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carbon footprint stories: 33 news summaries

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Beijing Opens Giant Air Terminal

World's largest building transforms Chinese capital's airport

Feb 27, 08 11:25 AM CST
(Newser) - Ahead of this August's Olympics, Beijing is set to open a new airport terminal that has been billed as the world's largest building. Designed by Norman Foster, who also designed Hong Kong's airport, the new Terminal 3 was built in only 4 years and, unlike many buildings in China, incorporates... More »

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China • environment • carbon footprint • 2008 Beijing Olympics • airport • Beijing Capital International Airport • Norman Foster • Terminal 3

Bishops' Bright Idea: Give Up Carbon for Lent

Brits urge faithful to fast to cut emissions, fight global warming

Feb 5, 08 12:05 PM CST
(Newser) - For many Christians, Lent is a time to forgo chocolate or ice cream, but two senior British bishops have a better idea: “fasting” away your carbon footprint. “The poor are already suffering the effects of climate change,” says Liverpool’s bishop. “To carry on regardless of... More »

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climate change • Christianity • carbon footprint • religion • chocolate • Church of England • Lent

He Can Stop Terror; Carbon's Another Story

Writer checks up on
24's new eco-mission,
finds mixed results

Jan 24, 08 8:39 AM CST
(Newser) - Fox's 24 has its share of problems—Kiefer Sutherland's DUI imprisonment, rewritten scripts, the writers strike—but one writer still won’t give Jack Bauer a break, hitting the set to probe the show’s promise to reduce its carbon footprint. One exec congratulates himself on picking “our toughest... More »

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carbon footprint • Jack Bauer • biodiesel • Fox • Prius • Kiefer Sutherland • electronic scripts

Electronics Show Struggles to Green Up

Energy-guzzling expo buys carbon offsets, touts greener gadgets

Jan 5, 08 10:27 AM CST
(Newser) - The massive Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, which kicks off Monday, is trying to beat its seriously "ungreen" rep by buying carbon offsets for the equivalent of 2.3 million gallons of gasoline it takes to power the extravaganza, the size of 35 football fields. It will also... More »

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environment • carbon footprint • Consumer Electronics Show • CES

Site Ranks Power-Plant Polluters

Australia tops per capita, America  absolute lists

Nov 15, 07 11:30 AM CST
(Newser) - A study of power-plant emissions names Australia as the lead polluter per capita in a field crowded with competition, Mother Jones reports. Aussie power plants produce 11 tons of carbon dioxide per person annually; American plants generate nine. The US produces the most cumulative emissions, though developing giants China and... More »

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carbon footprint • air pollution • carbon emissions

In Europe, Cars Go the Way
of Cigarettes

Auto advertising to carry warning labels about emissions

Oct 20, 07 9:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - Carbon health warnings for cars are coming to Europe. Under a European Parliament plan expected to be approved this week, 20% of the space in print car advertising will have to be devoted to cigarette-style warnings about vehicles' carbon emissions and fuel efficiency. The most polluting vehicles will also face... More »

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carbon footprint • European Union • Europe • auto industry • carbon emissions

Multinationals Have Suppliers Feeling Green

Firms to monitor environmental impact of distribution as well as manufacturing

Oct 9, 07 2:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - Some of the world’s largest firms are uniting to encourage their suppliers to incorporate environmental awareness into their operations. Procter & Gamble, Unilever, and other multinationals hope to shrink their carbon footprints, educate consumers—and soften the potential financial impact of climate change legislation that hasn't even been proposed... More »

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climate change • carbon footprint • carbon trading • corporate responsibility

British Supermarket Cans Prince Charles

What rot! Royal carrots not up to snuff

Jun 26, 07 4:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Veggies raised on an organic farm owned by Prince Charles have been dumped by a  British supermarket chain because the less-than-majestic food doesn't meet quality standards. The farm had been providing carrots to Sainsbury's supermarkets, but as of the end of January the Crown Prince was "sacked," the ... More »

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organic food • farming • carbon footprint • Prince Charles • England • vegetables • supermarket

China's CO2 Output Passes US

Building two power stations a week

Jun 20, 07 5:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - China has overtaken the US as the world's biggest CO2 emitter. A Dutch study says China is coughing up 9% more fossil fuel into the air than last year, compared with a 1.4% increase from the superpower across the Pacific. And the trend is up: China's industry is growing... More »

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China • climate change • energy • environment • pollution • carbon footprint • CO2 • fossil fuel • carbon emissions

Rolling Stone's 'Green' Paper Has Recyclers Seeing Red

Magazine's new stock 100% not recycled

Jun 11, 07 6:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - Aging counter-culture arbiter Rolling Stone is discovering it's not easy being green. The Times reports the magazine will soon start printing its wry critique of music and politics on "carbon neutral paper," a unique stock which adds no CO2 emissions to the atmosphere. But none of it is... More »

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recycling • carbon footprint • Rolling Stone • carbon emissions

UK Moves
to Measure Products' Eco-Impact

Labels will allow consumers to compare

May 31, 07 11:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Calories, fat, sodium ... carbon footprint? The new measurement may soon appear on British product packaging. Under a plan proposed yesterday, the government will develop standards to measure a product's environmental impact from manufacture through shipment and disposal, allowing companies to list the information as they do nutrition facts. Consumers can... More »

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environment • retail • global warming • carbon footprint • United Kingdom • consumer • Britain

Carbon Offsets Are Often Scams

Trading on eco-guilt, firms are selling worthless carbon credits

Apr 26, 07 7:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - Carbon offsets—the credits gas-guzzling consumers buy to cancel out their carbon production—may do little or nothing more than assuage consciences, a Financial Times investigation concludes. Some companies sell worthless credits; others use them to finance environmental projects they had planned anyway. And consumers have no means to know... More »

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climate change • environment • global warming • carbon footprint • consumer • carbon offsets • carbon trading • carbon production • carbon emissions

Sorry, Al: Tree Planting May Speed Warming

Outside the tropics, trees merely trap
heat, study shows

Apr 10, 07 9:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - Planting trees to offset your carbon footprint not only won't slow global warming, it may worsen its effects, a new study claims. Trees growing outside a small band of tropical zones don't cut the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere by enough to offset the heat their foliage traps,... More »

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climate change • environment • greenhouse gases • carbon dioxide • global warming • trees • carbon footprint • environmentalism • science

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