On AlterNet: greenhouse gas

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EPA Won't Regulate Greenhouse Gases Until Next Year

Brian Merchant, TreeHugger. March 29, 2010.

But the EPA will indeed commence regulation in 2011. The delay is intended to give businesses more time to prepare their carbon reduction strategies.

Two Pounds of Beef Produce the Greenhouse Gas Emissions of a Three-Hour Drive

Susan Wallace, AlterNet AlterNet: PEEK. October 8, 2009.

While leaving all the lights at home burning bright during the trip.

Eating Meat Isn't Bad for the Planet, It's Our System of Raising the Animals That's Wrong

Eliot Coleman, Grist.org. August 13, 2009.

Sadly too many have been fooled -- the culprit is not meat eating but rather the excesses of corporate/industrial agriculture.

U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions Surged in 2007

Brad Johnson, ThinkProgress AlterNet: Environment. December 4, 2008.

U.S. annual emissions are now 17% greater than they were in 1990.

Bubbling Our Way to Catastrophe

A Siegel, Energy Smart AlterNet: Environment. May 7, 2008.

Out of sight and out of mind, methane stored in melting permafrost poses an environmental hazard.

World Bank Pledges to Save Trees, Then Helps Cut Down Amazon

Daniel Howden, The Independent UK. January 17, 2008.

A month ago it vowed to fight deforestation. Now research reveals it funds the rainforest's biggest threat.

Climate Change Gas Emissions Way Up Nationwide

Megan Tady, The NewStandard. April 16, 2007.

A new report shows a dramatic increase in greenhouse-gas emissions in the United States since 1990.