All Entries in the "Greenhouse Gases" Category
Europe Offers To Cut Emissions 95% by 2050
Europe offers to cut emissions 95% by 2050 if a deal is reached at Copenhagen soon. That would be truly amazing and would send a message to the rest of the world. This is what will happen if the pact is sealed, signed and delivered in Copenhagen six weeks from now.
E.P.A Bites CO2 Bullet Under The Clean Air Act
On Friday, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued its “endangerment finding,” stating that carbon dioxide (CO2) and five other greenhouse gasses are pollutants that threaten public health and welfare. It took two years to conclude a scientific review that was ordered by the supreme court.[...]
Coal Fired Plants: Will They Be The Death Of Us?
James Hansen, a head NASA scientist and climate expert, is pleading with world leaders one more time. Coal fired plants have been found to be one of the greatest threats to mankind. Pre industrial CO2 levels were at a level of 280 parts per million. The levels have increased to 385 parts per million [...]
Ben & Jerry’s Cleaner Greener Freezer
Ben & Jerry’s new in-store freezers do not use hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) as refrigerants anymore. Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), is the type of greenhouse gas that packs 1,400 times the global warming impact of more-common CO2. The new [...]
Greenhouse: The 411 On The Effect!
In case anyone is wondering what the Greenhouse Effect is here you go. The Greenhouse Effect refers to the change in the thermal equilibrium temperature of a planet or moon, by the presence of an atmosphere containing gas, that absorbs and emits infrared radiation. Greenhouse gases, which include water vapor, carbon dioxide and methane, warm [...]
Jack Nicholson And The Hydrogen Car Of The Past
We were amazed when we found this video of Jack Nicholson in 1978, promoting the first car to run on solar power and hydrogen gas. You can not help but wonder why this technology was not implemented back then and why no one has heard about it until recently. The video is a clip from [...]
Everything You Ever Needed To Know About The Kyoto Protocol
The Kyoto Protocol is an international agreement linked to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. The major feature of the Kyoto Protocol is that it sets binding targets for 37 industrialized countries and the European community for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
