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The escalating and inelastic demand for energy to fuel economic activities exerts pressures on its limited supply. The skyrocketing prices of petroleum products results in the depletion of non renewable energy sources and the continued investigation and use of renewable and Innovation results. Environmentalists have warned that the bio fuel ... keep reading
Written by Naseem Sheikh this week, about Biofuels & Alternative Energy, Carbon Sequestration, Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Deforestation, Environment & Wildlife, Industry & Business
The U.S. Forest Service released a new proposal Thursday for the nation’s 193-million-acre national forest system that will weaken rules protecting fish and wildlife from logging, livestock grazing, mining and off-road vehicles. The new proposal, which was released as part of the final environmental impact statement for the ... keep reading
Written by Celsias last month, about Carbon Sequestration, Children and Families, Coal & Oil, Deforestation, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Environment & Wildlife, Logging, Politics & Government
Kristin Shrader-Frechette of the University of Notre Dame is rigorous in the presentation of her argument in What Will Work: Fighting Climate Change with Renewable Energy, Not Nuclear Power. In recent times a number of leading environmentalists have concluded nuclear power has to be employed to enable the transition away ... keep reading
Written by Bryan Walker last month, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Agriculture & Food, Air Quality, Alternative, Cohousing, & Off-Grid Living, Architecture, Art & Culture, Biofuels & Alternative Energy, Carbon Sequestration, Carbon Trading
A Review in this week’s Nature shows that the southern and eastern Amazon forest is experiencing a transition in energy and water cycles. Preliminary evidence also suggests that the Amazon may be transitioning from a net carbon sink to a net carbon source. Eric Davidson and colleagues examine recent ... keep reading
Written by Celsias last month, about Carbon Sequestration, Climate Change, Emissions, Environmental Disasters, Industry & Business, Logging (1 comment)
Researchers in California have produced a cheap plastic capable of removing large amounts of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the air. Down the road, the new material could enable the development of large-scale batteries and even form the basis of "artificial trees" that lower atmospheric concentrations of CO2 in an effort ... keep reading
Written by Celsias last month, about Carbon Sequestration, Education, Emissions, Health, Industry & Business, Pollution (1 comment)
The Earth’s temperature is rising. We can argue about whether it is a short-term or long-term trend, or whether it is natural variation or man-induced, but it is warming. But now it’s our duty to pay something to cure our mother earth. A normal person helps it by ... keep reading
Written by Naseem Sheikh in December 2011, about Biofuels & Alternative Energy, Carbon Sequestration, Climate Change, Earth, Soil, & Landscape
“Our landscapes are helping us to absorb carbon emissions that would otherwise contribute to atmospheric warming,”said Deputy Secretary of the Interior David J. Hayes. "For the first time, we have research that takes a landscape-level look at how our lands naturally store carbon and explores how we can encourage ... keep reading
Written by Celsias in December 2011, about Carbon Sequestration, Climate Change, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Health
In 2009, countries of the G8 approved a target of 2 degrees (Celsius) as the maximum amount global temperatures should be allowed to rise above historical (pre-anthropogenic) records if the world was to avert catastrophic global warming. The G8, or Group of Eight, is a consortium of industrialized nations (France ... keep reading
Written by Jeanne Roberts in December 2011, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Air Quality, Carbon Sequestration, Children and Families, Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Emissions, Poverty & Development
Meeting the needs of a growing economy against a backdrop of finite resources and a more extreme, unpredictable climate will be one of the key challenges of the 21st century, says Ernst & Young. Climate Change is not just an environmental issue but a fundamental economic one. High stakes for business ... keep reading
Written by Celsias in November 2011, about Carbon Sequestration, Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Emissions, Events, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Politics & Government
1. Previous Commitments and the Latest Science As countries approach the Durban Conference starting 28 November it is becoming increasingly clear that promises of action on climate change are drastically short of what the science warns is urgently required. Some developed countries are attempting to derail the agreed focus of ... keep reading
Written by Celsias in November 2011, about Carbon Sequestration, Carbon Trading, Climate Change, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Economics, Emissions, Politics & Government, Population, Poverty & Development
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