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Gujarat Fluorochemicals. The great carbon credit con.
The great carbon credit con: Why are we paying the Third World to poison its environment? In the fields around this giant chemicals factory in Gujarat, the barren soil smells of paint stripper and the water from the well makes you gag. So why has it been given tens of millions of pounds of taxpayer-funded […]
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NF3: Committee OKs pro-environment bill to regulate gas 17,000 times more damaging than carbon dioxide
SACRAMENTO – An environmental policy-setting panel today approved Sen. Jenny Oropeza´s plan to reduce the release into the air of a widely used ´greenhouse´ gas previously thought harmless. The Senate Environmental Quality Committee´s approval of Senate Bill 104 came the week following Earth Day. If adopted into law, SB 104 would direct the California Air […]
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Is Your Flat Screen LCD TV Really Eco-friendly?
Every day, more and more bad news hits the media about global warming, climate change and pollution. Every day new products are developed and every day more chemicals are added to the list of pollutants to our atmosphere and water. One of the latest chemicals to draw the attention of the scientists is nitrogen trifluoride […]
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EPA Finds Greenhouse Gases Pose Threat to Public Health, Welfare
Washington, D.C. – April 17, 2009) After a thorough scientific review ordered in 2007 by the U.S. Supreme Court, the Environmental Protection Agency issued a proposed finding Friday that greenhouse gases contribute to air pollution that may endanger public health or welfare. The proposed finding, which now moves to a public comment period, identified six […]
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Obama administration breaks with the years of ‘climate change denial’
The Obama administration took a bold first step towards limiting the gases that cause global warming today after formally declaring that such emissions are a danger to public health. The official finding by the Environmental Protection Agency that carbon dioxide and five other gases threaten public welfare sets the stage for regulation of emissions from […]
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Science nabs two new greenhouse gases
Two new greenhouse gases – one emitted by the electronic industry and the other used in pest control – are rapidly accumulating in the atmosphere, say researchers. And they say countries should consider including these gases for control in the revision of the Kyoto Protocol due later this year. Climate scientist Dr Paul Fraser of […]
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The Top Ten Greenhouse Gases
1. Water Vapor Water? Water?! Water! Yes, according to the IPCC, steam accounts for 36-70 percent of the greenhouse effect. Fog, haze and clouds are all water vapor, and steam is the other main byproduct of the combustion of fossil fuels. Worse still, warming causes a positive feedback loop as higher temperatures result in more […]
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New greenhouse gas discovered: Sulfuryl fluoride, 4800x worse than CO2
Chicago (IL) – A team of international researchers have discovered that Sulfuryl fluoride, a gas typically utilized in the repellant and control of insects, actually has an impact on global warming and is most definitely considered a greenhouse gas. In fact, though most are familiar with carbon dioxide (CO2) the effect of Sulfuryl flouride on […]
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Sulfuryl fluoride: Termite Killer Lingers as a Potent Greenhouse Gas
Sulfuryl fluoride (SO2F2), a gas commonly used to rid buildings of termites and other pests, is a greenhouse gas that remains in the atmosphere about 36 years, six to 10 times longer than previously thought, according to a research team led by Jens Mühle, an atmospheric chemist at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego. […]
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Leaked EPA document shows greenhouse gas endangerment finding on fast track
The Obama administration is fast-tracking its response to the Supreme Court’s 2007 climate decision with plans to issue a mid-April finding that global warming threatens both public health and welfare, according to an internal U.S. EPA document (pdf) obtained by Greenwire. EPA has been working feverishly since January to complete a scientific review of whether […]
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