Nitrous oxide

...supply is the greatest contributor to man-made global warming. Carbon dioxide is the most significant greenhouse gas. Methane and nitrous oxide - produced in agriculture and industry - have a more powerful warming effect per molecule,...

In this article: Climate change, Methane, EU, Fossil fuel, Global warming, Carbon dioxide, UN, US, and China

...to increase," said the World Meteorological Organisation in a statement. "In 2008, global concentrations of carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide, which are the main long-lived greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, have reached the...

In this article: Methane, Carbon dioxide, UN, Cattle, Fossil fuel, Climate change, Kyoto Protocol, Global warming, and Carbon

...said: "Levels of most greenhouse gases continue to increase. "In 2008, global concentrations of carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide, which are the main long-lived greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, have reached the highest levels...

In this article: WMO, Methane, Carbon dioxide, Second World War, UN, Global warming, Copenhagen, Barack Obama, and Cattle

...delays by those countries were hindering global efforts to curb climate change. The gases - carbon dioxide, or CO2; nitrous oxide, N2O; and methane, CH4 - are produced partly by natural sources, such as wetlands, and partly by human...

In this article: Carbon dioxide, World Meteorological Organization, Methane, UN, European Union, Geneva, Climate change, and Global warming

...CSX. Carl A. Gerhardstein, director of environmental systems for CSX, said there might be even greater cuts on some types of air pollutants, including 86 percent of the particulates and 90 percent of the nitrous oxides. Those are two...

In this article: CSX, CSX Transportation, Indianapolis, Hendricks County, and California

...issued a proposed "endangerment finding," which would likely mean the EPA would regulate greenhouse gases -- carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons, and sulfur hexafluoride, treated as a group as an air...

In this article: Carbon dioxide, EPA, Climate change, Global warming, Clean Air Act, Carbon, and Ideology

...by 6 to 9 percent. Collectively, the company's solar work for schools in California is expected to cut annual carbon dioxide emissions by more than 4.3 million pounds and nitrous oxide emissions by nearly 4,000 pounds. According to figures...

In this article: Honeywell, California, Carbon, Riverdale, Global warming, Carbon dioxide, Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and Securities and Exchange Commission

...cars within the yard and for road switching service. The GenSet locomotives, manufactured by National Railway Equipment Company, reduce nitrous oxide and particulate matter emissions by 80 percent and can reduce carbon dioxide emissions by...

In this article: CSX Transportation, National Railway Equipment Company, Carbon dioxide, Amtrak, Providence & Worcester Railroad, Northeast Corridor, New York & Atlantic Railroad, and Hell Gate Bridge

...buy the worldwide distribution rights of this film. The film depicts undisguised habitual and social use of profanity, marijuana , alcohol, nitrous oxide, tobacco, and the drug ecstasy . The original version of the film was rated NC-17 in...

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...Land and Business Association and Unilever. The group will present and explore cutting edge research into the sources and sinks of nitrous oxide in the environment and discuss the prospects of mitigating the release of this destructive gas...

In this article: Carbon dioxide, Nitrogen, Faculty of Science, University of East Anglia, University of Stockholm, and National Farmers Union