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Jet vs. Vette On planes and cars	Umbra Fisk	17 Oct 2007	Ask Umbra
Hi Umbra, Which is less harmful to the environment when traveling long distances, flying or driving? A jet puts out a lot of exhaust, but since it carries a lot of people, maybe it's less than having everyone drive themselves? Craig Denver, Colo. Dearest Craig, Jeepers it was fun to find out the answer to this question for you -- the Math Whiz has joined me in the basement, and we are dorking out on carbon emissions on your behalf. Here ...
Topics: advice, air travel, Ask Umbra, cars, climate, greenhouse-gas emissions, travel (all these topics)

Racking up climate debt The biggest GHG offenders will suffer the least from climate change	Joseph Romm	17 Oct 2007	Gristmill
The United States is an awfully wealthy nation, as is the United Kingdom. It shows in our lifestyles and it shows in our carbon dioxide emissions -- we are energy rich, not necessarily in production but in consumption. The BBC recently ran an article (opening paragraphs below) highlighting some research from a development organization, and the numbers tell a stunning yet very real story: Bristol International Airport produces the same amount of CO2 from flying e ...
Topics: climate, climate change impacts, climate equity, greenhouse-gas emissions (all these topics)

Suburban legend Widening roads does not, in fact, reduce emissions	Clark Williams-Derry	13 Oct 2007	Gristmill
Why is it that stupid ideas get all the air time?For months, fellow climate geeks have been telling me that road-builders -- and the politicians who love them -- have started to make a startling claim: namely, that widening a congested highway will help curb global warming. By reducing stop-and-go traffic, the argument goes, cars will operate more efficiently and waste less fuel. So if you want to save the climate, you'd better widen that road! To me, t ...
Topics: climate, greenhouse-gas emissions, placemaking, urban planning (all these topics)

Beyond the worst-case scenario Level of GHG emissions may be much higher than predicted	John McGrath	11 Oct 2007	Gristmill
There are those who argue that it's irresponsible or alarmist to argue that there will be any climate change effects beyond those cited by the IPCC. I wonder what they'll make of this: Worldwide economic growth has accelerated the level of greenhouse gas emissions to a dangerous threshold scientists had not expected for another decade, according to a leading Australian climate change expert. Tim Flannery told Australian Broadcasting Corp. that an upcoming rep ...
Topics: climate, climate science, greenhouse-gas emissions (all these topics)

The Procter Is In Big-biz coalition will pressure suppliers to report emissions		09 Oct 2007	News
Posted at 10:24 AM on 09 Oct 2007 At least six of the world's largest companies have banded together to urge their suppliers to report and mitigate greenhouse-gas emissions. Joining together as the Supply Chain Leadership Coalition and partnering with the Carbon Disclosure Project -- which is also working with Wal-Mart -- companies including Procter & Gamble, Unilever, Tesco, Nestl�, Imperial Tobacco, and Cadbury ...
Topics: business, greenhouse-gas emissions, greening biz operations, greenish companies, news (all these topics)

File under: Duh, No The U.S. Dept. of Energy's voluntary emission reduction reporting program worthless	David Roberts	08 Oct 2007	Gristmill
Some disturbing findings on the U.S. DOE's voluntary climate registry program, at least as regards electric utilities: A new study by Lyon and U-M doctoral student Eun-Hee Kim shows that about 60 percent of companies that voluntarily participate in the Department of Energy program show increases in greenhouse gas emissions rather than decreases. Surprisingly, the researchers found that nonparticipating companies tend to have decreased emissions over time, relativ ...
Topics: climate, greenhouse-gas emissions, business (all these topics)

Debunking Shellenberger & Nordhaus -- Part III What Californians know that Shellenberger & Nordhaus don't	Joseph Romm	05 Oct 2007	Gristmill
'The kind of technological revolution called for by energy experts typically does not occur via regulatory fiat' claim Shellenberger & Nordhaus. Actually, that is typically the only way it occurs. I defy anyone to name a country that has successfully adopted alternative fuels for vehicles without employing some kind of regulatory mandate. This is also true in the electricity sector. Consider that in terms of electricity consumption, the average Californian gen ...
Topics: California, cars, climate, electric vehicles, energy, energy efficiency, greenhouse-gas emissions, hybrids, tech (all these topics)

Bill Clinton explains utility decoupling Regulatory reform of utilities could lessen the need for new power plants	Joseph Romm	04 Oct 2007	Gristmill
Last week, the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) announced that eight utilities 'are committed to seeking regulatory reforms and approvals to increase their investment in energy efficiency by $500 million annually to about $1.5 billion annually.' The utilities -- Con Edison, Duke Energy, Edison International, Great Plains Energy, Pepco Holdings, PNM Resources, Sierra Pacific Resources, and Xcel Energy -- represent nearly 20 million customers. The extra efficiency ef ...
Topics: greenhouse-gas emissions, climate, energy, Bill Clinton (all these topics)

