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Carbon Emissions March 19 2010

Largest Container Ship Operator Pledges To Cut CO2 Emissions by 20%

Gas 2.0 - By 2017, Maersk freighters might deliver less CO2 to the air as they ply the sea.

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Yale Environment 360

Top Scientists Will Review UN Climate Work in Wake of Controversy

Oversight panel will set quality standards in bid to restore the IPCC's credibility.»

SustainableBusiness.com

Supreme Court Closes Clean Air Loophole

The "startup, shutdown and malfunction" rule, long abused, is gone for good.»

Yale Environment 360

Survey: Young People Apathetic on Global Warming

Adults under 35 are much less likely than older Americans to say they have thought about global warming.»

Environmental News Network

Tally of Antarctic Sealife Sheds Light on Changing Climate

More than 6,000 species have been identified and more than half are unique to the icy continent.»

SustainableBusiness.com

In Big Retrofit, Navy Equips California Base with LEDs

Every streetlight the Navy replaces will result in over 1/2 barrel of oil saved and nearly 1/4 ton of CO2.»

Celsias

Antarctic Peninsula Continues Its Melt

Detailed study of Antarctica's shoreline finds every ice front on the southern Peninsula is in retreat.»

EarthandIndustry

Major US Retailers Drop Products Sourced from Canadian Oil Sands

Whole Foods, Bed Bath & Beyond say no the Canadian carbon cocktail; other companies may follow.»

Ecolocalizer

Climate Change Sets Rural Lives Off Course in Zimbabwe

No one here calls the phenomena climate change. In fact, many people think that God is laughing at them by withholding the rains.»

Cleantechnica

Senators Go Straight at Coal in “The Clean Air Act Amendments of 2010"?

Senators have decided to tackle some specific coal pollutants that cost the American public trillions of dollars in healthcare costs.»

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New York Times

Counting ‘Outsourced’ Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Should a producing country be held to account for emissions? Or does the consuming country bear some responsibility?»

Environment News Service

California Limits SF6, World's Most Potent Greenhouse Gas

One pound of SF6 = 11 tons of carbon dioxide.»

Triple Pundit

Can Crate & Barrel Robots Cut Carbon Footprint?

Besides increasing efficiency and cutting costs, retailer thinks its new warehouse robots might reduce carbon too.»

CleanTech.com

Eco-Friendly Paint Set for UK Launch in March

Cuts carbon and water footprint in half, and reduces the volatile chemicals that make up that new-paint smell.»

Science Daily - Earth, Climate

Chemists Create Synthetic 'Gene-Like' Crystals for Carbon Dioxide Capture

The discovery could lead to cleaner energy, as well as technology that factories and cars could use to capture carbon dioxide.»

Guardian Greenwashing

U.N. Panel Chief Says Glacier Error 'Cost Us Dear'

While refusing to apologize, he admits that the Himalayan mistake hurt the IPCC's credibility.»

New York Times

Trees Are Growing Faster

More carbon dioxide might be the reason that trees are growing two to four times faster than normal.»

The Hill

In first, Pentagon review addresses climate change

The Quadrennial Defense Review surveys problems from sea-level rise to the fate of fragile governments.»

GreenTechMedia

How to Make Money in Carbon Capture

Carbon capture can double the size of certain oil reserves, but might also diminish investment in biofuels.»

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