Word: carbonic
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...greenhouse gas emissions, and that as a result, many different regulatory systems are being created. “It is out of a need for harmonized standards across the country that business actually begins to demand regulation,” Browner said. The largest state effort to regulate carbon emissions thus far is the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), comprised of eight Northeastern states who agreed to stabilize emissions at current levels by 2015 and reduce them by 10 percent by 2020. Massachusetts was set to join RGGI in 2005, but Gov. Mitt W. Romney pulled the Commonwealth from...
...referred to the environmentalist James Lovelock and his notion of Earth as a living superorganism that he calls Gaia. But the story ignored his endorsement of nuclear power, about which he says, "There is at present no other safe, practical and economic substitute for the dangerous practice of burning carbon fuels." Christina Ritch London time's report painted an alarming picture of what will happen to our Planet Earth within the next few decades as India and China increase greenhouse-gas emissions. But the West, led by the U.S., is pushing us to produce more greenhouse gas. Multinational corporations...
...foldable IKOO electric scooter is ideal for nipping around the neighborhood. A 4- to 6-hour charge will take you on an emissions-free journey of 18 miles at a top speed of 18 miles per hour. Available for $999 from ikoo.us. Gas Muzzling Every airliner releases tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere each year, adding to the greenhouse gases that contribute to global warming. Next time you take a trip, clean up after yourself by making a donation to U.K.-based climatecare.org. Your money goes to support emissions-reduction projects such as reforestation and research into renewable energy...
...report on global warming makes a convincing case that our planet is getting hotter, but shouldn't we at least be considering the possibility that we are going through a natural cycle that we can't stop or lessen? Reducing carbon dioxide may be a good idea, but shouldn't we also be thinking about how we can adapt to environmental change, as all species have had to do at some point...
...well it fits into changing environments. We know that ecosystems are changing on a global scale. As documented by the fossil record, some species in the past thrived under new conditions, while others, ill adapted to change, went extinct. Who will be the winners in the hot, deforested, carbon dioxide-- enveloped world of the future? It won't necessarily...