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EPA Close to Declaring CO2 a Dangerous Pollutant

EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson says that CO2 will be declared a dangerous pollutant within a few months. This move could help push climate change legislation through Congress at a pace slightly faster than that of a melting iceberg.
A formal “endangerment finding” would force the EPA to regulate greenhouse gas pollution under the Clean Air Act [...]

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Oozing Methane Has Scientists Worried About Climate Catastrophe

It may start happening extremely quickly, or it may take centuries, depending on whom you ask – but enough pure methane is currently escaping into the atmosphere from thawing permafrost to make many scientists very worried about effects on climate.
Methane, a potent greenhouse gas, is currently building up in the atmosphere at rapidly increasing rates [...]

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China’s Air Pollution Causes Reduction in Rainfall

Bad air quality may be affecting China’s ability to raise crops, in addition to the health and environmental problems it causes. Air pollution in the eastern part of the country has reduced the amount of light rainfall over the past half-century, and has also decreased the number of days of light rain by 23%.
From Science [...]

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Composting Contributes to Climate Change?

Composting is good for the earth, right? It takes waste and transforms it into not just something usable, but something that helps us grow food. It has become so popular, that many cities around the world are starting large-scale composting projects. But, Sustainablog reports that even the most conscientious large-scale composting operations emit methane, a [...]

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The Ozone Layer if CFCs Hadn’t Been Banned

What would the ozone layer look like today, 11 years from now, 21 years from now and in 2060 if we hadn’t banned ozone-depleting CFCs? That’s the question NASA set out to answer, resulting in a series of images that shows ozone concentrations over the mid-latitudes of the Western Hemisphere, based on months of calculations [...]

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Fish Oil Could Control Methane-Packed Cow Farts

When cows fart – which they do, a lot – one of the most potent greenhouse gases in existence is released in huge quantities. That, of course, contributes to global warming. But how do we get all the cows on the planet to stop passing gas? Scientists have tried trapping it in tanks strapped to [...]

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