Posts Tagged ‘carbon emissions’
By NikkiJade • Jun 4th, 2008 • Category: Case Studies
Environmentalist Chris Goodall, conducted a study of the emissions of driving versus walking for a 1.5 mile roundtrip in his book How to Live a Low-Carbon Life. The results are challenged by the Pacific Institute’s, Michael Cohen and Matthew Heberger.
By NunoXEI • Apr 22nd, 2008 • Category: Blog
Financial incentives for cutting carbon emissions could earn developing countries up to US$13 billion in carbon credits per year — but there are several issues for policymakers to tackle first, says a new study.
The study, published in the latest issue Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, analyses the best ways to reward developing countries [...]
By NunoXEI • Apr 18th, 2008 • Category: Blog
China has already overtaken the US as the world’s “biggest polluter”, a report to be published next month says. The research suggests the country’s greenhouse gas emissions have been underestimated, and probably passed those of the US in 2006-2007.
If it becomes widely accepted that China’s future emissions are likely to be much higher than previously [...]
By NunoXEI • Apr 18th, 2008 • Category: Blog
In a 20-minute address in the White House Rose Garden, Mr. Bush said Congress should offer incentives to lower carbon emissions but did not lay out his own plan, leaving his allies relieved he didn’t go further and Democrats and environmentalists saying he missed a chance to take the lead.
“The only good news in his [...]
