greenhouse gas emissions

(University of California - San Diego) Researchers hope to increase effectiveness of methods increasingly needed for effective implementation of climate legislation and stabilization of carbon-equivalent trading markets

President Obama and Prime Minister Wen Jiabao will attend the Copenhagen climate talks next month and have pledged new targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

(University of Miami) The University of Miami Field House, a multipurpose facility, has been awarded the LEED Gold certification established by the US Green Building Council.

It was honored specifically for its energy use, lighting, water and material use as well as incorporating a variety of other sustainable strategies.

LEED certified buildings save money for families, businesses and taxpayers; reduce greenhouse gas emissions; and contribute to a healthier environment for residents, workers and the larger community.

Interview with Charles Drevna, President of National Petrochemical & Refiners Association

(National Academy of Sciences) A new congressionally mandated report from the National Research Council, "Driving and the Built Environment: the Effects of Compact Development on Motorized Travel, Energy Use and CO2 Emissions," examines how suburbanization -- made possible largely due to the prevalence of automobiles and the extensive US highway system -- impacts the number of miles we drive, our reliance on petroleum fuel, and the percent of greenhouse gas emissions from transportation.

One contributor to global warming — bigger than coal mines, landfills and sewage treatment plants — is being left out of efforts by the Obama administration and House Democrats to limit greenhouse gas emissions.

Finding an economical way to capture carbon dioxide from existing coal burning power plants is key to getting China to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions as well as for U.S. efforts to combat global warming, says a study being released Friday.

Industrial conglomerate General Electric Co. says it has reduced its greenhouse gas emissions and is making a growing amount of money from its environmentally conscious business plan launched in 2005.

Wealthy nations, as history's biggest polluters, should cut greenhouse gas emissions by 40 percent from 1990 levels by 2020, China says in a policy document on climate change.

The government also rolled out fresh help for solar power and other "green energy."

On November 28, 2008, the Office of Advocacy (Advocacy) submitted a comment letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), discussing Advocacy’s concerns with EPA’s Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR), “Regulating Greenhouse Gas Emissions under the Clean Air Act.”