May 14, 2013
by MoreRecycling
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As carbon dioxide levels in the Earth’s atmosphere top 400 parts per million, options such as storing the greenhouse gas in porous sandstone rock formations found in abundance on the sea floor are of increasing interest. But how do we know if carbon di… Continue reading
Share on FacebookMay 13, 2013
by Greenlaw from NRDC China
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Greenlaw from NRDC China, NRDC China Program, Beijing
May 2-9, 2013NRDC has been working in China for over fifteen years on such issues as energy efficiency, green buildings, clean energy technologies, environmental law, and green suppl… Continue reading
May 7, 2013
by MoreRecycling
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Chemical engineering researchers have identified a new mechanism to convert natural gas into energy up to 70 times faster, while effectively capturing the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide. Continue reading
Share on FacebookApril 16, 2013
by MoreRecycling
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Scientists have discovered new materials to capture methane, the second highest concentration greenhouse gas emitted into the atmosphere. Continue reading
Share on FacebookApril 8, 2013
by MoreRecycling
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The search for ways to use megatons of carbon dioxide that may be removed from industrial smokestacks during efforts to curb global warming has led to a process for converting that major greenhouse gas back into the fuel that released it in the first p… Continue reading
Share on FacebookMarch 4, 2013
by MoreRecycling
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After all, all that matters for Earth’s atmosphere is the absolute amount of greenhouse gas that we pump into it, not that the U.S.’s relative share of the total is going down. Continue reading
Share on FacebookFebruary 14, 2013
by David Doniger
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David Doniger, Policy Director, Climate and Clean Air Program, Washington, D.C.
A panel of automotive engineers has forcefully reaffirmed the safety and acceptability of the new car air conditioning refrigerant called HFO-1234yf, also k… Continue reading
January 31, 2013
by MoreRecycling
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Depletion of Antarctic ozone is a more important factor than increasing greenhouse gases in shifting the Southern Hemisphere jet stream in a southward direction, according to researchers. Continue reading
Share on FacebookJanuary 18, 2013
by Sasha Lyutse
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Sasha Lyutse, Policy Analyst, New York
Every day our economy pumps more heat-trapping greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, with consequences all too real for all too many Americans, from those of us who faced the wrath of hurricane San… Continue reading
December 13, 2012
by David Doniger
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David Doniger, Policy Director, Climate and Clean Air Program, Washington, D.C.
Almost every new car has air conditioning. Almost every car air conditioner uses a refrigerant called HFC-134a, a “super greenhouse gas” w… Continue reading
December 11, 2012
by MoreRecycling
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Scientists in North America have taken an important first step in looking at the state of comparability of emissions data at national and subnational levels with the completion of a background report: Assessment of the Comparability of Greenhouse Gas a… Continue reading
Share on FacebookNovember 15, 2012
by Greenlaw from NRDC China
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Greenlaw from NRDC China, NRDC China Program, Beijing
NRDC has been working in China for over fifteen years on such issues as energy efficiency, green buildings, clean energy technologies, environmental law, and green supply chain issue… Continue reading
September 19, 2012
by MoreRecycling
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Carbon dioxide (CO2) released into the oceans as a result of water pollution by nutrients — a major source of this greenhouse gas that gets little public attention — is enhancing the unwanted changes in ocean acidity due to atmospheric increases in C… Continue reading
Share on FacebookJuly 25, 2012
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In 2010, Jeremy Brosowsky was braving Washington D.C.’s “snowmageddon,” thinking his dream of developing rooftop farms for lower-income communities was gone. “It turns out building owners don’t like to talk about putting half a foot of soil on their roofs when those same roofs are already covered in three-plus feet of snow,” Brosowsky writes on [...] Continue reading
Share on FacebookJuly 21, 2012
by David Doniger
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David Doniger, Policy Director, Climate and Clean Air Program, Washington, D.C.
I’ve just arrived in Bangkok, where negotiators from around the world will convene next week for the mid-year meeting of the Montreal Protocol, t… Continue reading
June 28, 2012
by Reduce
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Eating fresh food is large part of living an environmentally friendly lifestyle, but when grocery stores and restaurants sell those fresh foods in mass quantities, food waste is inevitable. A New Jersey company has developed a system to decompose food waste en mass before it ever hits the landfill, converting waste to water and saving [...] Continue reading
Share on FacebookApril 27, 2012
by David Doniger
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David Doniger, Policy Director, Climate and Clean Air Program, Washington, D.C.
Today NRDC and its partners are asking the Environmental Protection Agency to set a deadline for getting a powerful climate-changing pollutant out of new re… Continue reading
April 19, 2012
by Fuqiang Yang
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Fuqiang Yang, Senior Advisor on Climate and Energy, Beijing
China is rapidly expanding production and use of cleaner burning natural gas in an attempt to wean itself off heavily polluting coal for electricity and heating. In the next fi… Continue reading
March 1, 2012
by Reduce
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Many companies these days are introducing sustainability initiatives such as reducing waste, cutting back on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and implementing greener building practices, but few among them can claim to have started these types of programs as early as WhiteWave Foods, the company that makes Silk®, Horizon Organic® and International Delight® and licenses LAND [...] Continue reading
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by Deron Lovaas
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Deron Lovaas, Federal Transportation Policy Director, Washington, D.C.
I just read a sobering, informative book about the great recession we’re mired in at present – Pinched: How the Great Recession Has Narrowed Our Futures … Continue reading