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Fixing Climate: Beyond Carbon Dioxide – State of the Planet — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 18:25:32 +0000

[...] week were elated to hear that the United States and five other countries had agreed to work toward cutting pollutants other than carbon dioxide thought to cause about a third of current human-influenced global warming. After all, many of them [...]

By: Fast & Cheap: Shortcuts to Curb Global Warming – State of the Planet

Fast & Cheap: Shortcuts to Curb Global Warming – State of the Planet — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 20:50:22 +0000

[...] Category> Agriculture-Food, Climate, Economics, Energy, Global Health Tags> climate change, Climate Science, Global Warming, Infrastructure, Sustainable Development Landfills are rich in methane-producing bacteria that decompose garbage. Typically, excess methane simply leaks into the atmosphere, but a system of pipes can capture the gas underground and divert it to power plants instead. Installing such systems on a broad scale could reduce human-caused methane emissions by 8 percent, according to a new study. Photo: Credit: King County (WA) Solid Waste Division UPDATE: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Thursday (Feb. 16) that the United States and five other nations will undertake a special effort to cut emissions from methane, soot and other pollutants, based largely on the findings of the study outlined below. A related SOP post is here. [...]

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By: Fixing Climate: Beyond Carbon Dioxide – State of the Planet

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