In February, the SEC released guidance to public companies regarding disclosure requirements that apply to climate change suggesting inclusion of relevant business information regarding “.. the impact of changes in weather patterns, such as increase in storm intensity, sea-level rise, melting or permafrost and temperature extremes on facilities and operations.” Quite pertinent in light [...]
Abundant snowfall in the mid-Atlantic and questionable climate change data has led to a lot of chatter about the validity of global warming. Instead of stepping into the controversy about whether global temperatures are increasing, why not take a look at the verifiable dangers of fossil fuels? Recently, Forbes released a list of [...]
Interested in driving a car that doesn’t produce any harmful greenhouse gas emissions. Hydrogen fuel cell cars are the cleanest solution to global warming with zero emissions. The only substance produced while driving is water which is so clean you can water your plants with it and watch them grow. Hydrogen fuel [...]
Cows produce manure which during natural decomposition produces methane which is a nasty greenhouse gas; it is 20 times more effective than carbon dioxide at trapping heat within the atmosphere. Methane also is good in that it can be used to generate electricity and as fuel for trucks and cars. Learn How to [...]
Here’s the WSJ selection of climate change emails recently hacked and released to the public from University of East Anglia’s Climate Research Unit in the United Kingdom (CRU). CRU is the main supplier of climate change data and analysis to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change whose reports provide the basis for EPA’s Rules [...]
Forests, their trees and associated undergrowth, take carbon dioxide emissions out of the atmosphere (through photosynthesis) making forest protection important components of any climate change policy. In fact, sustainable forest projects are considered carbon offsets and are currently traded on the Chicago Climate Exchange; but for any project to qualify it must be certified [...]
According to NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, UC – Irvine, and Columbia University research, oceans absorb 2.3 billion tons of carbon annually, about a quarter of total global emissions. Without ocean absorption, atmospheric CO2 levels would be 20% higher. Questions remain about the ocean’s continued capacity to absorb carbon but understanding this [...]
Recently EPA put in place requirements for companies to inventory and report on their greenhouse gas emissions if estimated emissions are expected to be greater than 25,000 tons/year. That means companies will have to install new systems to measure emissions, collate the data and produce reports to submit to the EPA. Within [...]
Earlier this year I wrote about cloud seeding for better skiing out west. Now, WSJ reports, China is using cloud seeding for climate control, specifically to end drought. “SuperFreakeconomics” discusses geoengineering, (cloud seeding is one geoengineering technique) as a means to combat global warming. Envirowords thinks, more attention should be focused on [...]
The U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee has passed a climate change bill similar to the House version passed earlier this year. Crucial to the cost benefit analysis of the bill is the trading of carbon emissions and the allocation of allowances. Carbon emitters will receive a certain percentage of carbon allowances [...]