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- Greenhouse gas emissions rose in 2002.(News)(Brief Article)
- Byline: Bruce Geiselman Emissions of greenhouse gases increased by 0.7 percent between 2001 and 2002, according to a federal report released March 3. Moderate economic growth in 2002 that increased demand for electricity and fossil fuels...
- Research articles 2004-03-15
- Greener paper; Boise Cascade sets emission reduction goal.(News)
- Byline: Jim Johnson Paper and wood products maker Boise Cascade expects to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by another 10 percent, in part by using more biomass fuel and less fossil fuel to run operations. The Boise,...
- Research articles 2007-04-16
- EPA: FOSSIL FUEL USE CONTRIBUTES TO GREENHOUSE GAS RISE
- Total U.S. greenhouse gas GHG emissions have risen by 13% from 1990 to 2002, according to EPA's latest assessment. The primary GHG emitted by human activities was CO2, representing approximately 83.8% of total GHG emissions.Total U.S. greenhouse gas GHG emissions have risen by 13% from 1990 to 2002, according to...
- Research articles 2004-03-15
- EPA: FOSSIL FUEL USE CONTRIBUTES TO GREENHOUSE GAS RISE
- Total U.S. greenhouse gas GHG emissions have risen by 13% from 1990 to 2002, according to the U.S. EPA's latest assessment. The primary GHG emitted by human activities was CO2, representing approximately 83.8% of total GHG emissions. Total U.S. greenhouse gas GHG emissions have risen by 13% from...
- Research articles 2004-03-08
- Carbon and Energy Balances for a Range of Biofuels Options
- This paper provides details on the project entitled "Carbon and Energy Balances for a Range of Biofuels Options". This paper is set within the context of the establishment and emergence of a variety of biofuel technologies which use biomass to provide commercial sources of energy whilst offering significant potential benefits,...
- White papers 2003-04-19
- Sue Big Oil Over Global Warming? Court Tells Katrina Victims, Yes You Can!
- Landowners along the Mississippi Gulf Coast are blaming a mishmosh of oil, coal and chemical companies for property damage caused by Hurricane Katrina as a result of global warming. Yes, that's right, the specter of global warming lawsuits has come to call and thanks to a recent federal appeals ruling, the plaintiffs...
- Blog posts 2009-10-21
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- EPA: Fossil Fuel Combustion Accounts for 80% of Emissions
- Fossil fuel combustion accounts for 80% of greenhouse gas emissions and 86% of emissions are produced by energy-related activities, U.S. EPA said in a recently released report, Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990-2004.Fossil fuel combustion accounts for 80% of greenhouse gas emissions and 86% of emissions are...
- Research articles 2006-03-15
- Fossil Fuel Resource Leader? U.S. is No. 1 in World, Thanks to Coal
- The U.S. has the most fossil fuel resources in the world. More than Saudi Arabia. More than Canada, Iran and even Russia, which is nibbling at U.S. heels. The United States' fossil fuel reserves -- that's oil, natural gas and coal -- come in at 969.7 billion barrels of oil equivalent BOE,...
- Blog posts 2009-11-05
- U.S. Greenhouse Gas Inventory Open for Public Comment
- WASHINGTON, DC ENS — --> U.S. greenhouse gas emissions increased by 0.6 percent from 2002 to 2003, but they stayed below emission levels in 2000, according to an annual report on the six gases released Monday by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency EPA. Fossil fuel combustion was the largest source...
- Research articles 2005-03-01
- Week in Oil & Gas: G20 Axes Subsidies, Obama-Hu Climate Rhetoric, and Chevron Sues
- The week ended with a muffled bang as the Group of 20 nations agreed to phase out government subsidies for fossil fuels. Ending fossil fuel subsidies would have an impact -- positive or negative, depending on whose talking.  But the agreement is viewed largely symbolic since G20 leaders did...
- Blog posts 2009-09-27
- Week in Oil & Gas: Punting in Copenhagen and Gulf of Mexico Leases -- Abridged
- The odds Congress would be able to pass climate-change legislation this year dimmed by the minute last week, as the political wrangling moved to the Senate Finance Committee and the debate focused once again on jobs and the economy. The bill's molasses-like progress through the Senate has rippled through the...
- Blog posts 2009-11-16
- Are you carbon beta rated? Here's a look at the likely winners and losers in the carbon rationing age
- American business executives are increasingly resigned to the fact that carbon controls are coming. Some 17 bills for cap-and-trade schemes to limit greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel energy sources are floating through the halls of Congress. Both Republican and Democratic Party presidential candidates favor limits on greenhouse gas emissions....
- Research articles 2008-07-01
- Biofuels behind food price hikes: leaked World Bank report
- LONDON AFP — Biofuels have caused world food prices to increase by 75 percent, according to the findings of an unpublished World Bank report published in The Guardian newspaper on Friday. The daily said the report was finished in April but was not published to avoid embarrassing the US...
- Research articles 2008-07-04
- [CO.sub.2] extraction method under development at Los Alamos - Issues and Events
- Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory are studying a simple, cost-effective method for extracting [CO.sub.2] directly from the air -- which could allow sustained use of fossil fuels while avoiding potential global climate change. The method would allow researchers to harvest [CO.sub.2] from the air,...
- Research articles 2002-06-01
- Plants and projects
- SC Johnson Cogenerates to Cut Emissions in Waxdale, SC SC Johnson (Racine, WI; www.scjbrands.com) will soon generate electricity and steam at its Waxdale, SC, facility using a cogeneration system fueled by waste methane gas from a nearby landfill. Through this "clean energy" program, the company expects to reduce Waxdale's emissions...
- Research articles 2003-06-01
- IEA Shoutout: Nukes, Renewables, Energy Efficiency Key to Climate Change Battle
- The world -- in the eyes of the International Energy Agency -- cannot resume its trip down the same fossil fuel path. Instead, the Paris-based agency, which released Tuesday its 2009 World Energy Outlook, called for a profound change within the energy sector and a global agreement to limit...
- Blog posts 2009-11-11
- The UK Joins California in Casting a Wary Eye Toward Biomass
- In the United States, it's vehicle fuel; in the United Kingdom, electricity generation. But in both places, officials are casting a wary eye toward using wood, corn, grasses and other plant matter for energy. They fear that growing and transporting the material could actually add to greenhouse gas emissions. ...
- Blog posts 2009-04-22
- Carbon capture looks promising for China
- BEIJING, Oct. 15 UPI -- China's vast, deep rock layers have the capacity to store the country's carbon dioxide emissions for at least 100 years, U.S. researchers say. A study released Wednesday by the United States Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory says carbon capture and storage CCS would...
- News items 2009-10-15
- NAS: act now to reduce global warming - National Academy of Sciences report
- Despite uncertainties in the science of predicting global climate change, the National Academy of Sciences NAS urges immediate action to curb greenhouse-gas emissions by reducing fossil-fuel consumption, promoting energy conservation, and improving solar and nuclear-energy technologies. For a very low cost, says NAS President Frank Press, the United States...
- Research articles 1991-05-04
- BP Ponies Up $10M For Algae Biofuels in Martek Deal
- BP is ponying up $10 million for a partnership with Martek Biosciences to study the use of algae to convert sugar into biodiesel. BP isn't the only oil major -- or government agency -- to show an interest in the prospect of commercially viable algal-based fuels. Just last month ExxonMobil committed $600 million...
- Blog posts 2009-08-11
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