tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45057024913039764412024-10-06T22:54:00.937-07:00Cut through the chaos of carbon choices. If you are serious about going green, learn which actions will really deliver environmental benefits. It's important for yourself, your company, your products, and your world.Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03846478957198693337noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4505702491303976441.post-46866029123036769472008-01-14T20:37:00.000-08:002008-01-14T20:48:02.854-08:00

Ten things you can do now to reduce greenhouse gas emissions:Lights--Turn off lights when you aren't using them. Motion-sensitive switches can help. Replace incandescents with compact fluorescents.Transport--Take fewer trips; combine trips. Drive easy (no need to roar away from the light). Drive at the most efficient speed on the highway (probably 55-65 miles per hour). Check tire pressures

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Get started reducing greenhouse gasesLast year the U.S. emitted seven billion metric tonnes of greenhouse gases (CO2 equivalent). You could allocate most of that to each of us as consumers (as is done by the carbon footprint calculator in this post). After all, most of it was generated while making and delivering things for consumers. Consumer choices clearly affect global warming pollution.On

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Try out this home carbon footprint calculatorThis calculator has several advantages over others we have seen:It combines several sources of greenhouse gas emissions (home, food, vehicles, etc.) so you don't have to add them up manually.It is suitably "flashy".It tallies indirect as well as direct emissions.It provides instant comparison of your greenhouse gas impact with both the average American

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Does Carbon Labelling Reduce Carbon Emissions?Labeling products with information about how much greenhouse gas was emitted in the product's production, processing and distribution is at a very early stage of development. It is a huge commitment of resources to develop an accurate analysis for even one product.Consumers do not seem to understand the carbon labels that have been piloted. They may

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How you can cut your greenhouse gas outputThere are many sites with lists of wonderful things you can do to reduce your personal carbon footprint. (Save and reuse shopping bags, for example.) Unfortunately many of those suggestions will make next to no difference at all in the quantity of greenhouse gases you and your family produce in and around your home. Recycling, for example, is fine--but it

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Carbon choices for businessesIf you want to make your business greener, and reduce the quantity of greenhouse gases your operations generate, here are four simple steps:Commit yourself to reduce your own carbon emissions. Or do you believe that you have a superior right to pollute? If so I'd like to introduce you to 1.3 billion annoyed Chinese.Get your employees on a path to reduced carbon

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Estimate your greenhouse gas emissionsThere are many carbon footprint calculators accessible on the web. It is best to use one customized for your country, state, or location. To be able to accurately estimate emissions for different locations, patterns of use, and utilities these calculators access extensive databases of energy prices, carbon intensity of energy production, typical energy use by

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Nobel Committee salutes global warming campaigners"By awarding the Nobel Peace Prize for 2007 to the IPCC and Al Gore, the Norwegian Nobel Committee is seeking to contribute to a sharper focus on the processes and decisions that appear to be necessary to protect the world’s future climate, and thereby to reduce the threat to the security of mankind. Action is necessary now, before climate change

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Is New York City really the greenest in the land?A few years ago David Owen wrote a piece for The New Yorker asserting, "By the most significant measures, New York is the greenest community in the United States, and one of the greenest cities in the world." (PDF version here--worth a read.)Earlier this year NYC completed its first greenhouse gas emissions inventory (PDF report here). It showed

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What does "Green" mean?There are lots of things people have tried or recommended to be more "green". Here is a short list with my comments.ActionClimate ImpactWalk instead of driveSignificantUse shared transport instead of driving aloneSignificantBuy a hybrid vehicleDepends on what mileage it gets and how much you drive (and maybe on what you do with your old vehicle)RecycleNegligible? Has anyone

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We Can Challenge Climate ChangeWe who participate in this site probably believe things like this:There are lots of critical issues and concerns we could be active about, but addressing climate change is the most pressing.Yes, I too am concerned about people who don't pick up after their dogs, war, poverty, the problems of our educational system, political venality, corruption, the Doha round, the

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