New Regs are on the Way
I’m trying not to hold my breath, but I was excited to read that climate change-related regulations may change significantly this summer. Power plants aren’t the only ones being targeted […]
Tag Archives: emissions
Great Scot! Glasgow Scientists Make Hydrogen Fuel Breakthrough
Is hydrogen the answer to cutting our cars’ greenhouse gas emissions? We may be hearing more about hydrogen fuel again in the near future. Researchers at Glasgow University have recently […]
Climate Expected to Warm More Rapidly Without Action
A number of disturbing climate figures have been released in the past few days and weeks: CO2 levels continue to rise, other greenhouse gas (GHG) levels are reaching record highs, […]
The Biofuel “Maize”
Studies in biofuels hit a major snag in Europe this week when a study by a team of German researchers revealed that biodiesel from rapeseed oil doesn’t meet the EU’s […]
[Just For Fun] They Can See Clearly Now…
In case you need an environmental pick-me-up, here’s a fun fact for you: auto emissions in Los Angeles have dropped 98% from where they were in the 1960s – even […]
Global Competition
Still in the spirit of international competition (What can I say? I have Olympics fever!), I was curious how global emissions are distributed among the world’s countries. Who emits the […]
Where There’s Smoke…
That’s not fog. That’s smoke. I recently came across a slideshow of pictures from the Smoke Control Lantern Slide Collection, an archive of pictures from 1940-1950 kept by the […]
I Heart Clean Air
I recently read that atmospheric carbon levels have reached a troubling new record. Carbon in the Arctic has now reached 400 parts per million (ppm), and the rest of the […]
