Carbon offsetting: not such a quick fix after all
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Saving planet more complex than planting a tree Bad news for buyers of ecological Christmas presents and seekers of environmental quick fixes: offsetting carbon emissions by planting extra trees might not work as well as we had all hoped. It always seemed too easy, didn't it?â¦
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The oceans are absorbing carbon dioxide that has built up in the air, turning water more acidic and creating potentially catastrophic conditions for marine life.
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Even with a boost from higher oil prices and growing concern about global warming, the payoff on most alternative energy technologies seems a ways off.
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CLIMATE CHANGE, Part IV: Some love it, others hate it. But can it be a viable solution for controlling carbon emissions? The whole idea is "nonsense on stilts." It's the best idea anyone has ever had on the ...Comment
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Pig manure in Chile will keep neon lights glowing on Tokyo's Ginza in years to come. It's a grand north-south tradeoff to slow global warming: You reduce your "greenhouse gas" emissions so I don't have to cut back on mine.
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The climate is a-changin' Humanity is "very likely" to blame for global warming and, regardless of what action is taken now, recent increases in atmospheric carbon will have a profound effect on the planet.â¦
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The need to reduce carbon emissions has even environmentalists rethinking nuclear energy, but high costs could prove a deal-breaker.
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The whale's tiny ancestor, how global warming may be hurting plants' carbon-fixing ability, and the mystery of Mars's missing limestone
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Signing the Kyoto Protocols is one thing, adhering to it something else again. Greenhouse gas emissions rise for the industrialized nations, who look like they're going to have a hard time reigning in their waste to meet 2012 goals.
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What are those offsets worth? Canadian outfit Carbon Networks develops service for measuring financial impact of carbon-reduction programs.
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An unexplained and unprecedented rise in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere two years running has raised fears that the world may be on the brink of runaway global warming.
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By absorbing half of the carbon dioxide emitted into the atmosphere, the oceans have a profound influence on climate. However, their ability to take up this carbon dioxide might be impaired as a result of climate change.
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People need to be encouraged to offset carbon emissions despite recent criticism of some schemes, say MPs.
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Increases in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere have sparked concerns on how the planet is coping with greenhouse pollution. Scientists have detected record rises in carbon dioxide, the main
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Carbon trading is taking off, but what concrete results do these abstract markets achieve?
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Science & environment: Climate initiatives undermined by rules on financial aid for installing wind turbines and solar panels
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Offsetting, the practice of achieving carbon neutrality, is gaining popularity among companies wishing to make a show of their green credentials.