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Archive | Greenhouse Gas
White House on Keystone XL: Wrong questions, wrong answers
How can Obama suggest that the test for approving the XL pipeline is whether it accelerates our ride to climate hell, death, and disaster?
How the U.S. exports global warming
While Obama talks of a clean, green future, America’s oil and coal corporations are racing to position the country as the planet’s top dirty-energy dealer.
Reinvent transport for reduced emissions and more jobs
Cutting greenhouse gas emissions will throw millions of people out of work! That claim has made many working people reluctant to support action to slow climate change. But is it true?
Canada, Australia, Japan: Climate change saboteurs
As continents burn and extreme weather accelerates, three of the world’s richest countries are leading the fight to do nothing about greenhouse gas emissions
Canada's emissions deception
A new report from Ottawa claims Canada is reducing emissions, but there is much less here than meets the eye. The feds have lowered their targets and changed the reporting rules, and are claiming credit for changes that haven’t been made.
Behind the 'Green Economy' – A new drive to commodify nature
Faced with an even more complex and deeper crisis, capitalism is launching a fresh attack that combines the old austerity measures with an offensive to create new sources of profit and growth through the “Green Economy” agenda. ++++++++++++++++++ by Christophe No to the Green Economy, February 8, 2012 A New Phase of Capitalist Expansion and […]
2010 greenhouse gases higher than IPCC's worst case
“A horrible legacy for our children and grandchildren” (more…)
Hiding emissions with carbon accounting
The official record says the UK’s CO2 emissions fell 28m tonnes between 1990 and 2008. Actually, they increased 100m tonnes. (more…)
Report: CO2 Leaking from Saskatchewan CCS Site
The huge Weyburn carbon capture and storage project is often cited as proof that CO2 can be stored safely. If this report proves true, the entire concept is in deep trouble. (more…)
Fossil Fuels vs. The Public Interest
The fossil fuel industry often pretends to have the public’s best interests in mind. The operative word is “pretends.” (more…)
Carbon Capture Can't Clean the Tar Sands
A new study produced by The Co-operative Financial Services and WWF-UK debunks the idea, lauded by oil companies and the Canadian government, that carbon capture and storage (CCS) will significantly counter the high levels of greenhouse gases emitted in the production of oil from the Alberta tar sands. (more…)
U.S. Climate Bill: No Emission Reduction Until 2026
The major climate bill now working its way through the US Senate has a fatal flaw: it doesn’t require polluters to stop polluting (more…)
A guide to false climate change solutions
Hoodwinked in the Hothouse” – a short yet comprehensive survey of climate change non-solutions (more…)
The Facts About the Alberta Tar Sands
In Canada, both the governing Conservatives and the opposition Liberals are trying to shrug off National Geographic magazine’s recent photographic expose of the massive devastation caused by mining the Alberta Tar Sands. Facts just don’t matter if they might undermine profits. (more…)
Harper & Obama: Clean Energy Dialogue or Carbon Capture Shellgame?
The Obama-Harper plan to invest in Carbon Capture and Storage technology is a very expensive fraud. Both governments are desperate to avoid effective action against dirty oil and dirty coal. (more…)
Obama’s Energy Plan: New Policies, New Dangers
Obama’s victory marks a real turn in the energy and climate policy of the United States, one that will be carried out at the expense of American workers and the peoples of the world (more…)
Clean Coal – A Contradiction In Terms
Both major U.S. political parties have made clean coal central to their election platforms. The newly-reelected Canadian government says that clean coal technology will ensure that Canada meeets its greenhouse gas emission targets. Fact: There is no such thing as clean coal. (more…)
Carbon Capture and Storage Will Increase Pollution
Study finds that burying carbon dioxide from coal-fired plants will increase acid rain (more…)
'Markets have failed miserably even to recognize climate change'
A liberal journal argues that market solutions won’t do the job (more…)