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US Power Plants, Mostly Coal, Are Massive Carbon Emitters
The US EPA’s addition of oil, gas and coal methane emissions to its online greenhouse gas tracking tool increased national carbon dioxide equivalent emissions by over 80 million-metric-tons in 2011 from 2010, when figures were unavailable, reports Tiffany Stecker at … Continue reading
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Tagged clean energy, climate change, climate change solutions, coal, environment, extreme weather, global warming, methane, oil
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Gargantuan Siberian Methane Bubbles Escaping Into Atmosphere
Huge frozen methane deposits exist under Arctic lakes and the oceans, the remains of plants and animals that settled to the bottom and decomposed over the millenia. Until now, the deposits were trapped under frozen underwater sediments. For several years … Continue reading
Loss of Arctic Ice Much Faster Than Predicted
Arctic sea ice is disappearing at a far greater rate than previously expected, about 50% higher than most predictions, according to data from the first satellite launched to study the thickness of the Earth’s polar caps, reports Robin McKie at … Continue reading
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Tagged Arctic, climate change, environment, extreme weather, global warming, methane, rising sea levels
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Religious Leaders Oppose Fracking – Rally
Thousands of protestors gathered in the muggy heat of Washington, DC for the first-ever nationwide anti-fracking demonstration recently, held by coalition group Stop the Frack Attack, reports Catherine Woodiwiss at ClimateProgress. Leaders from Jewish, Muslim, Christian, and Buddhist traditions, demonstrated … Continue reading
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Cutting Resource Use Would Help US Economy – Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton said the economy of the world’s biggest consumer, that is, the US would recover faster from the recession and financial crises if more effort was made to use resources sustainably, reports Fiona Harvey at the UK Guardian. “We … Continue reading
US Coal Replaced By Clean Energy and Methane
US coal use is falling fast, and predicted to go below 40 percent this year, as electric utilities switch to cheaper natural gas and clean energy, reports Jonathan Fahey at the Associated Press. New Environmental Protection Agency pollution standards mean … Continue reading
Global Warming Close to Irreversible – Scientific Conference
The world is close to reaching tipping points that will make it irreversibly hotter, making this decade critical in efforts to contain global warming, scientists warned at the “Planet Under Pressure” conference in London, reports Nina Chestney at Reuters. Scientific … Continue reading
Damaged Peatlands Big Source of Climate Changing CO2
Scientists have warned that damaged UK peatlands – areas formed over thousands of years from dead and decaying plants in waterlogged conditions – are a significant source of carbon dioxide, reports Andrew Bolger at the Financial Times of London. Peatlands … Continue reading
Several Simple Measures Worldwide Could Slow Climate Change – Study
Simple, inexpensive measures to cut emissions of two common pollutants, the greenhouse gas methane and black soot, would slow global warming at least in the short term, save millions of lives, and boost crop production around the world, an international … Continue reading
Salt Marshes Are Important Carbon Storage Systems – Study
Wetlands around the world are in danger of being drained for activities such as agriculture. Because little is known about their net emissions of greenhouse gases, it’s difficult to predict the effect of this drainage on climate. A recent Canadian … Continue reading
