Tag Archives : CO2

Wind energy is one of the most popular of alternative energies because it is seen as renewable and, thus, sustainable. On the surface, energy generated from the wind seems to help delay the impending climate crisis. After all, records show that wind energy ‘saves the emission of nearly 68,000 tons of carbon dioxide, 600 tons of sulphur dioxide, and [...]

Carl Zimmer of environment360 writes about some current studies whose findings point to the alarming reality of ocean acidification. The figures are clearly a warning sign. If stomach acid has a pH of approximately 2 and pure water has 7, seawater at the ocean’s surface has a pH of about 8 to 8.3 pH units. But ‘when carbon dioxide enters the ocean, [...]

‘The Arctic is the most sensitive area of the planet to climate change. While global average temperature has risen by around 0.8 degrees, some parts of Siberia, the frontiers of the world, have warmed by as much as 5 or 6.’ Now, the ground freezes here behind usual schedule. It now freezes later and later in the year. In some areas, the ground [...]

Geologists prefer to call the past two centuries as ‘the anthropocene period, a time when humans have reshaped about half of the Earth’s surface. We have dictated what plants grow and where. We’ve pocked and deformed the Earth’s crust with mines and wells, and we’ve commandeered a huge fraction of its freshwater supply for our own purposes.’ Humans [...]

According to Phil Edwards, a researcher from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, “We need to do a lot more to reverse the global trend towards fatness. It is a key factor in the battle to reduce carbon emissions and slow climate change.” Edwards’ research found that ‘the average overweight person is responsible for an extra [...]

Perhaps to make Earth Day 2009 more significant, carbon dioxide (CO2) was officially categorized as a pollutant by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). This overhauls the grand scheme of things through the climate change bill which has already survived the US House of Representatives, and is awaiting an equal approval by the US Senate. The impending [...]

U2 and Bono have been vocal about their support for Mother Earth in their commitment to ‘save the planet.’ “My prayer is that we become better in looking after our planet,” so says Bono. But people have come to criticize them for their double standard. Bono and his band have a massive carbon footprint as they tour the world with their concerts. Their [...]

The alarming pollution levels in China have now become a global concern. Fueled by the spoils of its fast emerging economy, the people of China have become voracious consumers, an effect of what some call as the country’s ‘money-induced euphoria.’ This consumerism has brought about a need for raw materials. Upwards of 75 percent of all its forests [...]

For the first time in U.S. history, a nationwide fixed cap on carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions will be in place. ‘The American Clean Energy and Security Act calls for the U.S. to reduce its greenhouse-gas emissions by 17 percent from 2005 levels by 2020.’ Thus, all energy producers in the United States by 2020 should be sourcing at least 15 percent [...]

Flying does not really leave you with a clean green concience if the claims by George Monbiot are anything to go by. London artist research reveals that Richard DeDomenici even says that a return transatlantic flight generates CO2 equivalent to driving a car 30 miles a day for a year. This has led the man to develop what he likes to call the Plane Food [...]