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Carbon Emission Gains Made by Cities Canceled Out by Their Suburbs
2014-01-06 22:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: With their heavy reliance on public transportation and closet-size apartments, cities are well established as the lowest contributors to greenhouse gas emissions per person than any other area in the country - but there's a catch. According to a new study led by researchers from the University of California, Berkeley, the extensive web of suburbs that cities give way to cancels out their carbon savings. The study, published in the journal Environmental Science & Technology, used 37 variables,...
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Renewable Choice Energy To Provide Carbon Offsets To Smart Growth Conference
2014-01-06 03:43:38| pollutiononline News Articles
Renewable Choice Energy (http://www.renewablechoice.com) announced today that the firm will provide carbon offsets to the New Partners Smart Growth (NPSG) Conference in Denver, February 13-15, 2014 in an effort to reduce the event’s carbon footprint
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Use of the RothC model to estimate the carbon sequestration potential ...
2014-01-05 10:55:15| Electronics - Topix.net
Soil Science and Plant Nutrition , Vol. 56, No. 1. , pp. 168-176, doi:10.1111/j.1747-0765.2009.00422.x Abstract We estimated the carbon sequestration potential of organic matter application in Japanese arable soils at a country scale by applying the Rothamsted carbon model at a 1-km resolution.
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Carbon dioxide levels now 61% higher than 1990
2014-01-04 20:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
RTCC: Global carbon dioxide emissions are likely to hit 36 billion tonnes in 2013, according to new research from the University of East Anglia in the UK. This is a small rise an estimated 2.1% -- on 2012, but it will be 61% above the levels in 1990, which is the baseline year for the Kyoto Protocol. The Kyoto Protocol was agreed by most of the worlds concerned nations, anxious to reduce carbon dioxide emissions and contain warming to a global average of 2°C. So the 2013 carbon budget is not being...
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Carbon markets shrink by 38% in 2013
2014-01-04 19:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
RTCC: The amount of carbon credits traded on the global markets shrunk by 38% in 2013, reflecting the lack of pressure companies face to reduce their emissions. According to analysis by Thomson Reuters Point Carbon, a total of EUR38.4 billion worth of allowances were traded on the global carbon markets last year, down from EUR62bn in the previous year. This shows a continuing decline since the market peaked at EUR96bn in 2011. Volumes of traded carbon also decreased from 10.7 billion to 9.2 billion...
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