What Can Brown Do for You? California A.G. petitions feds to regulate shipping emissions		03 Oct 2007	News
Posted at 10:07 AM on 03 Oct 2007 California Attorney General Jerry Brown will join with environmental groups today to petition the Bush administration to regulate greenhouse-gas emissions from ocean-going vessels. Shipping accounts for up to 5 percent of global GHG emissions, a number expected to grow 75 percent in the next 20 years. Ocean-going vessels make 11,000 calls at California's ports each year, but ...
Topics: business, California, greenhouse-gas emissions, news, politics, regulation (all these topics)

We Wish We Could Say the Same of the Heiress The City of Love unveils an emissions reduction plan		02 Oct 2007	News
Posted at 5:27 PM on 02 Oct 2007 Speaking of the scheming of the French, Paris has pledged to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions 30 percent by 2020. Gosh, who isn't introducing such plans these days? Oh. Right. source:� Agence France-Presse From the Archives Quebec and Call. Quebec introduces carbon tax. Moving Stricture. Corps may buy out coastal Miss. towns, encourage resid ...
Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, France, greenhouse-gas emissions, news (all these topics)

Dingell's absurd poison-pill climate plan John Dingell's carbon-tax bill is designed to be unpopular	Joseph Romm	02 Oct 2007	Gristmill
The carbon plan of Rep. John Dingell (D-Mich.) is considerably lamer -- and more transparently a poison pill -- than early reports suggested. So I strongly disagree with Chris Dodd, Friends of the Earth, and Gristmill's Charles Komanoff, who all applaud the bill. Here's why. First, as Dingell himself has said, he wanted to design a bill with maximum pain to prove to everyone how unpalatable greenhouse gas mitigation is (see below). Why else include a pointless $0.50 ...
Topics: climate, greenhouse-gas emissions, John Dingell, legislation, politics, sprawl (all these topics)

Mmm ... kiwi ... New Zealand sounds nice	David Roberts	26 Sep 2007	Gristmill
New Zealand: New Zealand has long had a reputation for being "clean and green" and has a proud record of conservation, with around 30% of its total land area being protected from development. Last week it announced bold plans [PDF] to tackle climate change, following up on a goal set by prime minister Helen Clark at the start of the year for New Zealand to become the world's first carbon neutral country. Among the stated targets, to be legisla ...
Topics: carbon neutral, carbon trading, climate, energy, greenhouse-gas emissions, New Zealand, renewable energy (all these topics)

Smokin' greens The eco-depredations of the tobacco industry	David Roberts	26 Sep 2007	Gristmill
Brad Plumer points to what is no doubt going to be a fascinating story on the environmental evils of the tobacco industry. Clicking the link reveals that the story itself won't be available until Oct. 1, but using his prodigious powers of precognition, Brad excerpts this bit: Without even factoring in the paper wrapping, packaging, and print advertisements--which require as much paper by weight as the tobacco being grown--nearly 600 million trees are felled each yea ...
Topics: agriculture, climate, deforestation, food, greenhouse-gas emissions (all these topics)

Biofuel: Is it a greenhouse gas, gas, gas? New study claims ethanol and biodiesel may actually boost GHG emissions	Tom Philpott	25 Sep 2007	Gristmill
Update [2007-9-25 15:12:2 by Tom Philpott]:In the 24-hour lag time between finishing this piece and its posting, I had an email exchange with Keith Smith of the University of Edinburgh, one of the authors of the study discussed below. I've modified the post to add information I got from Smith. By all accounts, biofuels deliver startlingly modest reductions in greenhouse gases. In a relatively generous assessment of the environmental benefits of ethanol and biodiesel ...
Topics: biofuels, climate, energy, greenhouse-gas emissions (all these topics)

We Really Needed Some Disclosure More companies disclosing and mitigating emissions, says new report		25 Sep 2007	News
Posted at 10:44 AM on 25 Sep 2007 Many corporations are recognizing the impact of climate change on business as usual, and in response are disclosing and working to mitigate greenhouse-gas emissions, says a new report from the nonprofit Carbon Disclosure Project. The group's fifth annual survey of the world's 500 largest companies boasted a 75 percent response rate; of those, 80 percent of busine ...
Topics: business, climate, climate change mitigation, greenhouse-gas emissions, greening biz operations, news (all these topics)

How Bush really feels about California's climate efforts White House behind lobbying campaign to undermine California auto-emissions plan, Waxman charges	Brian Beutler	24 Sep 2007	Gristmill
Arnold Schwarzenegger, who gave a rather good speech today here at the U.N. climate summit, is famously attempting to cut California's greenhouse-gas emissions. Now come accusations that the White House is behind a lobbying effort to get the U.S. EPA to reject Schwarzenegger's plan to regulate GHGs from cars and trucks. Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.), chair of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, got wind of the situation. Writes Jesse Lee in 'The Gavel ...
Topics: California, climate, greenhouse-gas emissions, international politics, politics, United Nations (all these topics)

