Tag Archives : carbon emission reduction

Southwest Airlines adds a green tinge to its wings: Just hype?

Southwest Airlines adds a green tinge to its wings: Just hype?

These days everyone wants to go green and sometimes irrespective of their actual capability in that direction, they at the very least want to claim that they have gone green. Sure every small step goes a long way in making our planet better, but can we really brand something ‘clean and green’ just because a few things have been tweaked here and [...]
U.S. secretly negotiated with China on climate change

U.S. secretly negotiated with China on climate change

A group of prominent Republicans and Democrats in the U.S. talked secretly with China on matters about climate change over the recent months. The visit to China, attended by people who now occupy positions in the Obama government, produced a draft document in March that was meant to be submitted to the White House. Although the Memorandum of Understanding [...]
Kyoto Protocol and the United States: Never the Twain Shall Meet

Kyoto Protocol and the United States: Never the Twain Shall Meet

The Kyoto Protocol is intended to cut global emissions of greenhouse gases. This is an agreement among nations to reduce their carbon emissions. According to The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the objective is to achieve “stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous [...]