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Cutting Down on Beef Consumption Brings Multiple Environmental Benefits

Mila Luleva — Wed, 23 Jul 2014 06:57:11 +0000

If you would really like to do something about lowering emissions and your carbon footprint, but you cannot yet bring yourself to switch to renewables, then go vegetarian. And if going ‘cold turkey’ is too difficult for you, you can at least cut down on beef. Scientists proved statistically that its production has the biggest and […]

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Rewetting Drained Wetlands to Cut Sweden’s Greenhouse Emissions

Mila Luleva — Sat, 24 Nov 2012 10:00:01 +0000

Joint research conducted by the University of Gothenburg, Sweden and the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences indicated that drained wetlands contribute to the amount of greenhouse gas emissions of the country just as much as the Swedish industry. Between five and ten percent of the Swedish surface area is covered by forests and agricultural fields […]

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CarbonSat: The New Ultra-Precise Greenhouse Gas Monitoring Satellite Designed by Astrium

Guest Contributor — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 07:44:01 +0000

A new climate-monitoring satellite is being designed by Europe’s leading aerospace company Astrium. CarbonSat, the new greenhouse gases trailer, is being prepared for the European Space Agency (ESA). The project is expected to continue over a span of another 22 months. ESA announced its resolution to grant Astrium a contract to design and make the […]

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Oregon Utilities Setting Target of Reducing CO2 Emissions 10% Below 1990 Levels

Mike Sandru — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 20:12:18 +0000

To decrease the amount of greenhouse emissions 10% below 1990 levels, Portland General Electric (PGE) in Oregon intends to replace coal plants with 2,362 MW wind energy systems and 557 MW of simple-cycle combustion turbines burning natural gas.

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