]> http://www.greenedia.com/popular/articles/carbon Carbon - Today's Popular Articles at http://www.greenedia.com en http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/watthead/78760?rsstype=populararticles&cid=61 You're thinking, If only we could get Congress to actually pass some of these policies We won't stop until they do!So far Focus the Nation teams have invited more than 150 members of Congress to participate in dialogs on global warming soluti... Tue, 22 Jan 2008 18:49:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/watthead/78760?rsstype=populararticles&cid=61 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/r-squared-energy-blog/78762?rsstype=populararticles&cid=61 I made the following comment recently in the discussion following an essay:If you put it to a popular vote, and people learned that GHG emissions could be arrested (hypothetically) if they were...[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website fo... Tue, 22 Jan 2008 12:37:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/r-squared-energy-blog/78762?rsstype=populararticles&cid=61 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/78679?rsstype=populararticles&cid=61 Sometimes, in our search for cool new green tech, the world starts to feel decidedly Sci-Fi. Prince Charles has previously graced our pages for both his attempts to cut his carbon footprint AND his exceptionally good sandwhich making abilities, but ... Tue, 22 Jan 2008 08:31:59 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/78679?rsstype=populararticles&cid=61 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/deep-green-crystals/78801?rsstype=populararticles&cid=61 Check out this GapCast that shows where carbon comes from worldwide and how it has changed from 1975 to 2003. This is basically the mantra of google.org's re which I hope gets some traction.... Tue, 22 Jan 2008 20:28:31 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/deep-green-crystals/78801?rsstype=populararticles&cid=61 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/desmogblog/78484?rsstype=populararticles&cid=61 cartoon in The New York Times brilliantly captured the mentality behind the latest green trend. It showed a man kneeling at the confessional praying, Forgive me, but I have SUV'd. The minister takes the proffered bag of money and replies, Go thy... Mon, 21 Jan 2008 10:01:15 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/desmogblog/78484?rsstype=populararticles&cid=61 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/marc-gunther/78250?rsstype=populararticles&cid=61 When you think about the causes of global warming, coal plants or SUVs come to mind. But deforestation generates between 20% to 25% of global greenhouse gas emissions, scientists say. That's why Indonesia and Brazil rank No. 3 and 4 (behind the U.S. ... Sat, 19 Jan 2008 15:45:56 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/marc-gunther/78250?rsstype=populararticles&cid=61 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/random-rogers-big-picture/78020?rsstype=populararticles&cid=61 Well that was some puke down yesterday. I have conflicting ideas about exactly where we are and what to expect in the immediate future.Is there a lot of fear out there? Yesterday the Stallion chided (maybe he was joking, I don't know) Don Schreiber f... Fri, 18 Jan 2008 08:56:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/random-rogers-big-picture/78020?rsstype=populararticles&cid=61 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/energy-bulletin/77992?rsstype=populararticles&cid=61 Staff, Energy Bulletin. Dry, polluted, plagued by rats: the crisis in China's greatest river Europe power stations to capture carbonTexas is biggest carbon polluter Climate talk's cancellation splits a town... Thu, 17 Jan 2008 19:08:34 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/energy-bulletin/77992?rsstype=populararticles&cid=61 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/science-base/77591?rsstype=populararticles&cid=61 Diamond is not unique! Nature's missing crystal discovered! A crystal as beautiful as diamond! Those were the themes running through dozens of articles in the media about a discovery made by Japanese mathematician Toshi Sunada of Meiji University. Th... Wed, 16 Jan 2008 08:00:08 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/science-base/77591?rsstype=populararticles&cid=61 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/77424?rsstype=populararticles&cid=61 The plan to build new power lines from Western Pennsylvania and West Virginia to the Washington DC area looks like a good way to increase the carbon footprint of East Coast city dwellers. According to testimony at a a formal public hearing, it was ... Tue, 15 Jan 2008 09:31:11 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/77424?rsstype=populararticles&cid=61 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/77428?rsstype=populararticles&cid=61 The Australian island state of Tasmania might have its own 5 megawatt hot rock' geothermal power station with the next five years, if the plans by new energy company KUTh Energy come to fruition. This zero carbon emission technology pumps water 3 ... Tue, 15 Jan 2008 08:35:37 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/77428?rsstype=populararticles&cid=61 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/energy-stock-blog/77341?rsstype=populararticles&cid=61 With the United States' economy slowing and an OPEC meeting right around the corner on February 1, is President Bush doing a little horse-trading? ... Tue, 15 Jan 2008 07:36:49 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/energy-stock-blog/77341?rsstype=populararticles&cid=61 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/energy-bulletin/77338?rsstype=populararticles&cid=61 