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JANUARY 16, 2013

the distribution of black carbon in the atmosphere and determine its role in the climate system. Black carbon (BC) is the second largest man-made contributor to global warming and its influence on climate has been greatly underestimated, according to the first quantitative and comprehensive analysis of this pollutant’s climate impact.

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Climate Change Climate Carbon CO2 286

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JUNE 3, 2012

Projected changes in summer mean usable capacity of power plants in the US and Europe for the SRES A2 emissions scenario for the 2040s (2031–2060) relative to the control period (1971–2000). A study published in Nature Climate Change suggests that thermoelectric power plants (i.e., Source: van Vliet et al. Click to enlarge.

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Climate Change Water Climate Europe 244

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2009

Although most countries have already revealed their opening emissions reduction proposals, UNFCCC Executive Secretary Yvo de Boer pointed out Thursday that “ we still await clarity from industrialized nations on the provision of large-scale finance to developing countries for immediate and long-term climate action. by Jack Rosebro.

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Climate Climate Change 2009 Emissions 236

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OCTOBER 30, 2009

Despite their limitations, GWPs are widely used for comparison among long-lived gases, forming the basis for worldwide political agreements on climate and carbon trading. It’s a seemingly minor change, but it makes a difference to the climate. —Drew Shindell. More methane means less hydroxyl, less sulfate, and more warming.

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Climate Change Climate Ozone Pollution 268

Green Car Congress

MAY 21, 2010

Oil alternatives can also be water intensive: ethanol from non-irrigated crops is comparable to oil sands mining, and options like coal-to-liquids can use 10 barrels of water per barrel of product, according to IHS CERA. Over the past decade, production from oil sands more than doubled from 600,000 barrels per day (bpd) in 2000 to 1.35

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Oil-Sands Oil 2010 Production 186

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APRIL 10, 2010

Cap-and-trade was first tried on a significant scale twenty years ago under the first Bush administration as a way to address the problem of airborne sulfur dioxide pollution–widely known as acid rain–from coal-burning power plants in the eastern United States. Western Climate Initiative (WCI). Waxman of California and Edward J.

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Gas Climate Change Emissions Climate 244

Creative Greenius

JUNE 4, 2011

In one of those alternative realities Al Gore got elected President in 2000 and because he understood what was happening with CO2 and other greenhouse gas emissions he made cutting emissions, and developing renewable and clean energy sources our country’s focus and goals. Too few people give a shit about that title. .

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Al Gore Gore Sierra Congress 277