]> http://www.greenedia.com/tags/emissions Blog Articles Tagged with 'emissions' at http://www.greenedia.com en http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/world-is-changing/190203?rsstype=tag&tag=emissions As you may have gathered, the idea of city-wide carbon neutrality by 2030 has gained a lot of steam here in Worldchanging's home base of Seattle. Our City Council has embraced it as a goal (though it's wrestling with the timeline) and some of our... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/world-is-changing/190203?rsstype=tag&tag=emissions Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:54:21 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/climate-progress/190037?rsstype=tag&tag=emissions Another op-ed by Bjorn Lomborg, another Gish Gallup of non-stop disinformation. The good news is that the task of debunking the Septical Environmentalist (sic), has been made easier by the publication of whole book dedicated to that tedious task, T... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/climate-progress/190037?rsstype=tag&tag=emissions Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:48:30 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/joel-makower-two-steps-forward/189873?rsstype=tag&tag=emissions I've had the good fortune to view the world through a Japanese lens over the past 10 days specifically, the worlds of green business and clean technology, about which I've come to Japan to speak.My host is the U.S. State Department, whose Office ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/joel-makower-two-steps-forward/189873?rsstype=tag&tag=emissions Sun, 14 Mar 2010 10:09:33 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/desmogblog/190165?rsstype=tag&tag=emissions A new Gallup poll shows that compared to three years ago, twice as many Americans believe that global warming's consequences are exaggerated.And in just the last year, there has been an increase in skepticism from 41% to 48%.The chart above shows a n... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/desmogblog/190165?rsstype=tag&tag=emissions Sat, 13 Mar 2010 18:06:01 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/190058?rsstype=tag&tag=emissions photo via flickrThere's a lot of grim climate news, of course, but the EU keeps moving forward. On Friday, the European Commission announced that the EU, which is made up 27 member countries, is on track to meet its goal of generating 20 percent of ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/190058?rsstype=tag&tag=emissions Sat, 13 Mar 2010 10:53:02 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/climate-progress/190040?rsstype=tag&tag=emissions You can't save daylight by moving around the hands on your clock, of course. So daylight saving time remains as absurdly named as it ever was.The general pointlessness of DST was the subject of a Rachel Maddow interview Friday (video below) with the ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/climate-progress/190040?rsstype=tag&tag=emissions Sat, 13 Mar 2010 10:44:57 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/triple-pundit/189982?rsstype=tag&tag=emissions You might want to start taking notes on the effort in California to shelve the state's landmark emissions control legislation, the Global Warming Solutions Act (aka AB32). It's getting interesting.First off, the Sacramento Bee reports that papers fil... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/triple-pundit/189982?rsstype=tag&tag=emissions Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:54:34 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/domestic-fuel/189971?rsstype=tag&tag=emissions There's only one week left to get the early registration discount for the Ethanol 2010: Emerging Issues Forum. The event will be held at the Magnolia Hotel on April 8 and 9 in Omaha, Nebraska. The fifth annual forum features a number of experts on to... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/domestic-fuel/189971?rsstype=tag&tag=emissions Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:00:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/190064?rsstype=tag&tag=emissions Acid ocean SOS. Image credit:Alaska Marine Conservation CouncilUS EPA has decided to consider ways that US states can, under already delegated authorities, curb pollutants that may otherwise add to the power of global warming's evil twin: Ocean Ac... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/190064?rsstype=tag&tag=emissions Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:36:32 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/190070?rsstype=tag&tag=emissions Photo via Guardian Most cap and trade schemes proposed by governments include provisions that allow polluting companies to buy carbon offsets--initiatives that pay for tree planting in South America or solar panel installation in India and so forth--... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/190070?rsstype=tag&tag=emissions Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:25:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/energy-outlook/189797?rsstype=tag&tag=emissions I spent most of the day in Richmond yesterday attending the first Summit on Virginia's Energy Future. I'll write more about the main topic of that session next week, but a statistic from one of the panelists stuck in my mind for the entire drive home... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/energy-outlook/189797?rsstype=tag&tag=emissions Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:56:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/climate-progress/190043?rsstype=tag&tag=emissions China finds itself awash in wind turbine factoriesChina's massive investment in wind turbines, fueled by its government's renewable energy goals, has caused the value of the turbines to tumble more than 30 percent from 2004 levels, the vice president... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/climate-progress/190043?rsstype=tag&tag=emissions Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:42:01 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/worldwatch-institute/190180?rsstype=tag&tag=emissions For the past five years, Worldwatch has explored the history, production method, and environmental and social impacts of everyday products - from chopsticks to pencils - in the Life-Cycle Studies section of its bi-monthly magazine, WorldWatch. This p... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/worldwatch-institute/190180?rsstype=tag&tag=emissions Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:00:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/switchboard/190116?rsstype=tag&tag=emissions NRDC has been working in China for over twelve years on such issues as energy efficiency, green buildings, clean energy technologies, environmental governance and public participation, and green supply chain issues. This China Environmental News A... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/switchboard/190116?rsstype=tag&tag=emissions Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:05:19 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/domestic-fuel/189976?rsstype=tag&tag=emissions When discussing indirect land use it brings a popular saying to mind: If a tree falls in the forest and no one is around to hear it, does it still make a sound? Only in this situation the saying should be modified as follows: If a tree is cut down in... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/domestic-fuel/189976?rsstype=tag&tag=emissions Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:39 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/climate-progress/190045?rsstype=tag&tag=emissions The partisan divide on climate science has been growing for a while, as I discussed in a 2008 review of the Gallup polling. No surprise, really, since the anti-science disinformation campaign uses experts that are more credible to conservativ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/climate-progress/190045?rsstype=tag&tag=emissions Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:26:32 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/triple-pundit/189990?rsstype=tag&tag=emissions A report from California's Legislative Analyst's Office concludes that implementation of Assembly Bill 32, or AB32, would result in near-term job losses. But Governor Schwarzenegger isn't buying it.AB32, or the Global Warming Solutions Act, was pas... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/triple-pundit/189990?rsstype=tag&tag=emissions Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:48:24 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/triple-pundit/189994?rsstype=tag&tag=emissions The Carnegie Institution of Science released a new study this week finding that one-third of the carbon dioxide emissions developed countries release into the atmosphere result from goods and services produced outside their borders. The report's ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/triple-pundit/189994?rsstype=tag&tag=emissions Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:46:10 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/world-is-changing/190206?rsstype=tag&tag=emissions by Warren KarlenzigLast post I covered some guiding principles for urban resilience planning in the face of climate change and diminishing resources (especially fresh water and oil). Considering these guidelines, what aspect of U.S. metrodevelopment ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/world-is-changing/190206?rsstype=tag&tag=emissions Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:43:39 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/world-is-changing/190208?rsstype=tag&tag=emissions A climate action lesson from Denmark There's been a lot of ambitious talk lately about carbon neutrality. It's exciting stuff, but it's worth pausing to consider just how huge that challenge is. And what, precisely, does it mean? Zero emissions, or... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/world-is-changing/190208?rsstype=tag&tag=emissions Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:08:54 -0500