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 Centuries of Trouble Already 
 Locked In by Warming 


Expert warns that CO2 has triggered 1,000 years of change

Jan 27, 09 5:38 AM CST
(Newser) - The damage from global warming will continue for centuries even if emissions could possibly be brought under control immediately, warns one of the world's leading climate experts. The heat and carbon dioxide being soaked up by the world's oceans now will be released regardless of what's done to mitigate the... More »

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climate change • greenhouse gases • carbon dioxide • global warming • ocean • carbon emissions • greenhouse-gas emissions

As Temperatures Rise,
West's Trees Dying Faster

New study paints dire picture for US forests which are releasing carbon dioxide—not storing it

Jan 22, 09 10:04 PM CST
(Newser) - America’s trees are dying at an alarming rate in the nation's western forests, a new study says. Death rates have more than doubled over the last two to three decades, Time reports, even in seemingly healthy locales. All types and sizes of trees, and at all elevations, have been... More »

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climate change • global warming • study • science • ecology • Forest Service • carbon emissions • beetle


 Obama 
 'Has 4 Years 
 to Save Planet' 

Environmental crisis at tipping point—and US must show way

Jan 18, 09 5:00 PM CST
(Newser) - Carbon levels are skyrocketing, ice caps are melting, and global flooding is on its way if Barack Obama doesn’t do something about it, and quickly, a NASA scientist says. Top climate expert Jim Hansen says it’s crucial that within 4 years the next president change America—the world’... More »

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climate change • Barack Obama • environment • global warming • carbon emissions • Jim Hansen • President Obama

Emma Thompson, Others
Try to Foil Heathrow Plans

Group opposed to plan aims to drag project into legal quicksand

Jan 13, 09 3:52 PM CST
(Newser) - A high-profile coalition led by Greenpeace has purchased a soccer field-sized piece of land intended to become part of a new runway for London’s Heathrow airport, the Times reports. The group intends to parcel out the land to thousands of individual owners, dragging out any attempt to buy it... More »

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environment • Greenpeace • air travel • Britain • Heathrow Airport • Emma Thompson • carbon emissions • noise pollution • legal action

Gulf Oil Powers Pump Green Into Clean Technology

States invest billions to keep atop energy-economy heap

Jan 13, 09 8:44 AM CST
(Newser) - Though the per-capita carbon footprint of the United Arab Emirates dwarfs that of most anywhere else, it and fellow Persian Gulf oil giants like Qatar and Saudi Arabia are becoming the unlikely cradle of green technology, the New York Times reports. Wary of the world’s dependence on crude and... More »

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Saudi Arabia • Persian Gulf • Qatar • Abu Dhabi • United Arab Emirates • energy dependence • carbon emissions • energy independence • oil consumption

Google Search Hurts Planet, Study Says

Web giant dismisses charges about its carbon footprint

Jan 12, 09 1:42 PM CST
(Newser) - Googling for ways to reduce your carbon footprint may be counterproductive, according to a study. Every Google search produces about 7 grams of carbon dioxide, PC World notes, which takes into account the energy used by the search giant’s massive databases. Google says the study is flawed, and notes... More »

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environment • Google • carbon dioxide • carbon emissions

OPINION

 Obama, Please 
 Impose a Gas 
 Tax: Friedman 

'Systemic approach' essential for environment, economy

Dec 28, 08 10:07 AM CST
(Newser) - It may be hard to sell, but a gas tax would be a “win, win, win, win” move—for the environment, the economy, the war on terror, and America’s standing in the world, Thomas Friedman writes in the New York Times. Barack Obama still has the popularity to... More »

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climate change • environment • terrorism • gas prices • gas tax • economy • carbon emissions • President Obama

(Newser) - NASA will soon launch a satellite that can measure carbon dioxide concentrations near the surface of the Earth, giving scientists an accurate picture of where the gas is produced and absorbed, the BBC reports. "This is NASA's first spacecraft specifically dedicated to mapping carbon dioxide," said a project... More »

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NASA • carbon dioxide • space • fossil fuel • satellite • carbon emissions • spectrometer

Calif. Adopts 1st US Plan to Slash Greenhouse Gases

Plan to reduce carbon emissions by 15%

Dec 12, 08 3:03 AM CST
(Newser) - California regulators have adopted an ambitious, comprehensive blueprint to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 15% by 2020, reports the Los Angeles Times. The plan, the first of its kind in the nation, calls for 33% of the state's electric power to come from solar power and wind farms, and includes... More »

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climate change • California • greenhouse gases • global warming • Arnold Schwarzenegger • green technology • solar power • carbon emissions • wind farms • Air Resources Board

 Fifth of Coral Reefs Dead: Study 

Pollution leads to warmer, more acidic seas, scientists say

Dec 11, 08 4:16 PM CST
(Newser) - A fifth of the world’s coral reefs have died or been destroyed, says a study released to the UN yesterday. In it, marine scientists warned that the future of marine life and the $30 billion economic value of reefs are increasingly threatened by climate change. The report also zeroed... More »

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climate change • ocean • marine life • coral reef • carbon emissions

