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Posted on Friday December 18th, 2009 at 09:18 in media
Hey folks. I got quoted in our local paper today, talking about the climate talks in Copenhagen:Shannon Moore, manager of the Watershed Management Section for Frederick County, writes a blog on reducing carbon emissions in everyday life. A major eff...
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Posted on Wednesday December 2nd, 2009 at 12:07 in personal carbon reductions
I saw an article in New Scientist today, and liked that it gave the carbon dioxide emissions of various daily activities (numbers are from the UK). Here they are in summary form:Coffee: 1 cup of balck coffee causes about 125 g of CO2 emissions. 2/3...
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Posted on Monday November 30th, 2009 at 13:14 in chesapeake bay
From the Smithsonian Institution:It is one of the largest and most productive estuaries in the world, yet dramatic changes are in store for the Chesapeake Bay in coming decades if climate change predictions hold true, say a team of scientists from th...
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Posted on Monday May 18th, 2009 at 15:17 in United States, California, fuel efficiency, president obama
You knew it was coming. As early as Tuesday this week, according to the New York Times, President Obama is going to announce new national standards for fuel efficiency in automobiles. I quote items from the article:As a result, cars and light truck...
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Posted on Friday May 1st, 2009 at 12:48 in climate change, greenhouse gas, cap-and-trade, pau grugman
Today's editorial by Paul Krugman on cap-and trade is very well written and exposes the fallacious arguments on both sides of the cap-and-trade argument. On the left, you have greenies saying that limiting greenhouse gas emissions will involve no pai...
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Posted on Tuesday April 28th, 2009 at 08:46 in global warming, climate change, Hillary Clinton, secretary of state, new york times
From the New York Times online:WASHINGTON — After eight years largely on the sidelines of the international policy debate on climate change, the United States is prepared to lead negotiations toward a new global warming treaty, Secretary of State H...
Loved the smoo as kids, don't love global warming, do enjoy your blog. Thanks.
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