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Copenhagen Diagnosis Released, Detailing Accelerating Indicators of Climate Change In Last Three Years

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A team of 26 climate scientists from Australia, Austria, Canada, France, Germany, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States have published the “Copenhagen Diagnosis”, an interim synthesis report on developments in climate change science from mid-2006 to the present day.

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Perspective: The Role of Offsets in Climate Change Legislation

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This article shows that including offsets in climate change legislation would likely make an emissions program more cost-effective by: (a) providing an incentive for non-regulated sources to generate emission reductions; and (b) expanding emission compliance opportunities for regulated entities. Assuming the offset is legitimate—i.e.,

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

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The 15 th Congress, also known as the 15 th Conference of Parties, or COP 15, was initially intended to be a largely procedural summit, with many major negotiating points settled and most environmental ministers prepared to sign a binding emissions treaty that contained specific emissions targets as well as commitments to financing structures.

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Geely invests in Carbon Recycling Intl.; vehicles fueled by methanol from CO2, water and renewable energy

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CRI, founded in 2006 in Reykjavik, Iceland, is developing technology to produce renewable methanol from clean energy and recycled CO 2 emissions. CRI is presenting at the 4 th Conference on CO 2 as Feedstock for Fuels, Chemistry and Polymers , being held at the end of September in Essen, Germany. Earlier post.). Earlier post.)

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Toyota continues prepare the market for fuel cell vehicle in 2015

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From March 2006 he was engaged in Plug-in Hybrid vehicle planning and development, and, in 2007, became planning and development leader for the Prius Plug-in project. Toyota is also considering integrating a boost converter on the stack itself, McClory said at the SAE conference. —Yoshikazu Tanaka. Click to enlarge.

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How Remote Sensing Technologies Increase Food Production

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People were really interested in clean air and clean water, so I decided there would always be interest in the environment,” Crawford says. Agriculture didn’t come back on her radar until 2006, when she joined the Purdue faculty. She switched her major to civil and environmental engineering.

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Perspective: The UN Approval Process for Carbon Offsets

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Verification of the emission reduction or carbon sequestration is critical in efforts to mitigate climate change. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Climate Change 2007: Mitigation. Schapiro, Mark, “ Conning the Climate: Inside the Carbon-Trading Shell Game ,” Harper’s Magazine (February 2010). About the Author.

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