Tag Archives: CO2 emissions

A Peek at Peaking

It’s official: 2023 was the hottest year on record. Yet the IEA predicts the world will reach peak carbon emissions before the end of this decade. Can both be true at the same time?

Here’s an infographic exploring the relationship between annual CO2 emissions, atmospheric CO2 concentration and global temperatures. Continue reading

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The Spirit of Green

In The Spirit of Green: The Economics of Collisions and Contagions in a Crowded World, Yale economics professor William D. Nordhaus examines a wide range of economic, social and political issues from a Green perspective. Nordhaus won the 2018 Nobel Prize … Continue reading

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Measuring Greenhouse Gas Emissions

A lot of numbers get tossed around in discussions about climate change. Degrees of warming, meters of sea level rise, square miles burnt or flooded, and most important, tons of greenhouse gases emitted. I like to know exactly what these … Continue reading

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Supreme Court puts Obama’s Clean Power Plan on hold

On February 9, the Supreme Court issued a “stay” blocking implementation of the Obama Administration’s Clean Power Plan rules that aim to cut CO2 emissions from the nation’s power plants until challenges to the regulations can be heard by the … Continue reading

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