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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VIENNA, Sep 20 (IPS) - Instead of providing positive incentives to  tropical nations to conserve their rainforests and so reduce  greenhouse gases emissions, the world indirectly gives  "perverse incentives" to destroy them by demanding goods  produced by intensive logging, a leading environmental activist  says.
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Global warming is heating the Arctic at a rapid pace - with impacts that could range from the disappearance of polar bears&#39; summer habitat by the century&#39;s end to a damaging rise in sea levels worldwide.
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Scientists say there has been a worrying drop in the amount of CO2 soaked up by the world's oceans.
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The planet isn't the only thing heating up because of climate change. Some renewable-energy stocks have been pretty hot, too.
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In response to growing concerns over the planet's future, scientists are proposing some radical ideas to combat global warming.
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The letter "Global Space Junk" (BDN, May 19-20) strains credulity. Showing that temperature records from some specific locations fail to display consistent warming is meaningless. Climate change effects are not evenly spread over the planet.
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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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MARK COLVIN: The scientific consensus seems to be growing that global warming is not just coming, it&#39;s upon us. An international climate change taskforce is meeting in Sydney this week to discuss ways of avoiding
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TORONTO (CP) - Arctic governments must cut emissions of carbon dioxide immediately or face the extinction of species, damaging storms and flooding, says the World Wildlife Fund.
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The amount of carbon dioxide in the Earth&#39;s atmosphere has increased faster than expected in the last two years, renewing concern that global warming may accelerate.
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Science & environment: Converting rainforests, peatlands and grasslands for biofuels can increase CO2 emissions, scientists find
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Growth in global emissions of the heat-trapping greenhouse gas carbon dioxide slowed slightly last year, preliminary data from the U.S. Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (CDIAC) suggest.
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Carbon trading is taking off, but what concrete results do these abstract markets achieve?
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By Beth J. Harpaz Associated Press  NEW YORK -- Visiting an eco-lodge in a rainforest somewhere may sound appealing. But when you consider that carbon dioxide emissions from airplanes are a major contributor to global warming, you might do more for the environment by staying home.
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The world&#39;s chief climate scientist disputed yesterday the US government&#39;s contention that cutbacks in carbon-dioxide emissions are not warranted to slow global warming.
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The rate at which global warming gases are accumulating in the atmosphere has taken a sharp leap upwards, leading to fears that the devastating effects of climate change may hit the world sooner than predicted.