greenhouse gases
2011 Breaks Records
According to The Guardian, 2011 “rewrote the record books” with the highest ever recorded global greenhouse gas levels (394 parts per million at Mauna Loa in May), world population reaching 7 billion, and record investments in renewable energy ($211 billion since 2004), to name a few of the
Global Warming Confirmed With 2˚C Threshold Close At Hand
New studies both confirm global warming and warn there is little time left to keep warming below 2˚C from pre-industrial levels, the target needed to avert dangerous climate change. Berkeley Earth has submitted four papers for peer review that confirm the amount of warming determined by earlier studies.
CA Permitted to Begin Cap-and-Trade System
EPA Will Miss GHG Emissions Deadline
The EPA just announced that it will miss its September 30 deadline for issuing new rules on greenhouse gas emissions.
Natural Gas Initially Worse for Global Warming Than Coal
A recent study in Climatic Change finds that the substitution of natural gas for coal initially increases global warming for many decades, rather than decreasing it as previously thought.
Curbing Population Growth Could Curb Emissions
EPA Phasing Out Climate Leaders
Controlled Burns Reduce Fire-Related GHG Emissions
Tool Helps Farmers Manage GHG Emissions
EPA Rejects Challenges to Greenhouse Gas Regulation