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Study: Indoor Marijuana Cultivation Bad for the Environment [VIDEO]

Commercial Space Travel: Not All That Green, Study Says

(Oct. 25) -- Last week, a science fiction vision of the future seemed to get one step closer when Virgin Group's Sir Richard Branson unveiled a completed runway at the new Virgin Galactic Spaceport in the New Mexico desert. But some scientists are now worrying that the environmental impact of private spacecraft might make...

Environmental Wake-Up Call Looming in Pakistan

(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

(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...

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Diesel hybrids soon to be a reality in Europe?

19 September 2011 â Rising consumer awareness of sustainable mobility has prompted automotive OEMs to develop and introduce low-emission vehicles.

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Honda targets 30% reduction in global emissions by 2020

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

Background on co2 emissions

The concentration of carbon dioxide () in Earth's atmosphere is approximately 392 ppm (parts per million) by volume and rose by 2.0 ppm/yr during 2000–2009. The concentration increase with respect to pre-industrial concentration of 280 ppm has grown roughly exponentially [http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/ccgg/trends/weekly.html].

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