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  • Article:Greenhouse Gases Continue to Rise Despite Reduction Efforts

    By National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration February 01, 2010

    Despite a decade of efforts worldwide to curb its release into the atmosphere, NOAA and university scientists have measured increased emissions of a greenhouse gas that is thousands of times more efficient at trapping heat than carbon dioxide and persists in the atmosphere for nearly 300 years.

  • News:Billboard Calculates Global Warming and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

    By Natural Resources Defense Council June 21, 2009

    At 70 feet across, Deutsche Bank Asset Management's new "carbon counter" billboard is advertised as the world's first real-time calculator of global greenhouse gas emissions. This billboard, together with its web-based counterpart , were created as a way to not only bring into focus...

  • Opinion:The International Community Gets Serious About Global Warming

    By Natural Resources Defense Council March 30, 2009

    By Jake Schmidt If you've read my previous posts, you'll know that the international global warming negotiations have already commenced (see here , here ; and here ).? But if last year was the "dry run", this year will be need to be the real thing.? While progress was made last year, it...

  • Opinion:15 Large Ships May Pollute Just as Much as 760 Million Cars

    By Natural Resources Defense Council April 12, 2009

    A recent article in the Guardian reports that a large container ship that operates 280 days per year emits 50 million times as much SOx pollution as a car that is driven 15,000 kilometers or 9,300 miles per year. Yes, that's right: 50,000,000 times as much. Doing the math, the article goes on...

  • News:EPA Encourages Kids to Fight Global Warming

    By Environmental Protection Agency April 19, 2009

    Washington, D.C. - With Earth Day only a few days away, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is kicking off the 2009 “Change the World, Start with Energy Star” campaign to educate kids and their families about how to save money and fight climate change through energy...

  • Opinion:We Cannot Make a Dent in Global Carbon Emissions

    By FrontPage Magazine April 19, 2009

    By Peter W. Huber Like medieval priests, today’s carbon brokers will sell you an indulgence that forgives your carbon sins. It will run you about $500 for 5 tons of forgiveness—about how much the typical American needs every year. Or about $2,000 a year for a typical four-person household.

  • Opinion:Why Oil Still Has a Future

    By National Center for Policy Analysis September 02, 2009

    Oil is the single most important source of energy in the world, providing 40 percent of the world's total. However, even as demand increases in developing countries, oil 's position in the global economy is being questioned and challenged as never before, says Daniel Yergin, chairman of...

  • Research:Cap and Trade Legislation Could Cost 3 Million Jobs

    By National Center for Policy Analysis May 04, 2009

    A new study by the Charles River Associates exposes the negative economic consequences of the proposed cap and trade legislation being considered in Congress. The study predicts broad increases in energy costs that will result in the loss of more than 3 million jobs by 2030 and a cost of...

  • News:California Steps Toward First Tire Efficiency Ratings in U.S.

    By Natural Resources Defense Council June 18, 2009

    Last week, California proposed a new tire efficiency rating system based on a tire's energy consumption during driving. Under the system, efficiency information on all tires sold in the state is collected in a public database and the most efficient tires are classified as "Fuel Efficient...

  • Opinion:Cheers For Obama's New Fuel Efficiency Standards

    By The Climate Group May 20, 2009

    US President Barack Obama yesterday unveiled his plan to increase US auto efficiency standards . New rules on emission and mileage would require five percent increases in fuel efficiency each year from 2012 through 2016. By 2016, average fuel economy would be 35.5 miles per gallon – or...

  • Opinion:Obama's New Fuel Standards Unfair to Big Families

    By Focus on the Family May 24, 2009

    By Motte Brown My heart sank when President Obama announced new fuel economy standards for auto makers for models to be built between 2012-2016. And it wasn't because our government is forcing regulations on us to curb greenhouse gasses to "prevent' unproven man-caused global warming . It...

  • Opinion:Rising Gas Prices -- Who is to Blame?

    By Heritage Foundation July 29, 2009

    The national gas price average is $2.51 for July 28, 2009, far less than the $3.96 it was one year ago to this date, but still high enough to make you groan as you wait for a seemingly-endless long time for that click of the pump, letting you know your tank is full. And, just like every other...

  • Opinion:House Committee Gets it Right on Global Warming Action

    By Natural Resources Defense Council April 01, 2009

    Yesterday, the House Energy and Commerce Committee proposed essential policies for cleaning up our fuel supply and reducing our dependence on oil . The proposal includes transportation fuels under an economy -wide cap and establishes a complementary, performance-based low carbon fuel...

  • News:The U.S. Military Goes Green to Fight Global Warming

    By U.S. Department of Defense April 02, 2009

    By Donna Miles American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, April 1, 2009 – Ever imagine filling up the fuel tanks on a military aircraft with french fry grease? It’s no April Fools' Day joke -- that’s exactly what the Air Force could do someday if a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency...

  • Opinion:Is It Time to Use Carbon Capture in the Global Warming Fight?

    By Natural Resources Defense Council April 03, 2009

    By George Peridas The press seems to cover Carbon Capture & Storage (CCS) as a matter of routine these days - local, national and international. For someone who hasn't looked at the technology in detail, it can be hard to decipher its potential role, status and readiness. Things get...

