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Historic Emissions by the US May Lead to Fresh Global Warming Concerns
While the US refused to ratify the Kyoto Protocol after it was agreed to by the global community, instead, Washington is demanding a new regime that brings parity to responsibilities on both emerging economies and developed world to reduce emissions. Under the Kyoto Protocol, the US was expected to lower its greenhouse gas emissions by [...]
america \ carbon emissions \ carbon footprint
YOUR Unique Way of Reducing YOUR Carbon Footprint
Carbon footprints are a measure of the greenhouse gases released during the production, use and disposal of products and services. The production phase includes all of the processes between the times raw materials are extracted from the Earth until they reach consumers as finished products in stores. With the above definition it may seem that [...]
america \ barack obama \ climate change \ emissions \ global warming \ Green \ sustainability
US Not Keen To Have Its Emissions Targets Bound By Any Treaty??
“The United States is not keen at all on having its emissions targets bound in any treaty. It left the Kyoto Protocol years ago, and the Congress is unlikely to agree to join any new climate treaty. The US says it can join a new treaty but sets the impossible condition that major developing countries [...]
america \ climate change \ Green \ green fund
No Global Agreement on Green Way Forward
THE Green Climate Fund, which developing countries arerelying on to support their actions against global warming, suffered a setbackwhen a committee designing the fund could not agree on recommendations to giveto the United Nations Climate Convention. Last week, the transition committee held its final meetingin Capetown, South Africa. A draft of the instrument of the [...]
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Green Can Help Mitigate Economic Troubles
Dr. Robert Pollin of the University of Massachusetts-Amhersthas demonstrated that spending on education generates the largest number ofjobs (23.1 per $1 million in spending) of any government spending – lack ofjobs is the one thing that is hurting the Nation the most today. Rightly, under the American Jobs Act 35,000 schools will be repairedand modernized [...]
america \ cars \ population
Seven billion People! One billion Cars!
Shocking!! Especially when most of the nations in the world are still at various stages of economic development and the average household size across most of them is about 4 people. This translates to about 1 car for every 2 households!!! With a population size of 312 million, United States alone has over 240 million [...]
Fair Trade Market in America – A Growth Story
In 1998, FLO, IFAT, the Network of European Worldshops, and European Fair Trade Association (FINE) agreed on a general definition for Fair Trade: “Fair Trade is a trading partnership, based on dialogue, transparency and respect that seeks greater equity in international trade. It contributes to sustainable development by offering better trading conditions to, and securing [...]
america \ Environment \ pollution
We Are The Second Most Polluting Nation In The World!!
America has the dubious honor of being the country with the second worst environmental impact on the planet, according to a major international study by the Energy Information Agency (Department of Energy) of the United States. Prior to 2007 the United States was the world’s biggest polluter, it still however comes not too far behind China producing [...]
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Environment Report Card for America – Walking the Talk?
Its the World Environment Day and I thought of checking the Environment Report Card for the country – great timing! Several years ago, the Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy (YCELP) and the Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN) of Columbia University took an initative, in collaboration with the World Economic Forum [...]
GreeMerica – America Dreams GREEN
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My Green America – GreeMerica
Determined to inspire individuals to drive ‘Green’ change bottoms up, I decided to read up and find out where we stand as a Nation when it comes to Environmental stewardship. Found stuff that was interesting and also found facts that are shocking. Yes there is a long way to go…but the good news is that [...]
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