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ANALYSIS

Plans to Stop Global Warming Straight From Sci-Fi Novels

Geo-engineering offers promise for slowing climate change ... and fear of consequences

Sep 5, 08 3:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - Scientists worry humans might not curb carbon emissions in time to save the planet from irreversible harm, and some have suggested a radical concept called geo-engineering, the Economist reports. Once the stuff of science fiction, geo-engineering would combat global warming by manipulating the environment. While promising, critics warn ecological consequences... More »

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climate change • environment • greenhouse gases • global warming • science • science fiction • carbon emissions • geo-engineering

OPINION

Next Prez Will Have to Save
the Planet

Winner of election will immediately have to combat climate change

Aug 28, 08 2:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Whether it's John McCain or Barack Obama, the next US president will instantly face "the most momentous political challenge of all time"—saving the world from catastrophic climate change, Carlos Pascual and Strobe Talbott write in the Washington Post. We have 7 years to begin reducing greenhouse gas... More »

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climate change • Barack Obama • John McCain • greenhouse gases • coal • carbon emissions • carbon caps

Energy Firm to Tell Investors
of Risks From Global Warming

Xcel agrees to first pact of its kind with NY AG

Aug 28, 08 8:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - A major builder of coal-fired power plants has agreed to fully inform investors of the risks global warming poses to its business in a landmark deal with New York's attorney general. Green groups hope the agreement by Xcel Energy will spur other firms to follow suit, reports the New York ... More »

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energy • coal • energy industry • Andrew Cuomo • carbon emissions • greenhouse-gas emissions

 China's Power
 Pollution to Pass US

CO2 emissions will double over next 12 years, think tank predicts

Aug 27, 08 6:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - Carbon emissions from China's mostly coal-fired electric power industry will exceed those of the US this year for the first time, the Washington Post reports. China's runaway economic growth means its power industry's carbon emissions will double by 2020, predicts the Center for Global Development, a Washington-based think tank. Power... More »

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China • climate change • India • coal • CO2 • coal power • carbon emissions • power industry • Center for Global Development

OPINION

The Democratic Party: Is Civil War Brewing?

Maybe there's not enough room for both elites and blue collars

Jul 24, 08 5:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Democrats are undoubtedly ascendant in the US, Joel Kotkin writes in the American, but the demographic shift that made it so may undermine the party in the near future. That’s because the working-class party of FDR is now chock-full of elites—two constituencies with different values. The richer Dems... More »

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climate change • Barack Obama • Karl Rove • Democrats • Democratic Party • carbon emissions

McCain Flips
on Emissions Standards

After favoring a national norm, candidate says states should decide

Jul 18, 08 3:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain seemed to flip-flop on auto-emissions standards today, telling a group of General Motors engineers he supported states’ rights to set their own levels, the Detroit News reports. McCain told the newspaper last month he supported a nationwide standard. Automakers support a national standard because they fear the expense... More »

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John McCain • General Motors • vehicle emissions • auto industry • Rick Wagoner • Chevrolet Volt • emissions standards • carbon emissions

analysis

 'Clean Coal'
 Advocates 
 Blowing 
 Smoke 

Investing in carbon sequestration "reckless"

Jul 17, 08 11:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - “Clean coal” is the buzzword of the moment, with industry groups and presidential candidates swearing by a work-in-progress technique known as carbon capture and storage (CCS), which ultimately buries carbon dioxide emissions deep underground. But Jeff Goodell, writing in Yale Environment 360, doesn’t buy it. “We don’... More »

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climate change • environment • coal • coal power • carbon emissions • carbon sequestration

 China, India Reject
 G8 Carbon Plan 

Developing countries show impotence of conference

Jul 9, 08 8:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Neither China nor India agreed to adopt the G8's targets for cutting carbon emissions by 2050 at their joint meeting today. Asia's two big developing economies, joined by Brazil, Mexico, and South Africa, said carbon reductions would endanger their growth and exacerbate poverty, and that rich nations should clean up... More »

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China • climate change • environment • Nicolas Sarkozy • G8 summit • developing countries • Yasuo Fukuda • carbon emissions

ANALYSIS

 Vague G8 Goals
 Deflate Green Hopes 

'Fuzzy-minded' declaration on climate change sinks hopes for immediate action

Jul 9, 08 2:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - G8 leaders are hailing an agreement to cut carbon emissions in half by 2050 as "major progress" in combating climate change—but their failure to come up with concrete shorter-term goals is a major letdown, Bryan Walsh writes in Time. The agreement, so vague it doesn't even say which... More »

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climate change • G8 summit • Group of Eight • summit • carbon emissions

 G8 Agrees to Cut Emissions 50% 

But doesn't settle on any interim goals

Jul 8, 08 7:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - The G8 leaders have resolved to cut greenhouse gases in half by 2050, something they’d only agreed to “seriously consider” before. But the US has resisted setting any interim goals, the BBC reports, leading environmentalists to deride the pact. The group will also try to convince some 200... More »