 Melting Ice May 
 Help Soak Up CO2 

Icebergs may deposit nourishing iron into ocean, helping carbon-sucking plankton

Dec 7, 08 4:49 PM CST
(Newser) - Melting ice sheets may end up helping the planet battle global warming, the Guardian reports. Scientists say that broken ice in the Antarctic disperses iron, which fertilizes carbon-absorbing plankton and helps reverse some effects of climate change. “We see the rapid ice loss in Antarctica as one obvious sign... More »

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climate change • environment • Antarctica • carbon emissions • icebergs • Antarctic Ocean

Farmers Raise a Stink Over Fees for Flatulence

EPA brands livestock odor air pollution

Dec 5, 08 8:16 AM CST
(Newser) - Farmers' noses are out of joint over proposed regulations that would fine them for their  livestock's flatulence, reports AP. Operations with herds over a certain size would be charged per animal to offset the amount of greenhouse gasses contained in their rather voluminous belching and farting, according to the EPA... More »

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greenhouse gases • farms • Environmental Protection Agency • air pollution • carbon emissions

OPINION

 Green Fight Will Be 
 Obama's Costliest 

President-elect knows he must do better than Bush, and has political capital to do it

Nov 5, 08 4:43 PM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama must move quickly to address climate change, and it could be very unpopular politically, Bill McKibben writes in Yale Environment 360. In fact, the measures necessary to save our planet could very well “wreck his political future, because it would involve—directly or indirectly—raising the cost... More »

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climate change • Barack Obama • environment • coal • Election 2008 • carbon emissions

Biofuels Not Worth Upward Push on Food Prices: UN

Nations should rethink subsidies: report

Oct 7, 08 4:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - While use of biofuels is supposed to combat climate change, the effects of its production on food prices is not worth the emissions they offset, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization said today. The FAO called for countries to review production quotas and subsidies that encourage biofuel use in... More »

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climate change • United Nations • global warming • biofuel • biodiesel • food prices • carbon emissions

OPINION

It's Hard to Go Green With the Economy in the Red

As Wall Street falters, ambitions to fight global warming are being checked

Oct 7, 08 11:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - Bad days on Wall Street are bad news for environmentalists, too. The financial crisis doubles as a boon for critics of proposed greenhouse gas regulations, writes Margaret Kriz for Yale Environment 360. In its aftermath, politicians will be loath to pass laws that hike carbon-based fuel prices and wary of... More »

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climate change • Wall Street • greenhouse gases • global warming • carbon emissions • financial crisis

ANALYSIS

Hefty Carbon Tax Raised Norway's Emissions

Greenhouse gases up 15% despite system aimed to curb them

Sep 30, 08 4:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - In 1991, Norway enacted a punishing carbon tax, but things haven’t turned out quite as expected, the Wall Street Journal reports. Greenhouse-gas emissions have actually risen 15%, and industries deemed vital to the nation’s economy or image were spared the tax or given sweet deals. Though the oil... More »

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environment • greenhouse gases • cap and trade • European Union • Norway • petrodollar • carbon emissions

 Eat Less, Or the Icecaps Melt 

Meat a big climate change contributor, study finds

Sep 30, 08 1:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - To avoid catastrophic global warming, people need to cut way down on their meat and dairy consumption, a new report on climate change says. Four modest servings of meat and about a quart of milk a week are all we should be consuming, the Guardian reports. And the report urges... More »

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climate change • food • meat • dairy products • food industry • carbon emissions • food production

Green Vandals Acquitted on Climate Change Defense

Global crisis justifies coal-plant attack: jury

Sep 11, 08 11:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - Six Greenpeace activists who vandalized a coal-fired power station in Britain have won acquittal using the threat of global warming as a defense, reports the Guardian. The activists, who caused more than $50,000 in damage to a smokestack, said they were trying to prevent property damage from the plant’... More »

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climate change • Greenpeace • Al Gore • global warming • clean energy • coal power • carbon emissions • Kingsnorth power station • Maidstone • Jim Hansen • Zac Goldsmith

German Power Plant Tests Underground CO2 Capture

Coal-burning facility stores CO2, sends it deep underground

Sep 10, 08 10:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - Germany is pioneering industrial efficiency with a new coal-fueled power plant that captures and stores its own CO2 emissions, Der Spiegel reports. The Bavarian power station began testing its system of collecting carbon dioxide and pumping it into a depleted underground natural gas reservoir. A few problems remain, though. More »

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carbon dioxide • Germany • green energy • power plant • carbon emissions • clean coal

UN Urges: Eat Less Meat to
Fight Warming

Cattle 'emissions'
equal effect of 33
million automobiles

Sep 7, 08 7:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - Meat-eaters who want to help fight global warming can do so by going vegetarian at least one day a week, a top UN official tells the Guardian. The meat industry accounts for an estimated one-fifth of all greenhouse gas emissions, released during feed production and as methane by flatulent livestock.... More »

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climate change • United Nations • agriculture • global warming • methane • vegetarianism • carbon emissions • meat and poultry

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