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New Study Concludes Substantial Quantities of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Land-Use Change in the Boreal Forests for Oil Sands Production Are Unreported

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A new study released by Global Forest Watch Canada finds that significant amounts of greenhouse gases are emitted through the disturbance and/or removal of biocarbon (trees, shrubs, peats), which overlay Alberta’s oil sands. The bituminous sands industry reported emissions of 28.5 megatonnes of CO 2 eq in 2004, 35.8

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Ford puts the pedal down on performance … but not with electric drive technology right now

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He said that more than 12 new performance vehicles would be introduced through 2020. Ford has been selling hybrids and, later plug-ins, since 2004. Mud and sand mode for muddy and sandy trails and terrain. Earlier post.) It’s not just fuel efficiency, not just power efficiency, but it is weight efficiency as well.

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Devil in the Details: World Leaders Scramble To Salvage and Shape Copenhagens UNFCCC Climate Summit

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ºF) above pre-industrial levels to avoid the most catastrophic effects of climate change, and that global GHG emissions would have to peak around 2020 and then sharply decline by 50% to 85% by the year 2050. AR4 also affirmed that warming would have to be held to no more than 2 ºC to 2.4

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