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...sold in the U.S. every year, almost all Christmas trees are raised on commercial farms--which makes them a renewable resource more akin to a stalk of corn than to a wild Douglas fir in the forest. When a yule tree is chopped down and sold, farms will plant another one in its place, making that part of the process carbon-neutral. The fossil fuel burned to transport the trees from farm to hearth is another matter. But given that most artificial trees are manufactured and shipped from China, fakes have their fuel costs...
...future growth, the 30 percent target means that the FAS will have to mitigate 47,000 tons of carbon by 2016, nearly 6,000 tons per year. Half of the 8,300 tons that have been cut in the past two years come from upgrading the efficiency of central plant equipment through measures such as switching from oil to natural gas, which contains less carbon. The other half was achieved through conservation efforts and behavioral-change programs, such as retrofitting buildings with more efficient lighting and encouraging sustainable lab practices, Phillips said. In the coming years, conservation and behavioral-change...
...Though the descent ended in a face-plant, Sprague’s completion of the Antarctica marathon in March highlighted the global nature of her philanthropic mission to run a marathon on all seven continents. Beginning in Beijing in October 2006 and ending in Queensland, Australia this past July, Sprague holds the record as the youngest person to run 26.2 miles on every continent...
Peat bogs—pools of dead plant material that does not decay due to the cold, wet environment—facilitate a build-up of undecomposed carbon...
...Unemployment is upwards of 80%, and inflation is pushing 231 million percent. Cholera outbreaks have been reported in cities, and the failure to plant crops will leave 5.1 million Zimbabweans needing food aid by January. The World Food Programme (WFP) was recently forced to shrink the food ration made available to each needy person because of its lack of funding from international donors and its need to stretch its existing resources to expand the reach of its feeding program from 2 million to 4 million people. (The WFP has warned that it will run out of money by January unless...