  • Research:Ice-Free Arctic Summers Could Come Sooner Than We Thought

    By National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration April 04, 2009

    Summers in the Arctic may be ice-free in as few as 30 years, not at the end of the century as previously expected. The updated forecast is the result of a new analysis of computer models coupled with the most recent summer ice measurements. “The Arctic is changing faster than anticipated,”...

  • Opinion:Carbon Tax isn't Best Solution for Global Warming

    By Natural Resources Defense Council April 10, 2009

    New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman's recent article "Show Us the Ball" claims that a carbon tax would not only be simpler and more transparent, but have fewer special provisions, accommodations, or loopholes than a cap and trade system.? The flaw in Mr. Friedman's logic, however, is...

  • Video:How a Box of Kleenex Ravages the Environment

    By Greenpeace April 11, 2009

    Kimberly-Clark, largest tissue producer in the world, fills every box of Kleenex with tissues made from ancient forests. Without a paper policy to protect the forests, Kimberly-Clark is destroying critical habitat of songbirds, caribou, and wolverines, in addition to destroying lands First...

  • Opinion:Dems Won't Let Global Warming Skeptics Testify Beside Al Gore

    By The Heartland Institute April 26, 2009

    The Heartland Institute, who hosted the 2009 International Climate Change Conference, shares this report from Climate Depot: Democrats Refuse to Allow Skeptic to Testify Alongside Gore At Congressional Hearing ‘House Democrats don’t want Gore humiliated’ Climate Depot Exclusive...

  • News:EPA Launches "Pick 5" to Save the Environment

    By Environmental Protection Agency April 27, 2009

    Washington, D.C. - As part of its Earth Month outreach efforts, EPA today launched “Pick 5 for the Environment,” encouraging the public to commit to taking at least five actions to protect the environment . Pick 5 helps people identify ways they can protect their environment and makes use...

  • Opinion:U.S. On Right Track to Eliminating Coal

    By Sierra Club April 30, 2009

    By Bruce Nilles As everyone talks about the Obama Administration’s first 100 days, I thought I’d join the conversation and give a status report on what they’ve done to end the use of coal and the destructive practice of mountaintop removal coal mining. The steps taken so far on...

  • Opinion:Are Gas & Oil Operations Harming Livestock?

    By Natural Resources Defense Council May 06, 2009

    In Drilling Down , we wrote about Elizabeth Chandler, a veterinarian in western Colorado. Dr. Chandler has been observing health changes in livestock, including goats, pigs and cattle, that are kept near natural gas production activities. She is particularly concerned about reproductive...

  • Research:NOAA Predicts Solar Storm Season

    By National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration May 10, 2009

    Although its peak is still four years away, a new active period of Earth-threatening solar storms will be the weakest since 1928, predicts an international panel of experts led by NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center and funded by NASA. Despite the prediction, Earth is still vulnerable to a...

  • Research:Global Warming in Action? April Was Fifth Warmest on Record

    By National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration May 18, 2009

    The combined average global land and ocean surface temperatures for April 2009 ranked fifth warmest since worldwide records began in 1880, according to an analysis by NOAA’s National Climatic Data Center in Asheville, N.C. The analyses in NCDC’s global reports are based on preliminary data...

  • Opinion:Liberals Exploit the Recession for Global Warming Hysteria

    By FrontPage Magazine May 19, 2009

    By Andrew Cline A serious recession is a terrible event for most people. For environmental activists who think nature is more important than people, however, it’s a great opportunity to advance the “green” agenda. Take the Massachusetts Audubon Society, which bills itself as New...

  • Opinion:As the Climate Changes, Alternative Energy is Unrealistic

    By FREE May 26, 2009

    Over millennia, plants and animals have adapted to changing climates by migrating to more favorable locales. If the climate continues to change in a manner consistent with current expectations, most warming will occur in the high latitudes. In order for plants and animals to adapt, large areas of...

  • Opinion:Car Dealer Closings Will Add to State Budget Woes

    By Stateline.Org May 27, 2009

    Just when many state governments are weeks away from the start of another budget year, a new crisis has emerged that threatens their finances: the closing of nearly 2,000 automobile dealerships. Coupled with the slowdown in automobile manufacturing and sales, the dealership shutdowns...

  • Opinion:The Climate Change Report the UN Failed to Write

    By The Heartland Institute June 02, 2009

    WASHINGTON, D.C . -- The 2009 report of the Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change is the report on global warming the United Nations’ climate panel should have written--but didn’t. The 880-page report, released today at an international meeting in Washington DC of scientists...

  • News:Car Air Conditioners Use 7 Billion Gallons of Gas Each Year

    By Sierra Club June 16, 2009

    Not content with the slow progress on fuel-efficiency standards, President Obama pushed for vehicles to be rolling on 35.5 miles per gallon by 2016, four years earlier than current federal law requires. A new angle currently being examined in the jigsaw puzzle of auto emissions is energy...

  • Research:Signs of Global Warming Already Evident in the U.S.

    By National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration June 22, 2009

    Climate change is already having visible impacts in the United States, and the choices we make now will determine the severity of its impacts in the future, according to a new and authoritative federal study assessing the current and anticipated domestic impacts of climate change . The report...