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How supersized portions cost the earth

Posted by amandaevans on Thursday, 11 July 2013 in Food

We're all familiar with the phrase "waste not, want not," but how well are we applying these words today? For many of us, we buy more than we need, we spend more than we earn, we eat more than our fill. The consequence of excessive living and waste affect not only us, but also our global neighbors ...

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Engineering to Save the Earth

Posted by thatsenough on Sunday, 09 June 2013 in Climate Change

The recent announcement by climate watchers that carbon dioxide level in the atmosphere has crossed a psychologically significant barrier of 400 parts per million raised all the intended alarm bells world over. In a field which has been continually consuming a lot of public attention, and where the ...

Court decision clears way for climate change controls

Posted by ep-admin on Tuesday, 26 June 2012 in Climate Change

By Judy Fahys Cleaner air and less of the pollution blamed for climate change will be among the benefits Utahns and other Americans can expect as a result of a federal appeals court ruling on Tuesday. That was the consensus of environmental groups reacting to a U.S. Court of Appeals for the Distri...

New research reveals soil microbes accelerate global warming

Posted by bchristo on Monday, 18 July 2011 in Climate Change

More carbon dioxide in the atmosphere causes soil to release the potent greenhouse gases methane and nitrous oxide, new research published in this week's edition of Nature reveals. "This feedback to our changing atmosphere means that nature is not as efficient in slowing global warming as we previou...

U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions Projected to Grow Slowly

Posted by Wolf on Tuesday, 03 May 2011 in Sustainable Development

Even if the United States takes no explicit action to regulate greenhouse gases, emissions of carbon dioxide and other climate-altering substances will grow slowly over the next two decades, not returning to 2005 levels until 2027, according to a new projection from the Energy Information Administra...