nguyenl on October 12th, 2009

Industry sector accounts for the second highest contribution of greenhouse gases, just after energy sector. According to Mann and Kump, in 2004 industry sector released 19.4% of all greenhouse gas emissions. However, thanks to technology, this sector has great room for improvement in terms of environmental impact. One case in point within industry sector is […]

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Grace Lange on October 12th, 2009

In June of 2009 the House passed the American Clean Energy and Security Actwith a 219 to 212 vote (Leggett, Climate Change: Current Issues and Policy Tools). This act is centralized around a cap and trade system and calls for a 17% reduction of CO2 at 2005 levels by 2020 and an 83% reduction by […]

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ramosj on October 12th, 2009

Mann and Kump hit the nail right on the head when they say “there is no easy way to meet the world’s rising energy demands in a climate-friendly manner” (Dire Predictions p 161), and they are right. Nothing worth having is easily attainable.

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Kelly Rogers on October 12th, 2009

  The Union of Concerned Scientists released a September 2007 report called “How to Avoid Dangreous Climate Change” in which they acknowledged that a “450 ppm CO2 eq stabilization target should represent the upper limit on concentrations of heat-trapping emissions set by any policy that seeks to avoid dangerous climate change.” They examined current policy […]

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munnd on October 12th, 2009

Indeed, mitigating greenhouse gas emissions from the energy, agricultural and transportation sectors will require investment of time and money on developing technologies. But while solar, wind, and other renewable energy sources have struggled to gain significant financial and federal support, corn-based ethanol has dominated the game. Consider this: of all 2007 federal subsidies allotted for […]

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