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Statistically Speaking: Mercury Rising? Why?: A recent <a class="external-link" href="http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d1047.pdf">report [pdf]</a> shows American power plants could slash their mercury ... by erica — last modified Oct 21, 2009 10:25 AM — filed under: mercury, toxins, pollination, Pennsylvania, fish, coal, health, China, Ohio, policy, Indiana, fossil fuels, seafood, Texas, power plants — Relevance: 1%
Where Have All the Forests Gone - Bioenergy’s Legacy?: Bioenergy’s free ride in Kyoto and national climate legislation is a recipe for disaster. by erica — last modified Oct 23, 2009 10:48 AM — filed under: land-use changes, fossil fuels, greenhouse gas emissions, climate change, legislation, global warming, Kerry-Boxer climate bill, Waxman-Markey climate bill, bioenergy, Tim Searchinger, Kyoto Protocol, science, policy, politics, carbon dioxide emissions — Relevance: 1%
A Global Diet on Livestock Emissions: You’ve heard about REDD, the program to "reduce emissions from deforestation and degradation." Why not RECC, an effort to Reduce Emissions from Cows and Cattle? by erica — last modified Nov 10, 2009 02:11 PM — filed under: Reductions in Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation, fossil fuels, animals, waste, climate change, nitrogen oxides, forests, meat, deforestation, REDD, cows, greenhouse gas emissions, carbon dioxide emissions, methane — Relevance: 1%
The Beach Boys Redux: Muscle Cars and National Security: The Wall Street Journal wants to “drill, baby, drill.” But when it comes to fuel economy, it’s “<a class="external-link" ... by erica — last modified May 28, 2009 04:24 PM — filed under: fuel economy, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, transportation, automobile, Wall Street Journal, oil drilling, oil, Daniel Henninger, cars, policy, politics, fossil fuels — Relevance: 1%
A Climate Fix? Not Too Cold, Not Too Hot, Just Right: While some people have a hard time accepting the fact that humans are disrupting the climate, others conclude that not only are we changing the climate today, ... by erica — last modified Mar 16, 2009 11:56 AM — filed under: climate, fossil fuels, greenhouse gas emissions, climate change, industry, Industrial Revolution, greenhouse gases, global warming, ice age, carbon dioxide emissions, agriculture, Ruddiman's Hypothesis, methane — Relevance: 1%
Statistical Grok: A Tale of Two Cities: New York Vs. Hong Kong: With Dr. Bill Chameides in Hong Kong, the <a href="http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/thegreengrok/grokteam">Green Grok team</a> takes a quick look at how New York ... by wendy — last modified Aug 31, 2009 02:22 PM — filed under: air quality, air pollution, Statistically Speaking, statistically speaking, New York, greenhouse gas emissions, fossil fuels, Hong Kong — Relevance: 1%
The Old Ice Age Myth Put to Rest: Global warming skeptics often point to an "imminent ice age” touted by the popular press in the 1970s to dissuade the public from believing today’s very real ... by erica — last modified Mar 16, 2009 12:00 PM — filed under: Europe, aerosols, air quality, air pollution, climate change, global warming, coal, cooling, paper, Germany, climate skeptics, Switzerland, health, particulate matter, fossil fuels, science — Relevance: 1%
Pulse of the Planet: Can’t Turn Down the Heat: Imagine you’re in the shower and you turn up the hot water, but it gets too hot – scalding hot. What do you do? Turn the hot water down, of course. But what if ... by erica — last modified Mar 16, 2009 12:01 PM — filed under: isotopes, fossil fuels, Susan Solomon, Sherwood Rowland, climate change, Pulse of the Planet, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Mario Molina, carbon-13, carbon-12, Paul Crutzen, carbon dioxide emissions — Relevance: 1%
Statistical Grok on Oil: A 'Crude' Awakening?: Let's say you could choose where to get additional oil from. And let's say your choice was between three sources. Which would you choose? The option that got ... by erica — last modified Apr 01, 2009 02:30 PM — filed under: Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Statistically Speaking, statistically speaking, oil drilling, oil, fossil fuels — Relevance: 1%
To Geo-engineer or Not to Geo-engineer: Imagine tinkering with the climate system to cancel out global warming — the stuff of mad scientists or global saviors? by erica — last modified Jun 24, 2009 02:57 PM — filed under: fossil fuels, greenhouse gas emissions, geo-engineering, climate change, oceans, phytoplankton, global warming, ocean acidification, science, carbon dioxide emissions — Relevance: 1%
Exxon Valdez 20 Years Later: Prince William Sound, 2009. Pictures of picturesque beaches and icy-blue waters might suggest that the effects of the 1989 oil spill are long gone. Dig a ... by erica — last modified Apr 01, 2009 01:54 PM — filed under: oil, waste, oil company, oil spill, oceans, Exxon Valdez, Prince William Sound, ecosystems, fossil fuels, pollution — Relevance: 1%
Biofuels Can Be Electrifying: It was a bad week for ethanol. First EPA proposed disqualifying corn ethanol as a renewable fuel (see yesterday's Grok <a class="external-link" ... by erica — last modified Aug 27, 2009 10:14 AM — filed under: science, fossil fuels, transportation, automobile, corn ethanol, gasoline, electric cars, cellulosic ethanol, cars, carbon dioxide emissions, renewables, biofuels, research — Relevance: 1%
The Nation’s Energy Expert Speaks Out on Climate ... Not: Quiz: What soon-to-be-ex-governor of a very northern state could write an op-ed about climate legislation without once mentioning the word “climate”? by erica — last modified Jul 15, 2009 01:46 PM — filed under: cap and trade, fossil fuels, greenhouse gas emissions, climate change, economics, Sarah Palin, Alaska, global warming, infrastructure, carbon dioxide emissions, permafrost, economy — Relevance: 1%

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