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climate change • greenhouse gases • G8 summit • Group of Eight • carbon emissions

 New Engine
 Could Rev
 Green Flight 

Less fuel, emissions, and noise

Jun 26, 08 10:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - In what is being hailed as the most exciting development in commercial aviation technology in years, Pratt & Whitney has developed a revolutionary jet engine that burns up to 15% less fuel and cuts carbon emissions by 1,500 tons per plane per year. The engine, which is also... More »

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FAA • global warming • Boeing • Airbus • Boeing 787 Dreamliner • Mitsubishi • NextGen • Bombardier • alternative fuels • carbon emissions • Pratt & Whitney • Eco-Aviation Conference • geared turbofan engine

Warming Will Kill 66% of Calif. Plants Within Century

Flora won't have time to migrate if emissions continue at current rate

Jun 25, 08 1:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - If California’s climate warms significantly in the next 100 years the consequences could be grave for the majority of the state’s native plants, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. A team of scientists from UC Berkeley and Duke found that up to 66% of the state’s plants wouldn’... More »

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environment • California • global warming • trees • plants • temperatures • plant • carbon emissions

GOP Senators Block Bill
on Climate Change

It will likely be pulled until next year

Jun 6, 08 10:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - Republican senators blocked a landmark climate change bill today in a filibuster, making it likely that the carbon-capping legislation will be shelved until next year. After a debate over the economic costs of the bill—which would cut CO2 emissions by 71% by 2050—the Senate came up a dozen... More »

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climate change • Mitch McConnell • Barbara Boxer • carbon emissions • carbon caps

World Price Tag to Fix Energy Mess: $45T

IAE advises G-8
to invest big in emissions 'revolution'

Jun 6, 08 9:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - The world needs to pump $45 trillion into developing green technologies if it hopes to reach its goal of cutting emissions in half by 2050, the International Energy Agency said today. Otherwise, emissions will rise 130% over that period, and oil demand will climb 70%. The $45 trillion represents 1.... More »

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climate change • oil • greenhouse gases • Group of Eight • IEA • carbon emissions

 CO2 Catcher
 Could Slow
 Climate Change 

Device in the works sucks greenhouse gas from the air

May 31, 08 1:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - A team of American scientists says it's taken an important first step toward creating a so-called carbon scrubber that can rid greenhouse gases from the air, the Guardian reports. The scientists, led by a Columbia University physicist, have a prototype in the works that can suck a ton of carbon... More »

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climate change • greenhouse gases • carbon dioxide • global warming • CO2 • carbon sinks • carbon emissions

 Green Bands 
 Can't Stop Fans 
 From Polluting 

Rock armies have to reach the show somehow

May 30, 08 4:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - It's not easy being a green band. While touring musicians try to cut their carbon footprints with biodiesel buses and recycling, fans wreak environmental havoc, reports Rolling Stone. The venues arena rockers need sit miles outside of city centers, forcing concertgoers to gas up and hit the road. And... More »

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environment • pollution • rock bands • Radiohead • carbon emissions • concert tour

 Norwegian Electric Car
 Will Cruise US Streets 

Vehicle can log up to 110 miles on single charge

May 30, 08 1:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - An electric car that can travel up to 110 miles when fully charged will hit select US cities next year, the Wall Street Journal reports. The Think City, from Norwegian automaker Think Global AS, is already on the road in Norway, Sweden and Denmark, and will set American consumers back... More »

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pollution • Norway • automaker • Ford • gas prices • electric cars • auto industry • carbon emissions • Think Global AS

High Costs Put Clean Coal
on Back Burner

Plans to scrub coal-plant emissions hit money wall

May 30, 08 2:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - Ambitious plans to combat global warming by pumping carbon dioxide from coal-burning power plants into the ground have been delayed or canned due to spiraling costs, the New York Times reports. Scientists now fear that the next generation of coal-burning plants will be built using old, emission-spewing technology, spelling disaster... More »

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climate change • carbon dioxide • global warming • coal • power plant • coal power • carbon emissions • Department of Energy

Global Warming Deniers Plan 'Carbon Belch Day'

'Goofy save-the-Earth mandates' to be mocked with June 12 blitz

May 29, 08 2:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - Americans should waste all the energy they can on June 12, says conservative grassroots group Grassfire.org, in order to free themselves from “carbon footprint guilt.” Grassfire doesn’t believe humanity is to blame for global warming, and wants to strike back against “climate alarmists.” Organizers... More »

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climate change • global warming • carbon emissions

 W. Coast Cities
 Boast Smallest
 Carbon Footprint 

New York metropolitan area also high in rankings

May 29, 08 11:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - West Coast metro areas boasted some of the lowest carbon emissions per capita in the country in 2005, according to a ranking of 100 urban areas by the Brookings Institution. Honolulu topped the list, followed by Los Angeles, the Portland-Vancouver area, and New York. Population density, mild climates, and aggressive... More »

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environment • CO2 • Brookings Institution • carbon emissions • West Coast • metropolitan areas

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