Posts Tagged ‘CO2’

Plows, Plagues and Petroleum: A Review

Filed under: Books | Climate Change | Environment | Essay — by Will Kirkland 08/31/2010 @ 8:02:55 PM
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William Ruddiman, one of the early paleoclimatologists —a climate scientist who studies climate in ages past– is the father of the hypothesis that bears his name:  that mankind began changing … [Keep reading >>]

CO2 Rises Even in Recession

Filed under: Climate Change | Environment — by Will Kirkland 03/16/2010 @ 3:28:31 PM
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Levels of the main greenhouse gas in the atmosphere have risen to new highs in 2010 despite an economic slowdown in many nations that braked industrial output, data showed … [Keep reading >>]

China Coming on Strong in Green Tech

Filed under: Asia | Climate Change | Energy | Environment — by Will Kirkland 12/15/2009 @ 4:22:41 PM
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China a major player in both carbon emissions and green technology.

What Is the China Price?

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In the current New Yorker, Evan Osnos, moves the story of the Chinese Green Giant forward … [Keep reading >>]

350 PPM CO2

Filed under: Action! | Environment — by Will Kirkland 11/1/2009 @ 9:59:43 AM
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World Wide Demonstrations to Roll Back to 350 ppm CO2 … [Keep reading >>]

EPA: CO2 a Dangerous Pollutant

Filed under: Climate Change | Environment — by Will Kirkland 09/1/2009 @ 9:05:17 AM
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From the SF Chronicle:

“Carbon dioxide will soon be declared a dangerous pollutant – a move that could help propel slow-moving climate-change legislation on Capitol Hill, the head of the Environmental … [Keep reading >>]

Cap And Trade Bill Before House

Filed under: Climate Change | Environment — by Will Kirkland 06/25/2009 @ 9:13:18 PM
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“The House could vote today on a measure to cap U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, with Democratic leaders predicting a tight victory for a behemoth bill that has grown more … [Keep reading >>]

Climate Change and Diet Change

Filed under: Action! | Climate Change | Environment — by Will Kirkland 12/4/2008 @ 9:21:30 AM
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The trillions of farm animals around the world generate 18 percent of the emissions that are raising global temperatures, according to U.N. estimates, more even than from cars, buses … [Keep reading >>]

Carbon Solution Not Easy to Start

Filed under: Climate Change | Energy — by Will Kirkland 06/8/2008 @ 8:19:59 AM
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This article, Running Circles over Carbon, is about the lack of financial motivation for ramping back on CO2 production. It focuses on two older technologies: coal burning and the attempts … [Keep reading >>]

CO2: The Numbers are Enormous

Filed under: Climate Change | Marin County — by Will Kirkland 06/3/2008 @ 8:01:41 AM
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Northern California takes pride in how green it is. The question is: how green is that? And, is it enough? Michael Dietrick, from his WaterPlanetAlliance sends out … [Keep reading >>]

CO2: New Peak Record

Filed under: Climate Change — by Will Kirkland 05/18/2008 @ 1:18:49 PM
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“The concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has reached a record high, according to new figures that renew fears that climate change could begin to slide out of control.

Scientists … [Keep reading >>]

Airline CO2: Very Big

Filed under: Climate Change — by Will Kirkland 05/9/2008 @ 8:07:40 PM
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“Forget everything you’ve heard about airlines and CO2 emissions. The news is much worse than anyone thought.

A recently disclosed report finds that airlines are spewing 20 percent more carbon dioxide … [Keep reading >>]

China and CO2

Filed under: Asia | Climate Change | Energy — by Will Kirkland 03/5/2007 @ 8:55:10 AM
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The news about Lawrence Livermore and the quest for new technologies (below) comes none too soon as the following report from China indicates.

A report released last week by Beijing authorities … [Keep reading >>]

Words for Acts

Of all the enemies of public liberty, war is perhaps the most to be dreaded, because it comprises and develops the germ of every other. War is the parent of armies. From these proceed debt and taxes. And armies, debts and taxes are the known instruments for bringing the many under the domination of the few...No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare.

James Madison, 1795



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