Environmental stories tagged with: greenhouse gas

As the climate warms so atmospheric humidity also increases producing water vapour, which is itself a greenhouse gas, causing an additional warming effect in the atmosphere.

Growing and burning many biofuel crops may actually raise, rather than lower, greenhouse gas emissions. That's the conclusion of a new study led by Nobel prize-winning chemist Paul Crutzen, best known for his work on the ozone layer.

As we become used to the idea of being taxed to pay for our CO2 emissions, the TaxPayers' Alliance looks into the possibility that we are just feeding a Green Cash Cow for the government, rather than actually making a positive green contribution.

Under the auspices of the Western Climate Initiative, eight North American States have committed to a regional greenhouse gas emission reduction goal of 15% below 2005 levels by 2020.

The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) has just released a comprehensive assessment that finds that widespread use of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) in the United States could reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and potential for improved ambient air quality.

Climate change poses a double challenge: Europe must not only make deep cuts in its greenhouse gas emissions but also take measures to adapt to current and future climate change.

According to two new reports from the Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) human-made greenhouse gases have brought the Earth's climate close to a critical tipping point.

Today the Carbon Trust and Defra announced that they will be working with BSI British Standards to co-sponsor the development of a Publicly Available Specification (PAS) for the measurement of the embodied greenhouse gases (GHGs) in products and services.

George Bush met today with Chancellor Merkel and President Barroso (European Commission President) and, among other things, talked about climate change.