carbon emissions

The Mayor of San Francisco is in talks with Project Better Place to get and influx of electric cars and recharging stations to help his city cut their carbon footprint. Hopefully this will catch on across the country!

The IMF's most recent World Economic Outlook study includes a climate change analysis. The report is one of the first to capture broad, deep data concerning the potential costs of climate change to the world economy and the economic result of a worldwide implementation of greenhouse gases mitigation strategies, such as cap-and-trade and carbon emissions tax. Tamirisa, co-author of that analysis, outlines the IMF's conclusions.

A new report by the US Department of Energy says that with enough support wind energy could provide 20% of US electricity needs by the year 2030, for only $6 per per a year. Not a bad deal!

John McCain has released the main details of what his environmental policy would be if he were elected president in November. He is supporting a cap-and-trade system, a big break from the current administration, but has targets below those of both potential Democratic candidates. See it on www.cutyourfootprint.com

Seems like the politicians in Canada are no longer getting behind a bill to support ethanol. The story, posted on http://www.cutyourfootprint.com, says they are having reservations due to rising world food prices and new science about ethanol made from corn.

If you think the virtual, online world helps reduce energy consumption in the real world (a topic we’ve touched on before here at Green Options Media), think again: a new study by management consulting firm McKinsey & Company provides scary insights into how Internet computing is devouring more and more power and spewing out more and more greenhouse gases.

A new study shows that carbon emissions from air travel is actually much worse that was previously thought. The report was covered up, but recently made public.

Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) renews his effort to take a new look at combating global climate change. In his speech to the Senate, Barrassostresses the importance of developing technology to remove existing excess green houses gases from the atmosphere andpermanently sequester them. The "Greenhouse Gas Emission Atmospheric Removal Act," or GEAR Act, will establish an award system for scientists andresearchers.

If you think saving electricity the traditional way (by turning stuff off) is good for the environment you may be wrong.

Olympic torch leaves trail of carbon

New calculator from Stanford researchers allows you to see how much added cost the carbon emissions from your airline travel would add to the cost of your already-expensive airline ticket.

Experts still debate when dramatic, rapid climate change will happen, but what we do know is the planet is unable to absorb as much carbon as it could in the past.

Cohousing communities can help prevent global warming by reducing their energy use by as much as 60%. Shared facilities and pedestrian design can help further reductions in carbon footprint.

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Now some clothing companies are beginning to provide the prepurchase itinerary of clothes to environmentally conscious consumers.