global emissions Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Mon, 19 Nov 2018 08:24:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Only 100 companies produce 71% of global emissions https://www.greenoptimistic.com/companies-global-emissions-20181119/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/companies-global-emissions-20181119/#respond Mon, 19 Nov 2018 07:34:56 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=67536 Just a few fossil fuel producers and their investors can stop climate change. A study named “The Carbon Report” shows how a very small group are responsible of the main greenhouse gas emissions. The study shows that more than half of global industrial emissions since 1988 can be traced to just 25 corporate and state-owned […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/companies-global-emissions-20181119/feed/ 0 67536 Greenhouse Gas Emissions Possibly On The Rise by 2030 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/greenhouse-gas-emissions-2030/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/greenhouse-gas-emissions-2030/#respond Sun, 08 Nov 2015 08:25:56 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=57413 Greenhouse gas emissions could reach detrimental levels by 2030, bringing emission levels up to 12 billion tons more than safe level for a 2 degree change in temperature. This phenomenon, that is wrapping the earth in a cocoon, of sorts, is called the Greenhouse Effect. Heat is unable to escape the atmosphere because of certain […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/greenhouse-gas-emissions-2030/feed/ 0 57413 Public Perception of Climate Change the Biggest Obstacle in Affecting Change https://www.greenoptimistic.com/public-perception-of-climate-change-the-biggest-obstacle-in-affecting-change-20130321/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/public-perception-of-climate-change-the-biggest-obstacle-in-affecting-change-20130321/#comments Thu, 21 Mar 2013 02:40:18 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=35132 According to a 2007 MIT study, one of the most prevalent myths is that climate change is reversible. The MIT study Understanding Public Complacency About Climate Change: Adults’ mental models of climate change violate conservation of matter detailed the public perception of climate change. The MIT study purports that public attitudes about climate change are […]

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