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carbon emissions stories: 148 news summaries

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Bush Asks Agencies to Cut Emissions

Orders plans for regulating greenhouse gases by term's end

May 14, 07 4:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Bush stepped up to the plate on global warming today, ordering the the EPA, transportation and other agencies to begin to regulate vehicle emissions by the time he leaves office. Chided by the Supreme Court last month for failing to protect the environment, Bush asked agencies to prepare plans,... More »

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climate change • environment • greenhouse gases • global warming • vehicle emissions • Environmental Protection Agency • George W. Bush • carbon emissions

Burning Forests Heat Globe

Rainforests absorbe CO2, but burning them pumps out 25% of all greenhouse gasses

May 14, 07 8:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - Destruction of rainforests is a bigger source of global warming than all the planes, cars and factories in the world, concludes a study reported today in the Independent. It's not just the loss of forests, which absorb CO2, that's the problem. It's the rampant burning of those forests that actually... More »

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climate change • environment • Indonesia • greenhouse gases • global warming • Brazil • rainforest • deforestation • carbon emissions

UN's Take On Climate Change Grows Sunnier

Some measures may enhance global GDP

May 4, 07 10:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - Policy and behavior changes can help limit greenhouse-gas emissions and slow climate change, say experts at a UN conference in Bangkok—and at a reasonable price. Some curbs on emissions may even enhance global GDP, but time is short. Within 10 to 20 years, global emissions should begin dropping to... More »

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climate change • energy • United Nations • sustainable living • greenhouse gases • fossil fuel • consumption • deforestation • carbon emissions

Global Warming Battle Goes
Out to Sea

Investors back plankton in bid to send CO2
to a watery grave

May 1, 07 2:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Plankton may hold the key to solving global warming—or so say Silicon Valley entrepreneurs who are investing heavily in the idea. Scientists will dump several tons of plankton-producing iron into the ocean to see if the microscopic organisms will, as they expect, suck CO2 from the atmosphere and carry... More »

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climate change • environment • carbon dioxide • global warming • plankton • ocean • iron • carbon emissions

Travel to Big Sky Is Killing It

Apr 29, 07 8:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Big Sky Country is under siege from the carbon spewed by the planes and cars we use to get there, says Montanan Deirdre McNamer. She remembers the days (the 1950s) when it was not politically incorrect to throw litter into the vastness of the high prairie that she thought could... More »

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environment • carbon dioxide • global warming • Montana • carbon emissions

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

Governator Says He'll Sue EPA

Apr 26, 07 6:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - Arnold Schwarzenegger says he'll take the Environmental Protection Agency to court if California doesn’t get a green light for its tough new auto emissions laws within six months. "The clock is ticking. If we don't see quick action from the federal government, we will sue the EPA,"... More »

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climate change • environment • California • greenhouse gases • global warming • Arnold Schwarzenegger • Environmental Protection Agency • carbon emissions

Conoco Calls For Emissions Cap

First American oil company to support  nationwide ceiling

Apr 11, 07 1:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - ConocoPhillips is the first American oil company to advocate a U.S. emissions cap, positioning itself to help shape potential federal legislation. Acknowledging that fossil fuels contribute to global warming, the company joined a group of corporations drawing up a plan for a nationwide ceiling. More »

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environment • oil • global warming • ConocoPhillips • US Climate Action Partnership • fossil fuel • carbon emissions

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