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Bush To Give Speech On GHG Emissions Goal Today

Posted by Environmental Leader on 16/04/2008

On Wednesday, President Bush will lay out specific goals for limiting greenhouse gases, making a commitment to other nations about U.S. intentions and announcing an intermediate goal, The New York Times reports.Last week, the Bush administration held a meeting with Republican lawmakers to gauge ...

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New CO2 Maps Offer Unprecedented Detail

Posted by Environmental Leader on 14/04/2008

A new map offers more than 100 times the detail of previous inventories of carbon dioxide. The map, from Vulcan, a research project led by Kevin Gurney, an assistant professor at Purdue, shows where CO2 is being emitted in the continental U.S. in 10-kilometer grids and combines data from sources ...

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An Inconvenient Truth: enough already

Posted by Catherine Brahic http://www.blogger.com/profile/00318840468224009550 noreply@blogger.com on 14/04/2008

It's the curse of any successful venture that it will almost inevitably become a massive target for easy (and even studiously detailed) criticism. Al Gore's movie An Inconvenient Truth is no exception and at this point I really wish it could simply be put to bed. GeoJournal is coming ou ...

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Marriott Steps Up Green Efforts With $2M Rainforest Pledge

Posted by Environmental Leader on 09/04/2008

Marriott International has signed an agreement with the state of Amazonas to help protect 1.4 million acres of endangered rainforest. It’s one of the first partnerships between government and the private sector to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation.The company is also taking ...

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Transport Industry Least Prepared For Climate Change

Posted by Environmental Leader on 09/04/2008

Aviation, healthcare, tourism, transport, oil and gas and the financial services sector all feature in the “danger zone” in a report on climate change risks from KPMG - meaning that they score highly on the risks which face them yet score poorly in terms of their preparedness to face ...

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