greenhouse gases

EPA: Few volunteering to cut greenhouse gases

Physorg (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago

(AP) -- Voluntary pollution-reduction programs touted by the Bush administration as part of the solution to global warming have "limited potential" to reduce greenhouse gases, according to an internal government watchdog.

• Few volunteering to cut greenhouse gases - Seattle Times
• Voluntary efforts on administration-touted greenhouse gas reductions are having limited effect - Star Tribune
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EPA: Few volunteering to cut greenhouse gases

Examiner (Free subscription) | 22 hours ago

Voluntary pollution-reduction programs touted by the Bush administration as part of the solution to global warming have "limited potential" to reduce greenhouse gases, according to an internal government watchdog.

Few volunteering to cut greenhouse gases

Seattle Times (Free subscription) | yesterday

Voluntary pollution-reduction programs touted by the Bush administration as part of the solution to global warming have "limited potential" to reduce greenhouse gases, according to an internal government watchdog.

Few volunteering to cut greenhouse gases

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | yesterday

WASHINGTON -- Voluntary pollution-reduction programs touted by the Bush administration as part of the solution to global warming have "limited potential" to reduce greenhouse gases, according to an internal government watchdog.

EPA: Few volunteering to cut greenhouse gases (AP)

Get Mash (Free subscription) | 15 hours ago

AP - Voluntary pollution-reduction programs touted by the Bush administration as part of the solution to global warming have “limited potential” to reduce greenhouse gases, according to an internal government watchdog. Read the full story

Voluntary efforts on administration-touted greenhouse gas reductions are having limited effect

Star Tribune (Free subscription) | yesterday

WASHINGTON - Voluntary pollution-reduction programs touted by the Bush administration as part of the solution to global warming have "limited potential" to reduce greenhouse gases, according to an internal government watchdog.The Environmental Protection Agency's Inspector General's Office said industry's unwillingness to participate and unreliable data that casts doubt on claimed reductions...

EPA Email Contained Greenhouse Gas Warning

A DC Birding Blog (Free subscription) | 23 hours ago

Remember the email from the EPA that the White House refused to open? In it, the EPA administrator reported that greenhouse gases caused significant global warming, and he advised the administration to set limits on carbon dioxide emissions in accordance with a Supreme Court ruling. The 38-page document says EPA Administator Stephen Johnson believes there is "compelling and robust" evidence...

• Voluntary efforts on administration-touted greenhouse gas reductions are having limited effect - Star Tribune
• Few volunteering to cut greenhouse gases - Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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California dealt setback in greenhouse-gas fight with EPA

San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago

A federal appeals court dealt a setback to California and environmental groups today in their battle with the Bush administration over the state's efforts to restrict vehicle emissions of gases that contribute to global warming. The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court...

EPA OIG: Voluntary Greenhouse Gas Reduction Programs Have Limited Potential

beSpacific (Free subscription) | 22 hours ago

08-P-0206 Voluntary Greenhouse Gas Reduction Programs Have Limited Potential, [Report PDF - 40 pages], July 23, 2008. "The set of...

Few Volunteer to Cut Greenhouse Gases

ABC News (Free subscription) | yesterday

Programs to help companies go green are out there, but few sign up.

Boxer: Public needs to see EPA findings on threat of greenhouse gases

Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago

WASHINGTON – The head of the Environmental Protection Agency told the White House in December that high levels of manmade heat-trapping gases are causing global warming and endanger the American people, Sen. Barbara Boxer said Thursday after she reviewed the EPA finding, which has not been made public.

• EPA chief won't explain climate choices - Seattle Post-Intelligencer
• EPA chief declines invitation to appear before Congress to discuss global warming decisions - Star Tribune
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EPA: Few volunteering to cut greenhouse gases

USA Today (Free subscription) | yesterday

Voluntary pollution-reduction programs touted by the Bush administration as part of the solution to global warming have "limited ...

California joins major North American effort to curb greenhouse gases

San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008

California, six other Western states and four Canadian provinces will launch a market-based carbon trading system in a major North American effort to cut greenhouse gas emissions that cause global warming, according to a draft proposal released today. When...

Chilinger: if you assume that CO2 isn't a greenhouse gas then increasing it doesn't warm the Earth

Deltoid (Free subscription) | yesterday

A new paper by Chilingar, Khilyuk and Sorokhtin is up to their previous standard . Here's the abstract: The writers investigated the effect of CO2 emission on the temperature of atmosphere. Computations based on the adiabatic theory of greenhouse effect show that increasing CO2 concentration in the atmosphere results in cooling rather than warming of the Earth's atmosphere. Wow! How did they...

Western governors offer greenhouse emissions plan (AP)

Get Mash (Free subscription) | yesterday

AP - Seven Western states are joining four Canadian provinces to propose a plan to limit greenhouse gas emissions through use of a “cap and trade” system. Read the full story