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EPA Endangerment Ruling Threatens All Americans

"By issuing an endangerment finding on CO2 today, EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson effectively placed an economy-wide tax on energy use.  How can this be?  Because 85 percent of the U.S. economy runs on fossil fuels that emit carbon dioxide, according to a Heritage...

Video Offers Global Warming Education Basics

If you’re feeling guilty about your so-called “carbon footprint,” you shouldn’t be.  As explained by Elisa Pardo in a post at ClimateRealists.com and in this video*, a close examination of the numbers often tossed around by global warming alarmists reveals...

Winemaking Fumes Kill Three In Portugal

Three amateur winemakers died in Portugal after inhaling toxic carbon dioxide released in the fermenting process.The three winemakers were found dead inside a 1.5 meter (5ft) deep wine tank in Coimbra, Portugal. Officials think the couple who lived in the house inhaled the...

Green Information on the rise?

It seems like in the last few years, the awareness of climate change and our personal affects on the environment have increased 10 fold. Is this where we are heading???Is a 'greener' world really what is in store for the future?If it is...how do people adjust and get their...

Earth Hour 2009: March 28 8:30-9:30pm: What can you do?

Earth Hour 2009 is fast approaching; it happens this Saturday March 28 from 8:30 to 9:30pm and cities around the globe are gearing up to go dark for that hour. But what can you do? Well, at least for that one...

Heaven and Earth, Global Warming: The Missing Science

Two views of this new book by well-known Australian geologist and academic Ian Plimer well represent the breadth of opinion concerning the impact of Heaven and Earth, Global Warming: The Missing Science The...

Cow Farts Hot Topic of ABC News Programs

Asked by the host to explain his party's plan to deal with carbon emissions, Republican House Minority Leader John Boehner described the overwhelming scientific consensus that carbon dioxide is contributing to...

API Slams EPA’s Proposed Endangerment Finding

Jack Gerard, president of the American Petroleum Institute, issued the following statement today, slamming the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed endangerment finding for greenhouse gases: "“The...

Empire State Building to get a green makeover

The iconic Empire State Building in New York is set to get a $20 million green makeover, to reduce the amount of carbon dioxide emissions the building puts out by 105,000 metric tons over the next 15 years. This is...

What exactly is Global Warming?

Where’s the proof that it’s happening, what’s causing it, and why is everyone so worried about it? ecomii has answered some of the big questions in this guide... Read on, understand and learn what you can do to help slow the rate of global warming.

China Says Consumers Should Pay for Greenhouse Gases

China's top negotiator for the upcoming conference in Copenhagen this December has stated that the consuming nations should shoulder responsibility for carbon dioxide emissions.  China is currently the top...

Alberta bishop questions the morality of oilsands

Weighing the environmental cost of developing the Alberta oilsands the head of the Catholic Church in the Province has some concerns. "The Roman Catholic bishop for the region around Alberta's massive oilsands...

Fake Plastic Trees that Eat CO2

"Many scientists cite 350 parts per million of Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere as the magic number where we escape the effects of global warming. We’re currently at over 380 parts per million and that number...

Googling Also Damages The Planet

Performing two Google searches from a desktop computer can generate the same amount of harmful carbon dioxide as boiling an electric kettle for a cup of tea, according to new research quoted Sunday.A typical search...

Carbon Dioxide Emissions Causing Oceans of Acid

Surprising Levels of Acid in our Oceans A new study by scientists at the University of Chicago has found that rising ocean acid levels in the Pacific Ocean are making it more difficult for coral polyps to...

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