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Coal Plants Lock in 300 Billion Ton of CO2 Emissions
2014-08-28 20:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: It seems straightforward to say that when you buy a new car by taking out a loan, you're committing to spending a certain amount of your income per month on that car for a specific period of time. Of course, by buying that car, you're also committing to polluting the atmosphere with some amount of carbon dioxide. But how often do car buyers make that calculation? The same can be said for coal-fired power plants, which spew billions of tons of climate-changing CO2 into the atmosphere each year,...
Study shows sunlight, not microbes dominate CO2 production in Arctic
2014-08-26 00:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environmental News Network: Just how much Arctic permafrost will thaw in the future and how fast heat-trapping carbon dioxide will be released from those warming soils is a topic of lively debate among climate scientists. To answer those questions, scientists need to understand the mechanisms that control the conversion of organic soil carbon into carbon dioxide gas. Until now, researchers believed that bacteria were largely responsible.
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US Energy-Related CO2 Emissions Dip 3.4pc In 2011
2014-08-25 09:56:42| pollutiononline Home Page
Energy-related CO2 emissions declined in all but eight US states in 2011, with North Carolina experiencing the largest decrease in percentage and volume terms
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Linde And Solidia Technologies Work Together To Industrialize Technology That Considerably Reduces CO2 Footprint And Production Costs Of Pre-Cast Concrete
2014-08-18 07:43:47| pollutiononline News Articles
The U.S. start-up Solidia Technologies has signed a partnership agreement with The Linde Group, a world-leading gases and engineering company, to industrialize an innovative technology that could reduce the environmental footprint of pre-cast concrete while reducing production costs and improving the performance of building materials
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US: Oxfam welcomes Kellogg CO2 pledge
2014-08-14 18:37:09| Agriculture - Topix.net
The cereal giant indicated it will set targets to cut "Scope 3" greenhouse gas emissions - which occur in entities not owned or controlled by the company - by 2015.
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