Ecological Society of America, ESA. A systems approach is crucial to assess the energy yield, carbon neutrality, and the full impact of biofuel production on downstream and downwind ecosystems.... Mon, 14 Jan 2008 22:26:41 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/energy-bulletin/77338?rsstype=populararticles&cid=61 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/77260?rsstype=populararticles&cid=61 GM is pinning its biofuel hopes on Coskata, a biofuel start-up bankrolled by the likes of VC heavyweight Vinod Khosla, which has devised a commercially viable process to bring cellulosic ethanol to market by 2011. Coskata's process relies on a 3-step... Mon, 14 Jan 2008 19:15:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/77260?rsstype=populararticles&cid=61 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/desmogblog/77295?rsstype=populararticles&cid=61 Human activity currently generates 7.2 billion tons of carbon, or about 26.4 billion tons of carbon dioxide a year from fossil fuels, according to the Fourth Assessment Report of the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. While transport i... Mon, 14 Jan 2008 15:56:01 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/desmogblog/77295?rsstype=populararticles&cid=61 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/open-the-future/77217?rsstype=populararticles&cid=61 Oscar Pistorius, AKA Blade Runner -- the South African sprinter who uses carbon fiber prosthetics in place of the lower legs amputated as a child -- has officially lost his bid to run in the 2008 Olympics. He's going to give one last appeal to the ... Mon, 14 Jan 2008 13:19:08 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/open-the-future/77217?rsstype=populararticles&cid=61 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/77184?rsstype=populararticles&cid=61 This post is part of an ongoing series. To access all the profiles in this series, visit The Year Ahead.Who: Team TerraPass, carbon offset reatilersEco-resolution: At TerraPass, we're all about the carbon, so it should come as no surprise that our of... Mon, 14 Jan 2008 10:46:19 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/77184?rsstype=populararticles&cid=61 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/climate-progress/77180?rsstype=populararticles&cid=61 From Hell and High Water (paperback now at Amazon):The scientific debate is closing (against us) but not yet closed. Frank Luntz, conservative strategist, 2002Global warming is real (conservatives secretly know this). David Brooks, New York Time... Mon, 14 Jan 2008 08:44:06 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/climate-progress/77180?rsstype=populararticles&cid=61 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/77120?rsstype=populararticles&cid=61 By David RobertsI said earlier that there's no point in Al Gore endorsing anyone in the primary. But if he does want to have a salutary effect on the presidential election, I have a proposal for him. More on that in a minute. It's looking like John ... Mon, 14 Jan 2008 01:44:58 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/77120?rsstype=populararticles&cid=61 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/marc-gunther/77108?rsstype=populararticles&cid=61 Any serious effort to deal with global warming will raise the price of fossil fuels substantially. That's by design, because the only way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions is to drive up the cost of gasoline, electricity generated by coal, home... Sun, 13 Jan 2008 21:47:01 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/marc-gunther/77108?rsstype=populararticles&cid=61 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/energy-stock-blog/76986?rsstype=populararticles&cid=61 The Economist recently had a story on howthe cement industry is beginning to confront the fact that the industry produces5% of the world's emissions of greenhouse gasses. Carbon dioxide isemitted not only by the fossil fuels used to create the heat ... Sun, 13 Jan 2008 03:29:44 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/energy-stock-blog/76986?rsstype=populararticles&cid=61 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/76965?rsstype=populararticles&cid=61 California has been grabbing the headlines after the latest energy bill raised the CAFE standards to 35 MPG by 2020. First, the EPA rejected California's Auto Emissions Waiver, claiming that the new federal standards were stricter than those propose... Sat, 12 Jan 2008 18:17:24 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/76965?rsstype=populararticles&cid=61 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/climate-progress/76945?rsstype=populararticles&cid=61 From Hell and High Water (paperback now at Amazon):We could get a meter [of sea-level rise] easy in 50 years. Bob Corell, chair, Arctic Climate Impact Assessment, 2006The peak rate of deglaciation following the last Ice Age was . . . about one met... Sat, 12 Jan 2008 08:58:54 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/climate-progress/76945?rsstype=populararticles&cid=61 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/energy-blog/76911?rsstype=populararticles&cid=61 Landfill gas is the natural by-product of the decomposition of solid waste in landfills and is comprised primarily of carbon dioxide and methane. By preventing emissions of methane (a powerful greenhouse gas) through the development of landfill gas e... Fri, 11 Jan 2008 23:58:36 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/energy-blog/76911?rsstype=populararticles&cid=61 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/dateline-earth/76865?rsstype=populararticles&cid=61 Leaders from Western states met in Portland to talk carbon dioxide caps -- what are state businesses and utilities saying about the limits?... Fri, 11 Jan 2008 17:08:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/dateline-earth/76865?rsstype=populararticles&cid=61 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/76802?rsstype=populararticles&cid=61 The FIFA World Cup has already gone carbon neutral, and this radical design for a new soccer stadium certainly raised a few eyebrows. It looks like environmental consciousness in the football community is spreading like wildfire. They might seem like... Fri, 11 Jan 2008 04:50:13 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/76802?rsstype=populararticles&cid=61 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/brad-delongs-semi-daily-journal/76703?rsstype=populararticles&cid=61 Anne D'Innocenzio of AP: The Associated Press: Retailers Had Weak Sales in December: NEW YORK (AP) An already weak holiday shopping season turned out to be even worse than expected for many of the nation's retailers, who reported Thursday they h... Fri, 11 Jan 2008 01:03:25 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/brad-delongs-semi-daily-journal/76703?rsstype=populararticles&cid=61 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory//?rsstype=populararticles&cid=61 ... Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory//?rsstype=populararticles&cid=61 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/desmogblog/76630?rsstype=populararticles&cid=61 You may have noticed some tension here at DeSmogBlog lately over the Obama affair. I don't write to criticize, but because what has happened seems indicative of a broader phenomenon when it comes to global warming and the campaign trail, I'd like to ... Thu, 10 Jan 2008 12:11:27 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/desmogblog/76630?rsstype=populararticles&cid=61 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/76737?rsstype=populararticles&cid=61 As mentioned on Hugg the other day, Radiohead is concerned about their ecological footprint, and have partnered up with Oxford based company Best Foot Forward to reduce the carbon emissions. The band says Touring is very important to us, a large p... Thu, 10 Jan 2008 12:07:41 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/76737?rsstype=populararticles&cid=61 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/energy-outlook/76583?rsstype=populararticles&cid=61 Here's a nice example of the vital distinction between consumption and efficiency. If I told you that a company was about to introduce a new car model that was expected to average 56 miles per gallon, and that it was going to be so cheap that nearly ... Thu, 10 Jan 2008 10:55:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/energy-outlook/76583?rsstype=populararticles&cid=61 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/r-squared-energy-blog/76602?rsstype=populararticles&cid=61 I am still on the road, but wanted to quickly stick something fresh up for discussion.I have long been suspicious of the whole carbon offsets business (and frankly, it reminds me of buying...[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for ful... Thu, 10 Jan 2008 09:05:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/r-squared-energy-blog/76602?rsstype=populararticles&cid=61 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/76613?rsstype=populararticles&cid=61 Why would iron ore mining or other heavy industries want to purchase biofuel briquet's or cubes for combustion in boilers and process furnaces? To compensate for increased natural gas and coal prices, perhaps. But, there's much more involved. The... Thu, 10 Jan 2008 07:28:02 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/76613?rsstype=populararticles&cid=61 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/76616?rsstype=populararticles&cid=61 Learn a few tips to go green(er) behind the wheel.Bad news for David Beckham: it seems Golden Balls' globe trotting lifestyle is slowly but surely destroying the planet.Get wise to the easy ways to selectively stop all or some of your junk mail.A Sta... Wed, 09 Jan 2008 21:16:10 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/76616?rsstype=populararticles&cid=61 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/76506?rsstype=populararticles&cid=61 By Sarah van SchagenWired this month features an interesting conversation between Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke and musician David Byrne. In it, Yorke, a longtime vegan whose 2006 solo effort focused on global warming, mentions his carbon-related gui... Wed, 09 Jan 2008 16:28:05 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/76506?rsstype=populararticles&cid=61 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/desmogblog/76492?rsstype=populararticles&cid=61 Clean coal is a term that is getting a lot of coverage these days but the moniker makes as much sense as calling Paris Hilton pedantic . As a fuel source, coal is as filthy as they come emitting about 67% more CO2 per unit of energ... Wed, 09 Jan 2008 16:03:04 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/desmogblog/76492?rsstype=populararticles&cid=61 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/environmental-economics/76461?rsstype=populararticles&cid=61 From the Energy Roundup:European industries have a new set of numbers, too, as thecarbon-emission trading scheme enters its second phase. Becauseregulators tightened the screws and allocated fewer emissions permits, the Times of London reports, finan... Wed, 09 Jan 2008 15:49:54 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/environmental-economics/76461?rsstype=populararticles&cid=61 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/climate-progress/76482?rsstype=populararticles&cid=61 In Salon's article How to build a