Fossil fuel

...can give natural gas -- and the Alaska project -- an edge, but only "if you stand back and say natural gas is the cleanest-burning fossil fuel, by a significant margin," he said. Mark Myers, the Alaska state gas-pipeline coordinator,...

In this article: Natural gas, Alaska, TransCanada Corp, Coal, Carbon, and Joint venture

...in frequency and intensity, in part because of global warming. Forests now store enough carbon to offset about 16 percent of the nation's fossil fuel emissions, but that number could be reduced or even reversed if wildfires and insect...

In this article: Climate change, Carbon, Ron Wyden, Global warming, Carbon dioxide, University of Washington, and Interior Department

...claiming that the oceans are losing their ability to absorb CO2. Samar Khatiwala, of Columbia University, found that the proportion of fossil fuel emissions absorbed by the oceans since 2000 may have declined by as much as 10 per cent.

In this article: Carbon dioxide, Antarctica, Pollution, Nature Geoscience, Climate change, Nature, Bristol University, and Columbia University

...oversees South Korea's Presidential Committee on Green Growth, said in a phone interview that his country hopes to cut its reliance on fossil fuels and foster a global climate pact. "We have no legal obligation to do so, but we are willing to...

In this article: United States, Hu Jintao, China, Carbon, Copenhagen, General Electric, U.N., South Korea, and Methane

...from the Global Carbon Project show carbon dioxide emissions rising another 2 per cent last year as coal became the dominant source of fossil fuel emissions, taking over from oil for the first time in 40 years. Developing countries such...

In this article: Carbon dioxide, Coal, Climate change, Carbon, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Deforestation, and Facing the World

Fossil Fuel Carbon Dioxide Emissions Up by 29 Percent Since 2000 ScienceDaily (Nov. 17, 2009) The strongest evidence yet that the rise in atmospheric CO2 emissions continues to outstrip the ability of the world's natural 'sinks' to absorb...

In this article: Carbon dioxide, Carbon, Climate change, Global warming, Nature Geoscience, Coal, University of East Anglia, and Goods and services

...to the tune of US$130 million, Jagdeo said. In 2008, Guyana spent about 40 percent of the country's gross domestic product on importing fossil fuel based energy sources and is keen to develop alternative power sources. Reporting by Neil...

In this article: Guyana, Bharrat Jagdeo, China Development Bank, Inter-American Development Bank, Washington, New York, and China

If you know how to type your name, and think we need to break our addiction to fossil fuels, you can get a girlfriend and help the environment. The girlfriend is virtual, but the environment part is real. There's a Facebook app out that...

In this article: Facebook, JibJab, and Barack Obama

...climate change. Pete Dronkers of Environment Nevada said the new report shows reducing consumers' dependence on energy from coal and other fossil fuels works to reduce carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere. Dronkers says it supports the...

In this article: Carbon dioxide, Coal, Carbon, Nevada, Department of Energy, and Climate change

No one really needs another treatise on why fossil fuels aren't a viable long-term fuel source; there are mountains of evidence proving that. The real debate focuses on what type of alternative energy source should and will replace it.

In this article: Sugar, Time Magazine, and University of North Carolina