The concept that the atmosphere is a public trust [251], that today's adults must deliver to their children and future generations an atmosphere as beneficial as the one they received, is the basis for a lawsuit [252] in which it is argued that the U.S. government is obligated to protect the atmosphere
from harmful greenhouse gases.
Since 2008, we have saved more than $ 8.6 million in waste expenses and protected the planet
from harmful greenhouse gases.
Not exact matches
As well as explaining that the production of meat — on its journey
from farm to fork — is responsible for 15 per cent of the planet's
harmful greenhouse gas emissions, it underlines that raising equivalent amounts of grain or vegetables for human consumption uses far less land, water and resources.
Schneiderman today joined a coalition of 14 attorneys general and the City of Chicago in filing a motion to intervene in a lawsuit against EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt's actions to halt regulation of leaks of
greenhouse gas emissions and other
harmful air pollutants
from new sources in the oil and
gas industry.
Erie County is developing a Climate Action and Sustainability Plan for internal county operations with funding
from the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) which is expected to not only reduce
harmful greenhouse gas emissions but also save the County on energy costs.
A team of researchers
from four American universities says the key to reducing
harmful greenhouse gases (GHG) in the short term is more likely to be found on the dinner plate than at the
gas pump.
In fact, according to new research
from Carnegie Mellon University, following the USDA recommendations to consume more fruits, vegetables, dairy and seafood is more
harmful to the environment because those foods have relatively high resource uses and
greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions per calorie.
-- A new post on ClimateEthics.org argues, as others have before, for another uncomfortable reality: Complacency is not an ethical response to the persistent uncertainty clouding forecasts of
harmful impacts
from the continuing buildup of human - generated
greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
It's been nice in recent days to see some strong advocates for curbs in emissions of
greenhouse gases shift
from the more overheated, and unsupported, rhetoric they used earlier this year in attempting a kind of «kitchen sink» argument aiming to tie virtually every recent
harmful weather event to warming, even those — like powerful tornadoes — for which there is no link and certainly no trend.
A new post on ClimateEthics.org argues, «Complacency is not an ethical response to the persistent uncertainty clouding forecasts of
harmful impacts
from the continuing buildup of human - generated
greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.»
This is so because any national position on climate change is implicitly a position on adequate global atmospheric
greenhouse gas concentration stabilization level and all nations have a duty to prevent atmospheric
greenhouse concentrations
from exceeding levels that are
harmful to others.
A team of researchers
from four American universities says the key to reducing
harmful greenhouse gases (GHG) in the short term is more likely to be found on the dinner plate than at the
gas pump.
As the federal government's most comprehensive assessment of the
harmful impacts of climate change on human health and public welfare in the United States, this report, years in the making, should have been used in developing EPA's required «endangerment» finding as a step toward regulating
greenhouse gases, instead of keeping the work of the Climate Change Science Program disconnected
from this decision support role.
These projects capture, destroy or reduce
harmful greenhouse gases emitted
from sources such as animal waste, landfills, fossil fuel use or refrigerants.
The commentary, published in the British scientific journal, Nature Climate Change, estimated the impact of consuming the fuel
from oilsands deposits â $» without factoring in
greenhouse gas emissions associated with extraction and production â $» would be far less
harmful to the planet's atmosphere than consuming all of the world's coal resources.
The eventual replacement of oil with fuels generated
from sustainable and carbon - neutral sources is necessary if we are to avoid
harmful climate change due to the buildup of
greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
An electric vehicle, on the other hand, produces no
harmful emissions directly
from its «tailpipe», but unless it's being charged with solar, wind, or other clean electricity, an EV is responsible for some air pollution and
greenhouse gas emissions being produced at the point of electricity generation.