Mysteries of Eleuthera
What kind of force can leave a four million pound rock on top of a cliff? According to the oceanographers, it was waves. "
greenhouse gas emissions
Recession, Not Fracking, Behind Drop in U.S. Carbon Dioxide Emissions, Scientists Conclude
And while the drop in emissions happened at roughly the same time as the fracking rush spread, shale gas had relatively little to do with the drop in carbon emissions, according to a scientific paper published today in the journal Nature Communications.
BC Natural Gas Reserves Inflated, Revenues Overstated, Report Finds
Analyst David Hughes offers another challenge to the province’s nascent industry.
Climate Change Mitigation’s Best-Kept Secret
Methane is a potent greenhouse gas — but there’s a lot we can do about it.
Is This All We Get?
To re-cap for those living under rocks the U.S. and China announced this week a surprise breakthrough in negotiating a secret bilateral deal to cut greenhouse gas emissions. Queue confetti.
Greening Houston
The U.S. capital of the oil industry could teach other cities a thing or two about fighting climate change—in a politically inhospitable climate.
The Revenge of the Circulating Fan
Cooling people by increasing local airflow is at least ten times more energy efficient than refrigerating the air in a given space, and it also adds the benefit of a personally controlled thermal environment.
Degrowth and the Carbon Budget: Powerdown Strategies for Climate Stability – Part 1
In order to keep within a ‘safe’ temperature threshold, deep and rapid decarbonisation is required, and yet existing trends show that global emissions are still growing rapidly.
Obama’s New Emission Rules: Will They Survive Challenges?
The sweeping nature of President Obama’s proposed regulations limiting carbon dioxide emissions from coal-fired power plants is likely to open his initiative to serious legal challenges.
8 Things You Should Know About The Biggest Thing A President’s Ever Done On Climate Change
On Monday morning, the Environmental Protection Agency released its proposed rule to limit the amount of carbon pollution that existing power plants can dump into the atmosphere.
On the Road to Green Energy, Germany Detours on Dirty Coal
Behind the millions of solar panels and wind turbines and electric cars, Germany has a dirty secret: its addiction to lignite, also known as brown coal.
Can the Soil Save Us from Climate Change?
“The only way to bring [CO2] down is through plants…”