| Sourced From Washingtonpost |

Q: Now that even China has put a price on carbon emissions, the U.S. is the only major economy yet to take action on global warming. Why does this issue seem to defy political leadership? Who, in your opinion, is MOST responsible for the leadership failure–President Obama and Senate leaders for not forcing a deal? Republicans unwilling to consider anything that might raise energy prices? Coal and oil state Democrats? Republican moderates who bowed to conservative pressure?

Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: carbon lock-in, Carbon Tax, Fossil Fuel

| Sourced From Treehugger |
Algae biofuels are probably the most touted future hope to replace large amounts of petroleum-based liquid fuels with a renewable source. However, a new study in Energy and Fuels shows that when you grow that algae in bioreactors made up of clear tubes, so much energy is required that the carbon footprint of the biofuel is over three times greater than the fossil fuel it would replace.

Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: algae biofuels, Carbon Footprint, Fossil Fuel

Ecuador is taking its innovative forest carbon financing initiative to the Cannes Film Festival in May in the hope of showcasing the project to prospective investors.

The Yasuni-ITT Initiative aims to create carbon bonds to preserve a tract of in the Ecuadorian Amazon rainforest that also holds a lucrative oil resource ripe for exploitation. The carbon bonds would be issued over a government guarantee that oil wont be extracted from the Yasuni National Park and the forest, its biodiversity and way of life of untouched indigenous groups preserved.

Continue Reading at CarbonPositive

Tags: Carbon Emissions, Emissions Reductions, Fossil Fuel

I first heard UBC political scientist Dr. Kathryn Harrison speak a few weeks ago at Science Weeks Killam Conversation entitled

Tags: Carbon Reduction, Carbon Tax, Fossil Fuel

Every time a Boeing 747 roars off the runway, the energy it needs for the two-minute lift off can run 2.4 million lawn mowers for 20 minutes. Considering that more than 40 aircraft take off every minute around the globe, the colossal amount of fossil fuel burned and the resulting accumulation of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere is mind-boggling.

Continue Reading at TimesOfIndia

Tags: aviation emissions, Fossil Fuel, ghg

| Sourced From Bloomberg.com |

June 10 (Bloomberg) — World carbon-dioxide emissions from energy use rose last year as China, India and Russia burned more coal, the most polluting of the major fuels, data compiled by BP Plc indicate.

Fossil-fuel combustion in power plants, vehicles and heaters around the planet released 31.5 billion metric tons of the greenhouse gas, 1.8 percent more than in 2007, the figures show. Chinas coal consumption climbed 7.1 percent, adding 366 million tons of extra emissions, using conversion factors provided by BP, the U.K. oil company.

Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Carbon Dioxide, Emissions Reductions, Fossil Fuel

| Sourced From GreatfallsTribune.com |

Every American president since Eisenhower has warned against the dangers of fossil fuel addiction. And each one has left America more dependent than when he took office.

Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: America carbon, Fossil Fuel, Renewable Energy

| Sourced From SustainableBusiness.com |

Less than a quarter of the proven fossil fuel reserves can be burned and emitted between now and 2050, if global warming is to be limited to two degrees Celsius (2

Tags: co2 emissions, Fossil Fuel, global warming

| Sourced From Paramuspost.com |

When you hear the words “peak oil,” the long lines at gas pumps during the energy crisis in the 1970s may spring to mind. However, the continuous decrease in the world’s oil reserves more likely will result in longer bread lines than gas lines.

Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: America carbon, Fossil Fuel, Low Carbon Diet

| Sourced From GreenTech Media |

EDINBURGH, U.K. Theres a theory floating around about the the carbon emissions produced by manufacturing, erecting and monitoring wind turbines actually exceed the greenhouse gases generated by fossil fuel plants.

Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Carbon Emission, Fossil Fuel, greenhouse gas

| Sourced From Irish Times |

Minister for Energy Eamon Ryan has said the introduction of a carbon tax could take place later this year.

Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Carbon Tax, Fossil Fuel, irish carbon

| Sourced From Pulp and Paper Canada |

Domtar has joined the Chicago Climate Exchange. Currently the only voluntary, legally-binding cap-and-trade system designed to keep track of and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the CCX represents companies who commit to sustainability in their business practices.

Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: emission level, Fossil Fuel, Renewable Energy

| Sourced From The Newyork Times|

Wind turbines in the UK may have suddenly become less environmentally friendly according to a new formula used to calculate carbon offset figures. The Telegraph reported today that the British Wind Energy Association, an industry trade group, has cut its CO2 reduction calculations in half after talks with the UKs Advertising Standards Authority, which enforces rules on claims in advertisements.

Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: CO2, Fossil Fuel, Wind farms