MetaFilter posts tagged with emissions

Be a Bloomer

netbros — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 04:19:57 -0800

Want to know what actions can have the biggest impact on your carbon emissions? Bloom helps you choose actions tailored to your home and lifestyle, then lets you compare them by how much CO2 they save and how cheap they are. With background guides for recycling, organic foods, energy ratings, and emissions. From the BBC.

Major climate change economics study released

wilful — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 17:16:45 -0800

The draft Garnaut Climate Change Review was released last Friday. This is the most comprehensive look so far at the economic implications of climate change and emissions trading for a developed country (Australia). Essential (but weighty) reading for those interested in the economics of the issue, a useful localisation of Stern (2006). Ross Garnaut is a distinguished economist from the orthodox school. He argues cogently for Australia and the developed world to play their part in reducing emissions, and notes that 450 ppm CO2-e is difficult but achievable. Final Report with full econometric modelling due in September. Scope of an Australian ETS due by christmas. Responses have dominated the weekend media cycle and blogosphere: The Age, evident scepticism on NEWS.com, blogs summary c/- Larvatus Prodeo.

Maps revolutionize study of carbon dioxide emissions

desjardins — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 19:03:40 -0800

New maps show US fossil fuel emissions aren't where we thought they were. The Vulcan Project collects more accurate data at a higher resolution than previous studies. Explanatory video. via Other visualizations of CO2 emissions include NASA forecasts and plots, CARMA, which monitors power plant emissions, and the European Space Agency, which uses high resolution spectrometer data (video download). This Australian PSA offers an entirely different kind of visualization.

Carbon emissions database of global electric power plants

stbalbach — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 16:19:19 -0800

CARMA, released today, is a map/database that shows the carbon emissions of more than 50,000 power plants and 4,000 power companies in every country on Earth, showing not only the worst but the best. Find out how much CO2 comes from electricity plants in a particular city, county, congressional district, company, town, ZIP code, or an individual plant.

Double the CO2 from ships

lamarguerite — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 15:11:25 -0800

What do you know? Just when I thought ships were the way to go, I learned that global emissions of carbon dioxide from shipping are twice the level of aviation, one of the maritime industry's key bodies has said It came out on the BBC News this week.

What. The. F*ck. Clean Air Act (2005)?

East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 18:08:21 -0800

The US Clean Air Act makes it illegal to sell highly environmentally-friendly cars in 42 states. Apparently.

Flybe launches worlds first aircraft eco-labelling.

analogue — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 13:15:23 -0800

Introducing the worlds first aircraft eco-labelling. While there are certainly several instances of other airlines doing something to off-set the carbon footprint of commercial flying, it is interesting to note that (according to the ATA) flying is the greenest form of mass transportation and ground transportation generates seven times the amount of greenhouse gases as air travel.

Why not just sue the drivers?

knave — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 22:34:54 -0800

NewsFilter: California launches lawsuit against automakers for causing global warming. via

biodiesel

Farengast — Sun, 11 Dec 2005 00:56:19 -0800

Worse than Fossil Fuel. I keep telling people to take note of where their biodiesel comes from....

No flux capacitor needed

mr_crash_davis — Sat, 17 Sep 2005 21:49:51 -0800

Smaller than a DVD player - small enough to sit comfortably under the hood of any truck or car - it could be big enough to solve the world's greenhouse gas emission problems, at least for the near future. In fact, it could make the Kyoto protocol obsolete.