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Need More Air? Artificial Trees to Convert CO2 to O2

It's not nice to fool Mother Nature. Or is it? If you're not getting enough air, you might want to spend time sitting under a newly designed artificial tree that converts carbon dioxide into breathable oxygen. In the modern world of urban pollution, we can't seem to grow enough trees to naturally convert carbon dioxide...

NASA: CO2, Not Water Vapor, Causes Global Warming

(Oct. 15) -- The Earth's atmosphere is a complicated place. Somewhere in that swirling, shifting mixture of air, water and other gasses is the key to keeping us earthlings alive -- or to cooking us. Carbon dioxide has always received the most media attention as the leading cause of climate change, and a new study from...

New Eco-App Declares U2 Bad for the Planet

(Sept. 7) -- Justin Bieber's place in the musical canon may be a matter of debate, but from an environmental standpoint, at least, he's on the side of the angels. Bieber is one of a number of artists -- along with Jay-Z, Lady Gaga and the Georgia indie-pop band Of Montreal -- to be designated an "Earth Saver" by a new app...

Report: Loophole in Climate Bill Could Level Forests

(June 16) -- The Senate climate bill, already controversial, contains a loophole that allows utility companies to discount all emissions from burning biomass fuels, according to a report released today by environmentalists. That flaw could effectively erase 80 percent of the bill's promised carbon dioxide reductions and...

Opinion: Corporations at the Cap-and-Trade Trough

(April 26) -- When Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., threatened this weekend to pull back his support of a global warming bill he co-authored -- along with Sens. John Kerry, D-Mass., and Joe Lieberman, I-Conn. -- it looked as though the once-dead cap-and-trade bill could be dead again. That might be just as well. Unlike the...

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05/23/12 Retransmission: Cardero and Ridley Terminals Announce... Source: Marketwire VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- (Marketwire) -- 05/23/12 -- Cardero Resource Corp. ("Cardero" or the "Company") (TSX:CDU)(NYSE MKT:CDY)(NYSE Amex:CDY)(FRANKFURT:CR5) and Ridley Terminals Inc. ("Ridley Terminals") announce today that they have reached agreement on terms for the shipment of metallurgical coal from Cardero's Carbon Creek deposit in British Columbia.
05/22/12 Skulls found at Tembec plant Source: North Bay Nugget - North Bay - ON - Canada Two skulls were found last week by Tembec workers doing excavating work on the manufacturing plant.
05/22/12 Cardero and Ridley Terminals Announce Long-Term Port... Source: Marketwire VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- (Marketwire) -- 05/22/12 -- Cardero Resource Corp. ("Cardero" or the "Company") (TSX:CDU)(NYSE MKT:CDY)(NYSE Amex:CDY)(FRANKFURT:CR5) and Ridley Terminals Inc. ("Ridley Terminals") announce today that they have reached agreement on terms for the shipment of metallurgical coal from Cardero's Carbon Creek deposit in British Columbia.
05/17/12 Husky Energy opens Saskatchewan carbon-capture plant Source: Reuters Husky Energy Inc said on Thursday it has begun operating a carbon-capture and storage facility at an ethanol manufacturing plant at Lloydminster, Saskatchewan, and will use the gas to boost output from its heavy oil fields in the region.
05/09/12 Algae.Tec Announces Commencement of Australian... Source: StockHouse Algae.Tec (ASX:AEB, FWB:GZA:GR, OTCQX:ALGXY), an advanced algae to biofuels company with a high-yield enclosed algae growth and harvesting system today announced commissioning for its showcase biofuels facility Shoalhaven One in Nowra Australia started this week.

Background on carbon dioxide

Carbon dioxide (chemical formula CO2) is a naturally occurring chemical compound composed of two oxygen atoms covalently bonded to a single carbon atom.

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