A methane feedback from the past strikes again Bogs, not oceans, may have been the source of an increase in atmospheric methane	Joseph Romm	21 Sep 2007	Gristmill
What triggered the Palaeocene-Eocene thermal maximum (PETM) about 55 million years ago, which saw the fastest period of warming documented in Earth's geological history? The PETM is associated with a rapid rise in greenhouse gases, particularly methane -- but the big question is where did the methane come from? The most common answer has been the ocean (methane hydrates), but new research in Nature ($ub. req'd) casts doubt on the ocean theory -- instead finding chem ...
Topics: climate, climate science, greenhouse-gas emissions (all these topics)

Walk It Off Land-use decisions a key factor in emissions reduction, says analysis		21 Sep 2007	News
Posted at 12:36 PM on 21 Sep 2007 How to reduce U.S. greenhouse-gas emissions? Building compact, mixed-use neighborhoods would be just as effective as much-touted policies like boosting fuel economy, cleaning up power plants, and building green, says a new analysis from the Urban Land Institute. The U.S. population is expected to grow 23 percent by 2030; under the sprawl-encouraging status quo, driving is expected ...
Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, greenhouse-gas emissions, news, placemaking, sprawl, urban planning (all these topics)

Non-sucky cap-and-trade now a possibility? Lieberman expresses openness to auction all carbon permits	David Roberts	20 Sep 2007	Gristmill
A cap-and-trade system begins by placing a cap on carbon emissions and distributing permits (permission to emit a certain amount of CO2) equal to the capped amount. The notion is that permits will be bought and sold, allowing market forces to determine where emission reductions can be made fastest and easiest. The question is how to distribute those initial permits. When the EU carbon trading system was established, permits were given away based on emissions, meani ...
Topics: carbon trading, climate, energy, greenhouse-gas emissions, legislation, politics (all these topics)

Hope for efficient gaseous CO2 removal? New membrane technology for capturing CO2	JMG	20 Sep 2007	Gristmill
Well, here's hoping ...
Topics: climate, greenhouse-gas emissions, tech (all these topics)

Nuisance Review Judge tosses out lawsuit brought by California against automakers		18 Sep 2007	News
Posted at 10:21 AM on 18 Sep 2007 Automakers gained an edge yesterday in the Big Auto vs. California debate, as a federal judge tossed out a lawsuit against the world's six largest auto companies brought by California Attorney General Jerry Brown. Brown had claimed that because of the harmful environmental effects of vehicles' greenhouse-gas emissions, the Big Six were running afoul of California's public nuisance ...
Topics: Big Auto, California, cars, climate, greenhouse-gas emissions, litigation, news, politics, state politics (all these topics)

Not So Fast On meat eating and global warming	Umbra Fisk	17 Sep 2007	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, I see that PETA's latest campaign says that meat eating is the No. 1 cause of global warming, not SUVs. This statement may be manipulative and political, but -- is it true? J. Helena, Mont. Dearest J., I'll bite. Shallow digging on one People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals site quickly uncovered their excitement at a 2006 report by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, "Livestoc ...
Topics: advice, agriculture, Ask Umbra, food, greenhouse-gas emissions (all these topics)

Ecomagination and coal As long as GE funds coal, its net impact is far from green	David Roberts	17 Sep 2007	Gristmill
Let me pull a few excerpts from a recent WSJ story on the progress of GE's much-touted "ecomagination" campaign: 'I don't want to change the economic flow of the company,' [CEO Jeffrey] Immelt says. So GE continues to sell coal-fired steam turbines and is delving deeper into oil-and-gas production. Meanwhile, its finance unit seeks out coal-related investments including power plants, which are a leading cause of carbon-dioxide emissions in the U.S. ... ...
Topics: business, climate, coal, energy, greenhouse-gas emissions, greening biz operations (all these topics)

Govs to automakers: Get on board An open letter from 13 governors to U.S. automakers	David Roberts	12 Sep 2007	Gristmill
As you know, today automakers lost their big lawsuit in Vermont -- the judge ruled their their objections to higher tailpipe emission standards were, um, silly. Now, the governors of 13 states have sent an open letter to the automakers. "We do not believe it is productive for your industry to continue to fight state implementation of clean tailpipe standards," they say.� "We would prefer to follow a path that encourages innovation, not litigation.&qu ...
Topics: Big Auto, cars, climate, greenhouse-gas emissions, politics (all these topics)

Sass Is in Sessions Judge rules against Big Auto, says states can regulate emissions from cars		12 Sep 2007	News
Posted at 11:11 AM on 12 Sep 2007 States should be allowed to restrict greenhouse-gas emissions from cars, and Big Auto should just deal, a federal judge ruled today. Right now, the only real way to curb the emissions is to improve gas mileage; when Vermont decided to adopt California's strict emissions rules, automakers sued, claiming that the state was illegally regulating fuel economy -- and that ma ...
Topics: Big Auto, cars, climate, energy, fuel efficiency, greenhouse-gas emissions, litigation, news, politics, regulation, state politics, Vermont (all these topics)

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