its high socio-environmental cost.
It’s All Over: Kyoto Protocol Loses Four Big Nations
Image: Sierra Club Compass Saturday, 28 May 2011 16:58 Agence France-Presse DEAUVILLE, France: Russia, Japan and Canada told the G8 they would not join a second round of carbon cuts under the Kyoto Protocol at United Nations talks this year and the U...
Defending the Atmosphere
by William S. Becker Last February, three Republican leaders in Congress filed a brief in the U.S. Supreme Court arguing that when it comes to global climate change, judges and Justices should mind their own business. The courts are about to get a di...
What Was It Like The Last Time CO2 Levels Were This High?
A vivid picture of our climate's future can be found in our past. Currently, atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) levels have reached 390 parts per million (ppm). The last time CO2 was that high was around 3 million years ago, in the early Pliocene. Back t...
Sugarcane cools climate
Published: Sunday, April 17, 2011 - 12:32 in Earth & Climate Brazilians are world leaders in using biofuels for gasoline. About a quarter of their automobile fuel consumption comes from sugarcane, which significantly reduces carbon dioxide emissi...
When emissions go up, stock goes down
UC DAVIS (US) — The more carbon emissions a company produces, the less value its stock, according to new research. A new study says markets respond almost immediately when a company reports an event that could affect global climate change, with stock...
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