carbon emissions

Worldwide, computers are responsible for the same quantity of carbon emissions as the airline industry. It is a serious problem that requires a serious solution. We won't achieve this just by offsetting but by making serious changes to the way we do business.

Rolls-Royce and British Airways have announced the initiation of a program of scientific testing to investigate the viability of alternative fuels in avionic industry. study will reveal practical alternative to the standard fuel used in today industry, the kerosene with the potential to significantly reduce airplanes carbon emissions.

Recently Paul McCartney called on the British public to cut meat from their diet on Mondays. We're taking this world-wide one step at a time! Join our campaign to commit to being vegetarian on Mondays and see what difference one day a week makes.

The G8 countries have endorsed bringing down the global greenhouse gas emissions by fifty per cent by the year 2050, however they did not specify a base year for emission cuts.

The Asian Development Bank announced on Tuesday that it has established a new carbon fund to provide financial support to clean technology initiatives in the Asia Pacific region that will continue to generate carbon credits post 2012. The fund- called the Future Carbon Fund will initially be worth...

Britain wants to slow the large-scale adoption of biofuels, for fear that the food prices will increase greatly, and the environment will suffer an imbalance. Ruth Kelly, secretary of the Ministry of Transport in the UK said that the biofuels use means less carbon emissions, but there are a lot of questions about their use.

Last Friday the Medcalf Gallery in London debuted “Flooded London”, a photographic depiction of the future of London as it is overtaken by the rising sea. On Monday, exactly 20 years after warning us about global warming, NASA scientist James Hansen told congress that time’s up and he warned of such apocalyptic consequences...

 Global warming and green technologies are being discussed by both Barack Obama and John McCain in almost every speech that they give these days and is cl

Senator John McCain, the Republican presidential nominee, said that if elected he would introduce a $300 million prize for the automaker that develops a battery that ‘leapfrogs’ commercially available hybrid or plug-in cars. The new battery would be a big step in fighting global warming as it would help bring to market a technology that would allow drivers to drastically cut their carbon footprint.

In the run up to this summer’s Olympic Games, the city government of Beijing is appealing to its citizens to use green transport as part of their ‘civic’ duty.

It would be great if everyone could go out and buy the most fuel efficient car they could find. Everyone would cut their carbon footprint and carbon emissions everywhere would drop. Unfortunately, most of us cannot afford to simply go and buy a new car, or even a used one for that matter. But you can still cut your carbon footprint by driving more efficiently, of Hypermiling – getting the best mileage out of your car.

A new study released in the US predicts that the cost of solar power will reach parity with traditional fossil fuels by the year 2015. If correct, this will prove a great way for the nation to reduce their carbon footprint with the use of an entirely clean and limitless energy source.

Honda’s first hydrogen fuel cell powered vehicle rolled off the assembly line today...

The Bush administration has just announced extra funding to support the development of plug-in hybrid vehicles. So why are we not cheering? The funding given by the government will amount to a pathetic $30 million, spread between three years. $10 million a year – roughly equivalent to what the Pentagon spends on stationery!

As much of the news in America focuses on the troubles of gasoline at $4 per gallon, it is worthwhile to look around the world and see the effects of high gas prices there as well, especially how it impacts one’s carbon footprint and global warming.