Read more carbon emissions stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/29429/carbon-emissions.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 4:54:26 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74276/globe-on-course-for-worst-case-temp-hike.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe worst-case scenario for climate change is getting closer to becoming reality, a group of climate scientists warned yesterday. World temperatures are on course to rise an average of 6 degrees Celsius by the end of the century, according to the Global Carbon Project researchers. Experts believe a temperature rise...http://www.newser.com/story/74276/globe-on-course-for-worst-case-temp-hike.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 18 Nov 2009 4:08:29 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74269/counterproductive-offsets-ditched.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCarbon offsets are becoming big business, but many emissions experts say green travel is too good to be true. Responsible Travel was one of the first travel firms to offer customers the chance to pay extra money to help offset emissions caused by their air miles. But it has now...http://www.newser.com/story/74269/counterproductive-offsets-ditched.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 18 Nov 2009 2:54:16 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72847/why-this-hot-rod-is-greener-than-a-prius.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSo, conventional wisdom tells us, if you want to help the environment, ditch those dreams of a hot-rod, get a hybrid, and commute knowing you’ve done your part to save the environment. Nonsense, writes Joe Eaton , who did precisely the opposite. “Giving up your Prius and putting a hot rod...http://www.newser.com/story/72847/why-this-hot-rod-is-greener-than-a-prius.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 29 Oct 2009 18:45:12 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72417/biofuel-laws-make-no-sense-scientists.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBiofuel laws around the world actually encourage harming the environment, prominent scientists argue in the latest issue of Science . Under the Kyoto Treaty, in laws throughout Europe, and in the bill that passed the US House, biofuels count as carbon-neutral, on the theory that the plants the fuel is made...http://www.newser.com/story/72417/biofuel-laws-make-no-sense-scientists.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 23 Oct 2009 10:18:51 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72099/west-eases-off-carbon-demands-for-china-india.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIndustrialized nations backed away from long-term carbon cut demands on developing nations yesterday, in the hopes of reaching a deal at December's Copenhagen summit. The US and EU have pushed for a 50% reduction in global carbon emissions by 2050, but China and India refused to sign up, wary of...http://www.newser.com/story/72099/west-eases-off-carbon-demands-for-china-india.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 20 Oct 2009 10:51:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71978/5-years-until-climate-disaster-warns-wwf.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDisastrous climate change is inevitable unless the world begins cutting carbon emissions within the next five years, the World Wildlife Fund warns in a new report. Ahead of December's clutch Copenhagen summit, meant to forge a successor to the Kyoto Protocol, the fund repeats that global temperature rises could stay...http://www.newser.com/story/71978/5-years-until-climate-disaster-warns-wwf.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 19 Oct 2009 5:46:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71630/climate-activists-torqued-by-obama-nobel.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Taliban and conservative commentators in the US aren’t the only ones steamed by Barack Obama's Nobel Peace Prize. “It’s hard for me to emphasize enough the thickness of the international resentment towards America at the climate negotiation level,” Ben Jervey writes. The argument is simple: The US “is the...http://www.newser.com/story/71630/climate-activists-torqued-by-obama-nobel.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 14 Oct 2009 10:14:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71673/teabaggers-turn-on-graham.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSen. Lindsey Graham drew the ire of teabaggers at a town hall yesterday for colluding with John Kerry on climate legislation. Angry protesters called the South Carolina Republican a “traitor” who made a “pact with the devil” by “going to bed” with the Massachusetts Dem in an op-ed detailing the...http://www.newser.com/story/71673/teabaggers-turn-on-graham.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 14 Oct 2009 9:15:06 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71094/recession-trims-carbon-emissions-3.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe recession will help the world achieve something this year few laws have been able to: cut the output of greenhouse gases. Emissions will be down 3% mainly due to lower industrial activity, the International Energy Agency said today, with countries also helping by switching to alternative energy sources.http://www.newser.com/story/71094/recession-trims-carbon-emissions-3.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 06 Oct 2009 18:20:30 CDT