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...several times that she favors a “cap-and-trade” proposal like RGGI under which each industrial facility would be allocated a certain number of “emission credits,” with the total number of credits set by the government. Plants that emit less than their credit limit of greenhouse gases could sell their unused credits to other companies. Whatever the means of addressing climate change, Browner said that something must be done. “Inaction is something that EPA administrators understand [because they] have to deal with the consequences of inaction...
...might be expected to care about whether their new place increased our dependence on fossil fuels or used wood from destructively clear-cut forests. And if altruistic motives don't move them much, they certainly might care about the harm to themselves and their families from homebuilding materials that emit toxic chemicals into the air of their nice living rooms. Could it be that one reason those women on Desperate Housewives are so desperate is that their houses are full of polyvinyl chlorides? You might suspect there's even worse stuff in their breast implants, but still...
...everyone lived like theaverage Chinese or Indian, you wouldn't be reading about global warming. On a per capita basis, China and India emit far less greenhouse gas than energy-efficient Japan, environmentally scrupulous Sweden--and especially the gas-guzzling U.S. (The average American is responsible for 20 times as much CO2 emission annually as the average Indian.) There's only one problem: 2.4 billion people live in China and India, a great many of whom aspire to an American-style energy-intensive life. And thanks to the breakneck growth of the two countries' economies, they just might...
...diesel. Any diesel engine can run on BioWillie, which is available at gas stations in four Midwestern states. "It's better for the farmer to grow fuel than for us to go around starting wars to get it," says Nelson, who concedes that cars powered by his diesel blend emit fumes that can smell like French fries. Vehicles that run on grease have crossed the Atlantic too. Trucks used by the British supermarket firm ASDA advertise the slogan THIS VEHICLE IS POWERED BY CHICKEN...
...that day—Dec. 20, 2005—Midwest Airlines flight 210 from Boston en route to Milwaukee was beset by a dangerous mechanical problem, which caused the landing gear to emit a shower of sparks as it rose into the air. For those of us aboard, who had no idea anything had gone awry, the malfunction was a bothersome inconvenience, a mere “problem with the indicator,” as the captain so vaguely and reassuringly cooed over the intercom. The plane circled Logan for two hours, burning off fuel so as to minimize...