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Kudos, Kyoto Protocol
The U.N. says that the collective greenhouse gas emissions from all Kyoto signers have dropped to five-percent below 1990 levels. But there's a catch...emissions have actually been on the rise for some nations.
www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ivusi...
Obama's Victory Signals Rebirth of US Environmental Policy
Obama's election is met internationally with ecstatic optimism. Obama's climate change policy for the United States will have a global impact.
www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/nov/05/clima...
Revealed: Most Potent Unknown Greenhouse Gas
There is a gas significantly more potent a greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide, and it's far more prevalent than we realize.
www.ens-newswire.com/ens/oct2008/2008-10-24-01.asp
EPA Slashes Lead Limit in Air by 90 Percent
CNN - "The new limit -- 0.15 micrograms per cubic meter -- is the first update to the lead standard since 1978, when it helped phase out leaded gasoline. It is ten times lower than the current standard, which was 1.5 micrograms per cubic meter."
www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/10/16/epa.lead.air.stand...
Pepperidge Farm Opens Largest Fuel Cell Plant In United States
CleanTechnica.com - Oct 15, 2008 - "Pepperidge Farm dedicated the largest fuel cell plant in the United States at its Bloomfield, CT bakery. The 1.2 MW plant will supply 57 percent of the 260,000 square foot facility’s power...."
cleantechnica.com/2008/10/15/pepperidge-farm-ins...
American Companies Not Regulating Themselves for Carbon
We apparently can't trust them to regulate their own investments, so why are we trusting them to regulate their own carbon emissions?
climatebiz.com/news/2008/09/23/big-gap-between-c...
Chamber of Commerce Says US Economy will Collapse if Carbon Regulations are Enacted
OK, they didn't actually say that. They did however say that CO2 regulation could hit 1 million U.S. firms and result in regulatory backlog possibly stunting growth.
www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSN152...
China overtakes US as world's biggest CO2 emitter
China now emits more CO2 than the US in total, but their per person emissions are still 1/3 of ours. We need to clean up our act before we criticize China.
www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2007/jun/19/china...
EPA finds global warming a health threat
A new report contrasts with the agency's recent move not to regulate greenhouse gas emissions.
www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-cl...
