The long
term solution to global warming is 1/3 extreme conservation, 1/3 conversion of gasoline powered cars to electric, and 1/3 increased conversion to generation of electrical energy by nuclear power.
As if the spread of misinformation about climate change to less - than - expert audiences does nothing to reverse public support for needed
political solutions to global warming trends.
The scheme, which allows European companies to trade their emissions of carbon greenhouse gases, was designed as a cost - effective, economically
liberal solution to global warming.
Davies, who now runs the Climate Investigations Center and continues to expose climate denial and attacks
on solutions to global warming, worked with many researchers over the years (including DeSmog's Brendan DeMelle and Kevin Grandia) to assemble a clear record of Exxon's extensive funding of organizations and think tanks responsible for spreading doubt and denial about climate science.
The Drawdown EcoChallenge closely follows solutions highlighted in the New York Times bestseller, Drawdown, a book based on meticulous research that maps, measures, models, and
describes solutions to global warming that already exist.
Sean, above, says it so well: «
Serious solutions to global warming can't be reduced to bite sized video morsals that will be painless to implement (except for shopping at Whole Foods; — RRB - We need a Kennedy era NASA type plan to help us navigate this mess.
For nearly 20 years, Global Green USA has been a national leader in advocating for
smart solutions to global warming including green building for affordable housing, schools and communities that save money, improve health and create green jobs.
The clash between Neste and Greenpeace highlights one of the key ideological debates over climate change: Business and politicians believe that a «technological» fix such as alternative fuels can solve the problem and also generate profits; many environmental groups believe the real
solution to global warming lies in reducing consumption.
Amid calls for more research, a United Nations convention on biodiversity considers a proposal to ban geoengineering solutions to global warming
They were Jorge Sarmiento, an oceanographer at Princeton University who constructs ocean - circulation models that calculate how much atmospheric carbon dioxide eventually goes into the world's oceans; Eileen Claussen, executive director of the Pew Center for Global Climate Change in Washington, D.C.; and David Keith, a physicist with the University of Calgary in Alberta who designs
technological solutions to the global warming problem.
Holmstead was also asked why he only employs his expertise to protect polluting coal companies rather than serving the country by finding
viable solutions to global warming.
This is why I began our tense conversation with a simple question: why doesn't Jeff Holmstead use his skills, qualifications and experience to find
real solutions to global warming?
There is no
single solution to global warming, which is primarily a problem of too much heat - trapping carbon dioxide (CO2), methane and nitrous oxide in the atmosphere.
Environmentalists are warning against expanding the production of biofuels, noting the
proposed solution to global warming is actually causing more harm than it is designed to alleviate.
In one study, for instance, when political conservatives were shown a fake newspaper article that framed the science of climate change as supporting an «
anti-pollution solution to global warming» — presumably suggesting environmental regulations, perhaps by the EPA — their denial of the science actually increased, relative to a group of conservatives who had not been shown any newspaper article.
Developing economical fossil fuel alternatives is the only rational
solution to global warming because countries such as China and India will use the cheapest fuel, period.
Some see carbon offsetting as the ultimate guilt -
free solution to global warming, but New Scientist has found that this market in environmental absolution is remarkably unregulated and secretive, which leaves it open to deception and fraud.
Tadeusz Patzek, an engineering professor at Berkeley who formerly worked as a scientist at Shell, believes the deal compromises the university's ability to look objectively at long - term
energy solutions to global warming.
I then got students to use whiteboards to
list solutions to global warming and their homework was to see how they could cut down on their carbon foot print over one week!
Joëlle was the Regional Outreach Coordinator of National Wildlife Federation where she focused on mobilizing hunters, anglers and concerned citizens
around solutions to global warming.
I welcome the decision by the Obama Administration... The Congress is working on a
comprehensive solution to global warming, and I am committed to moving clean energy legislation this year that will include perspectives from across our nation to create jobs, improve our national security, and reduce global warming.
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All that said, the cage rattler is understandably irked that his bipartisan bill touting a carbon tax as an
efficient solution to global warming winked out without even one congressional hearing.
Climate News Network: Geo - engineering — the frustrated climate scientist's last -
ditch solution to global warming — is not likely to be a very popular choice.
She minces no words in describing that their communities have come to see these climate policies as «nothing but a bunch of
false solutions to global warming issues» «based on lies» and «on selling illusions to the less privileged.»
Other billionaire families like the Scaifes and companies like ExxonMobil have funneled tens of millions more to the same groups to bury climate science in public relations schemes designed to
delay solutions to global warming.