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Environmental Wake-Up Call Looming in Pakistan

By Adnan R. KhanApr 22nd 2010 – 9:50PM
NASA

NASA

(April 22) -- For the past month, Ismail Siddiqui has watched disaster hanging over him. "It's one thing to see everything you own destroyed in an earthquake," the 45-year-old father of four tells AOL News. "But to wake up every morning not knowing whether today will be the end. ... It's driving me crazy." What Siddiqui...

Opinion: World Talks, US Delivers on Global Warming

By John MerlineDec 11th 2009 – 5:40PM
Channi Anand, AP

Channi Anand, AP

(Dec. 11) -- At the Copenhagen global warming conference this week, Environmental Protection Agency chief Lisa Jackson sought to reassure world leaders that the United States is "fighting to make up for lost time" on cutting greenhouse gas emissions. Her plea is understandable. The U.S. constantly gets an earful on this...

Co2Emissions News From AOL

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Honda targets 30% reduction in global emissions by 2020

By Eric Loveday Jun 24th 2011 - 09:04AM

Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today issued its Environmental Annual Report 2011.

Co2Emissions News From the Web

  • 11/15/11 Regulation and the Environment: what the price of... Source: Platts T he price of carbon dioxide allowances under the EU Emissions Trading System sank to a 32-month low this month, as sluggish European growth kept industrial output low, keeping a lid on CO2 emissions and demand for the credits.
  • 03/17/11 CO2 emissions from biomass combustion Source: Science Centric An article in the current issue of Global Change Biology Bioenergy proposes a new method to account for CO2 emissions from biomass combustion in bioenergy systems.
  • 12/15/10 NAMEA Air Emissions, Slovenia, 2008 - final data Source: Statistical Office of Slovenia In the 2000–2008 period the highest CO 2 emissions were released in electricity, gas and water supply, manufacturing, and transport, storage and communication.
  • 11/18/10 Carbon Dioxide Decreases as Fuel Economy Increases Source: News Blaze EPA projects a small improvement in 2010, based on pre-model year sales estimates provided by automakers, to 395 grams of CO2 per mile and 22.5 miles per gallon (mpg), though there is uncertainty in these projections as they were made during the atypical automotive market in 2009.
  • 07/28/10 Greener Travel Now Available with Fly.co.uk as Company... Source: ClickPress [ClickPress, Tue Jul 27 2010] The negative impact that each traveller has on the planet when flying is huge and the Fly.co.uk website now shows site visitors ways to cut back on CO2 emissions as well as save money on cheap flight deals.

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