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Carbon targets pledged at Copenhagen 'fail to keep temperature rise to 2C' (www.guardian.co.uk)
The pledges made by governments resulting from the Copenhagen climate conference are nowhere near enough to hold global temperatures to the summit's agreed goal of no more than a 2C rise, researchers... More
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Are Rich Nations Being Honest Brokers at Copenhagen?
(motherjones.com)
Will backroom deals among rich nations lead to death and devastation for poorer ones? That's the fear of negotiators from world's most impoverished countries—a bloc known as the Group of 77, or G77
Submitted 3 months ago by lizchapman on Sustain | 0 Comments |
Temperatures Set to Skyrocket
(www.motherjones.com)
Here's the strongest evidence yet that the rise in atmospheric CO2 is outstripping the ability of natural sinks to absorb it.
Submitted 4 months ago by lizchapman on Sustain | 0 Comments |
Prospects For Deal to Address Deforestation Unclear, Says Alliance (www.irishtimes.com)
Prospects for a credible deal to reduce emissions from deforestation and degradation – commonly known as REDD – were still unclear when the UN climate talks concluded yesterday, according to the... More
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Forests Much More Than Carbon Storage (www.alertnet.org)
AMCEN met last week in Addis Ababa for a final conclave before African negotiators meet their counterparts from the rest of the world at the 15th Conference of Parties in the Danish capital on Dec.... More
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Hyrail Hydrogen Superhighway by Interstate Traveler (www.hydrogencarsnow.com)
The Hyrail Hydrogen Superhighway is a zero emissions elevated maglev light rail system that is in development by Interstate Traveler and could be the Next Big Thing in green transportation.
Submitted 5 months ago by hydrokevin on Sustain | 0 Comments |
Wielding Stick on Climate, EPA Reminds it Could Regulate CO2 Itself
(www.motherjones.com)
If the Senate does not pass a cap and trade bill this year—a prospect that seems increasingly likely—the Obama administration may start pressuring legislators by moving to regulate CO2 itself.
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Australia admits new LNG plant is ‘greenhouse intensive’
(www.grist.org)
Australia has admitted a huge new energy project to supply Asian markets could raise national greenhouse-gas emissions by up to one percent if ambitious efforts to capture them fail. Environment... More
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China says it must reduce CO2 emissions, but mentions no targets
(www.grist.org)
China must reorient its economic development to cut greenhouse-gas emissions, according to a legislative resolution passed Thursday that, however, made no mention of any reduction targets. China... More
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Recession helps cut E.U. greenhouse-gas emissions
(www.grist.org)
BRUSSELS - Greenhouse-gas emissions in the European Union fell for the fourth year running in 2008, thanks to the economic recession, the European Environment Agency said Monday. The official EEA... More
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