Can you pull a climate solution from thin air?
So much attention is given to cutting back the amount of NEW carbon dioxide we emit into the atmosphere that it’s easy to overlook the CO2 that’s already there. But, […]
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Tag Archives: Carbon Emissions
Making a Splash in Portland
One of my favorite things about renewable energy is that it can come from some truly creative places. Taking advantage of infrastructure already in place, Lucid Energy (of Portland, Oregon) has […]
Top Businesses Pledge Climate Action
I briefly mentioned in my most recent post that 13 major US corporations have come out in support of strong action against climate change with the American Business Act on […]
Let’s Hit the Road…for Emissions Reductions
Did you know that 2% of road transportation emissions actually come from the roads themselves? Two percent may seem like a paltry amount, but when we’re talking about 2% of almost […]
How many trees does it take to offset U.S. CO2 emissions?
The answer? Almost 467 billion! I was looking through the EPA’s Inventory of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks (yes, I peruse reports like that out of pure interest; what of it?) and […]
How is Rainforest Loss Really Contributing to Climate Change?
I recently read an article saying that Amazon rainforest deforestation between 2000 and 2010 totaled nearly 93,000 square miles, or an area approximately the size of the United Kingdom. Statistics like these are […]
[Infographic] China Can Re-Write its CO2 Story
As a follow-up to my post earlier today on global carbon emissions, I thought I would share the infographic below, courtesy of the folks over at The Clean Revolution. The […]
