Being Carbon Neutral refers to any entity that has achieved net zero release of carbon
dioxide green house gas emissions and does not contribute to global warming.
Not exact matches
Continuing to increase the
green house gas carbon
dioxide to our atmosphere results in temperature rise.
There are no experimental data to support the hypothesis that increases in human hydrocarbon use or in atmospheric carbon
dioxide and other
green house gases are causing or can be expected to cause unfavorable changes in global temperatures, weather, or landscape.
Carbon
dioxide equivalent includes the climate change effects of the emissions of other
green house gases like methane.
Globally we are emitting 40 - 44 Billion tons of
Green House Gases annually, here in California we emit 446 million tons of Carbon
Dioxide a year, 1,222,000 Toxic Tons a Day.
This should include (but doesn't) the manufacture and use of pesticides and fertilizers, fuel and oil for tractors, equipment, trucking and shipping, electricity for lighting, cooling, and heating, and emissions of carbon
dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide and other
green house gases.
However, the number is probably closer to 25 - 30 % as they failed to include the «manufacture and use of pesticides and fertilizers, fuel and oil for tractors, equipment, trucking and shipping, electricity for lighting, cooling, and heating, and emissions of carbon
dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide and other
green house gases» and «still doesn't include a large portion of the fuel, the synthetic nitrogen fertilizer, some of the nitrous oxide, all of the CFCs and bromines, and most of the transport» and methane emissions.