Algae-powered street lamps suck up C02
Creative Commons:John Lobel, 2009 Algae are a large, diverse group of simple microorganisms that have lived on Earth for billions of years. Although we typically associate the term algae with the...
View ArticleExperts warn “Door to two-degree warming limit is closing”
Creative Commons: Randi Shooters, 2010 The chance of limiting the rise in global temperatures to 2 degrees Celsius this century is getting slimmer and slimmer, the head of the International Energy...
View ArticleU.S. court dismisses attacks on climate science, upholds EPA emission limits
Creative Commons: Bruno D. Rodrigues, 2006 A US appeals court on Tuesday upheld the first-ever US-proposed rules governing heat-trapping greenhouse gases, clearing a path for sweeping regulations...
View ArticleEurope burns coal at fastest volume since 2006 in boost for U.S. exporters
Creative Commons: Bruno D. Rodrigues, 2006 Europe is burning coal at the fastest pace since 2006, as surging imports from U.S. producers such as Arch Coal Inc. (ACI) helped cut prices 26 percent in...
View ArticleGovernments set to send global temperatures above 3°C by 2100
Courtesy Greenpeace Southeast Asia, 2012 Governments are still set to send global temperatures above 3°C by 2100, even though their agreed warming limit of 2°C is still technically possible,...
View ArticleIs Canada using accounting tricks to take credit for emission declines?
Creative Commons: Royal Dutch Shell, 2009 Canada‘s claims of progress on meeting its carbon targets do not add up, according to an independent analysis published on Wednesday. In August, the...
View Article350: Open letter to governments and their negotiators
2012 saw the shocking melt of the Arctic, leading our greatest climatologist to declare a ‘planetary emergency,’ and it saw weather patterns wreck harvests around the world, raising food prices by 40%...
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