Why can’t we quit fossil fuels? Despite the clean technology of the past decade, we continue to extract and burn fossil fuels more than ever before Share 1168 inShare.66 Email Byline portrait of environment reporter Duncan Clark Duncan Clark The Guardian, Wednesday 17 April 2013 17.49 BST Jump to comments (399) A coal-fired power station Continue Reading →
Carbon bubble will plunge the world into another financial crisis – report Trillions of dollars at risk as stock markets inflate value of fossil fuels that may have to remain buried forever, experts warn Share 152 inShare.1 Email Damian Carrington The Guardian, Friday 19 April 2013 Jump to comments (80) Carbon bubble : carbon dioxide Continue Reading →
19 April 2013, 5.55am AEST Grattan on Friday: Carbon budget blow from Europe So much for Julia Gillard’s hope that the carbon tax debate would fade once the scheme was bedded down in the middle of last year. The issue has erupted again, hitting the government where it hurts at the worst possible time. This Continue Reading →
Hydrogen Sulfide Greatly Enhances Plant Growth: Key Ingredient in Mass Extinctions Could Boost Food, Biofuel Production Apr. 17, 2013 — Hydrogen sulfide, the pungent stuff often referred to as sewer gas, is a deadly substance implicated in several mass extinctions, including one at the end of the Permian period 251 million years ago that wiped Continue Reading →
Environmental Policies Matter for Growing Megacities Apr. 3, 2013 — A new study shows clean-air regulations have dramatically reduced acid rain in the United States, Europe, Japan and South Korea over the past 30 years, but the opposite is true in fast-growing East Asian megacities, possibly due to lax antipollution rules or lack of enforcement. Continue Reading →
Researchers find new materials to capture methane English.news.cn 2013-04-17 13:57:05 WASHINGTON, April 16 (Xinhua) — U.S. researchers have discovered new materials that can capture and concentrate methane, the second highest concentration greenhouse gas emitted into the atmosphere. Unlike carbon dioxide, the largest emitted greenhouse gas, which can be captured both physically and chemically in a Continue Reading →