Purdue Releases Video of US Carbon Dioxide Pollution

Purdue University Releases Video Animation of U. S. Carbon Dioxide Pollution

Carbon Dioxide Emissions Accelerating Rapidly

Global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from the burning of fossil fuels stood at a record 8.38 gigatons of carbon (GtC) in 2006, 20 percent above the level in 2000. Emissions grew 3.1 percent a year between 2000 and 2006, more than twice the rate of growth

Where Global Warming Begins

Watch Video Animations of U.S. Carbon Dioxide Pollution

MARKETS: Prospect of a 'gap' worries climate change negotiators

Negotiators working on an international climate agreement want to finish their work by the end of 2009. Otherwise they fear for the future of the $92 billion greenhouse gas market that needs regulatory certainty to keep critical energy investments flowing.

'Earth Hour' to plunge millions into darkness

Twenty-six major cities around the world are expected to turn off the lights on major landmarks, plunging millions of people into darkness to raise awareness about global warming, organisers said.

Antarctic ice shelf breaking up

Antarctica's massive Wilkins Ice Shelf has begun disintegrating under the effects of global warming. The collapse of a substantial section of the shelf was triggered on 28 February when an iceberg measuring 41km by 2.4km broke off its southwestern front

Arctic sea ice builds, but vulnerable

Critical Arctic sea ice this winter made a tenuous partial recovery from last summer's record melt, federal scientists said Tuesday. But that's an illusion, like a Hollywood movie set, scientist Walter Meier of the National Snow and Ice Data Center said. T

Global warming rushes timing of spring

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Minorities are forgotten victims of climate change -- report

Minorities and indigenous people frequently bear the brunt of the effects of climate change but are often the last to receive aid because they are on the margins of society, according to a report yesterday from Minority Rights Group International titled "S

Climate change plan ready to go in 2006, then scrapped

A "made-in-Canada" approach to target industrial greenhouse gas emissions, fight climate change and spur new technology was ready to be released in 2006 before it was scrapped, newly released federal documents show.

Fialka joins E&E, leads launch of ClimateWire news service

Environment and Energy Publishing, LLC, the leading source for comprehensive, daily coverage of energy and environmental policy, today announced that veteran Wall Street Journal reporter John Fialka will lead the launch of E&E's newest daily information se

Value of carbon credits jumped 80% last year -- report.

The value of carbon credits traded in global markets rose 80 percent last year and will go up by more than half this coming year to $92 billion, according to a report released today.

EPA endangerment finding, CO2 regs still not ready

U.S. EPA won't say when it will decide if carbon dioxide emissions pose a health threat -- an analysis ordered almost a year ago by the Supreme Court.

Study: Ethanol may add to global warming

WASHINGTON - The widespread use of ethanol from corn could result in nearly twice the greenhouse gas emissions as the gasoline it would replace because of expected land-use changes, researchers concluded Thursday. The study challenges the rush to biofuels

Boxer starts private talks in hunt for 60 votes

Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairwoman Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) has launched a campaign aimed at winning over the necessary votes on a global warming bill slated for floor debate later this spring.

State of the Union offers familiar themes, same course on warming

President Bush broke no new ground in his final State of the Union speech last night but instead turned the spotlight on several ongoing campaigns, including negotiations over a new international global warming treaty.

No Continent Is an Island

Australia ratifies Kyoto Protocol

Global warming enters hurricane debate

NEW ORLEANS - A lively and sometimes scrappy debate on whether global warming is fueling bigger and nastier hurricanes like Katrina is adding an edge to a gathering of forecasters here.

Senate committee an 'important place' for post-Kyoto negotiations

A key Senate panel yesterday turned its focus to the new international climate change agreement under construction through the United Nations, while reminding negotiators what the pact must include to win U.S. approval.

Council on Environmental Quality Record of Progress for a Clean, Healthier Future

“My Administration’s climate change policy will be science-based, encourage research breakthroughs that lead to technological innovation, and take advantage of the power of markets. It will encourage global participation and will pursue actions that will h