green building without really trying (or caring about the planet), I was expecting to read a piece on how intuitive it is to use building materials and structural design in a wise and consequently green manner.... Wed, 09 Jan 2008 14:00:51 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/climate-progress/76482?rsstype=populararticles&cid=61 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/new-scientist-technology/76467?rsstype=populararticles&cid=61 Invisibility cloaks are hot stuff. Only in 2006 did UK physicist John Pendry prove they could be possible. We then had theoretical designs and then real-life - albeit 2D - versions for first microwaves and then visible light. Expanding the range of l... Wed, 09 Jan 2008 12:25:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/new-scientist-technology/76467?rsstype=populararticles&cid=61 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/climate-progress/76425?rsstype=populararticles&cid=61 In November 2006, California voters rejected Proposition 87, a ballot initiative to raise the oil industry's taxes by $4 billion for research into renewable energy.Four months before the ballot, a survey by the Public Policy Institute of California f... Wed, 09 Jan 2008 10:51:38 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/climate-progress/76425?rsstype=populararticles&cid=61 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/climate-progress/76426?rsstype=populararticles&cid=61 Another excerpt from Hell and High Water paperback edition (now available on Amazon).The paleoclimate record shouts out to us that, far from being self-stabilizing, the Earth's climate system is an ornery beast which overreacts even to small nudges. ... Wed, 09 Jan 2008 08:20:55 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/climate-progress/76426?rsstype=populararticles&cid=61 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/76367?rsstype=populararticles&cid=61 Well, silica anyhow. A couple of agricultural scientists from Southern Cross University in Australia figure that particular grass crops, like wheat and sorghum (pictured), can lock away some of those excessive carbon atoms we're so alarmed about.... ... Wed, 09 Jan 2008 07:19:04 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/76367?rsstype=populararticles&cid=61 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/energy-stock-blog/76355?rsstype=populararticles&cid=61 2008 will be the year of $105 oil and booming solar energy stocks, one of which could very well be Small Cap Trading Pit favorite Hoku Scientific (HOKU:NASDAQ). ... Wed, 09 Jan 2008 06:53:45 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/energy-stock-blog/76355?rsstype=populararticles&cid=61 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/76348?rsstype=populararticles&cid=61 What happens when Wal-Mart comes to town?:The Wal-Mart effect: Poison or antidote for local communities?, by Terry J. Fitzgerald and Ronald A. Wirtz, FedGazette, FRB Minneapolis: If you really we mean really want to scare the locals next Hallowee... Wed, 09 Jan 2008 04:04:55 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/76348?rsstype=populararticles&cid=61 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/76287?rsstype=populararticles&cid=61 By David RobertsTime has a nice little story on the Eight Keys to New Hampshire. Number six: global warming. It may be Al Gore's ultimate political triumph: climate change as a key election issue. Everywhere they go throughout the state, candi... Tue, 08 Jan 2008 19:34:21 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/76287?rsstype=populararticles&cid=61 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/76289?rsstype=populararticles&cid=61 By David RobertsVia WSJ, Sir Nicholas Stern says he underestimated the risks of climate change in his influential report. We underestimated the flow of emissions from developing countries, especially China, he said, observing that emissions of ... Tue, 08 Jan 2008 18:57:47 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/76289?rsstype=populararticles&cid=61 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/76247?rsstype=populararticles&cid=61 49 -- the percent of Americans who said they intend to make a green resolution for 2008 in a recent national phone survey.75 -- the percent who said they are very likely or somewhat likely to reduce their home's energy consumption this year.74 --... Tue, 08 Jan 2008 13:50:13 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/76247?rsstype=populararticles&cid=61 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/deep-green-crystals/77490?rsstype=populararticles&cid=61 Bloomberg reports that futures trading in $200 oil is up significantly. Someone smarter than me believes that it will get there. Wow.... Tue, 08 Jan 2008 13:26:53 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/deep-green-crystals/77490?rsstype=populararticles&cid=61 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/watchdog-earth/76300?rsstype=populararticles&cid=61 Kentucky may not have won the bid for FutureGen, what promises to be a near-zero emission coal-fired power plant that would also capture and store carbon dioxide deep in the ground.But an executive at Louisville-based E.On. U.S. has been rotated into... Tue, 08 Jan 2008 13:07:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/watchdog-earth/76300?rsstype=populararticles&cid=61 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/desmogblog/76211?rsstype=populararticles&cid=61 Producing biofuels from a fast-growing grass delivers vast savings of carbon dioxide emissions compared with petrol, a large-scale study has suggested. US researchers also found that switchgrass-derived ethanol produced 540% more energy than was r... 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