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CO2 Climbing Regardless Of Economic Downturn

September 26, 2008 by Paul Nastu

Although scientists thought an economic downturn would slow energy use, carbon dioxide emissions climbed 3 percent from 2006 to 2007, according to the Global Carbon Project’s latest research, AP reports. U.S. emissions rose nearly two percent in 2007, after declining the previous year. The U.S. produced 1.75 billion tons of ... Read more »

UK Farmers Try Special Diet To Reduce GHG Emissions From Cows

September 9, 2008September 10, 2008 by Paul Nastu

In a move to be more environmentally friendly, some UK farmers have put their cows on a special diet in order to reduce GHG emissions. According to “Green and White,” released by Dairy UK, the amount of methane each cow emits in producing a pint of milk can be reduced ... Read more »

Google, IBM, Nike Make List Of Businesses Bettering The Planet

September 3, 2008September 10, 2008 by Paul Nastu

Plenty Magazine awards 20 businesses for bettering the planet in innovative ways: A123 System – for making a nanotech breakthrough with a battery that charges faster, holds more power, and is safer than other batteries. Applied Materials – for repurposing its nanomanufacturing technology to create the largest thin-film solar cells ... Read more »

BT Pledges 80% Emissions Cut, Links Financial And Environmental Performance

June 3, 2008June 4, 2008 by Paul Nastu

BT has announced plans to cut its carbon emissions by 80 percent by 2020 and published a “Climate Stabilization Intensity Target,” that creates a relationship between BT’s CO2 emissions and its financial performance so that they become interdependent. According to BT’s 2008 CSR report, the company has reduced emissions in ... Read more »

Business Leaders’ Bali Communique Seeks Binding Emission Targets

November 30, 2007December 5, 2007 by Paul Nastu

On the eve of the UN negotiations in Bali, business leaders of 150 global companies, including Coca-Cola, Dupont, Gap, GE, and Johnson and Johnson, have sent a communique to the 130 Environment Ministers that will be attending the Bali conference calling for a comprehensive, legally binding United Nations framework to ... Read more »

IPCC Report: Urgent Action On Climate Change Needed, Or Else

November 18, 2007October 21, 2009 by Paul Nastu

The United Nation’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has issued its fourth report (video, audio, and slides here) saying that worldwide carbon emissions must stop increasing within seven years and greenhouse gas emissions must be reduced by 50 to 85 percent in about four decades, The Washington Post reports. If ... Read more »

Governors Sign GHG Accord, Ready TV Campaign

November 15, 2007November 18, 2007 by Paul Nastu

Nine Midwestern governors and the premier of Manitoba have signed the Midwestern Regional Greenhouse Gas Reduction Accord. The agreement, signed at the Midwestern Governors Association Energy Security and Climate Change Summit held in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, will serve as a regional energy strategy. Governor...

Gore, IPCC Win Nobel For Global Warming Work

October 12, 2007 by Paul Nastu

Al Gore and to the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change won the Nobel Prize for its work to alert the world to the threat of global warming, The New York Times reports. Gore Ã¢â‚¬Å“is probably the single individual who has done most to create greater worldwide understanding of the measures that need to be adopted,Ã¢â‚¬? the Nobel citation said,

IPCC Report Says Global Warming Already Affecting Earth

April 6, 2007 by Paul Nastu

The latest report (PDF of summary) from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change finds that the earthÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s climate and ecosystems are already being affected, for better and mostly for worse, by greenhouse gases, The New York Times reports. In February, the IPCC released a report that said for the first time that global warming is Ã¢â‚¬Å“very likelyÃ¢â‚¬? ...

Illinois, New Jersey Set Greenhouse Gas Reduction Goals

February 14, 2007 by Paul Nastu

Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich announced a statewide goal yesterday to slash the production of heat-trapping greenhouse gases to 1990 levels by 2020 and 60 percent below 1990 levels by 2050. On the same day, New Jersey's Governor Jon Corzine signed an Executive Order to adopt goals for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in New Jersey . That order calls

Branson, Gore Announce $25 Million ‘Virgin Earth Challenge’

February 9, 2007 by Paul Nastu

Sir Richard Branson and Al Gore have set up a new global science and technology prize Ã¢â‚¬â€œ The Virgin Earth Challenge - which will award $25 million to the individual or group who are able to demonstrate a commercially viable design which will remove at least 1 billion tons of atmospheric carbon dioxide per year for at least ten years

Corporate Leaders Slow to Respond to IPCC Global Warming Report

February 2, 2007October 3, 2009 by Paul Nastu

The 113 scientists on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change issued their report (PDF summary for policymakers)today which states that it is "very likely" (90 percent certainty) that global warming is man-made...

CO2 Climbing Regardless Of Economic Downturn

UK Farmers Try Special Diet To Reduce GHG Emissions From Cows

Google, IBM, Nike Make List Of Businesses Bettering The Planet

BT Pledges 80% Emissions Cut, Links Financial And Environmental Performance

Business Leaders’ Bali Communique Seeks Binding Emission Targets

IPCC Report: Urgent Action On Climate Change Needed, Or Else

Governors Sign GHG Accord, Ready TV Campaign

Gore, IPCC Win Nobel For Global Warming Work

IPCC Report Says Global Warming Already Affecting Earth

Illinois, New Jersey Set Greenhouse Gas Reduction Goals

Branson, Gore Announce $25 Million ‘Virgin Earth Challenge’

Corporate Leaders Slow to Respond to IPCC Global Warming Report

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