- Recycling As A Form Of Offsetting
Aug 30, 2008
In essence, recycling is a form of offsetting. I am paying someone else to deal with waste products of my lifestyle. Apart from my own conscience...
Category: Environment
- Why Offset With Trees?
Aug 30, 2008
If climate change is primarily the result of burning fossil fuels isn't offsetting with trees simply a distraction? Shouldn't we focus on renewable...
Category: Environment
- How Permanent Are Carbon Offsets?
Aug 30, 2008
Something that worries many people about offsetting emissions with trees is how can you guarantee that they will last long enough?
Category: Environment
- Why Some Carbon Offsets Are Better Than Others
Aug 29, 2008
As with any purchase, buyers need to choose their offsets carefully, particularly as the voluntary offset market is largely unregulated. One issue...
Category: Environment
- The Carbon Offset Controversy
Aug 28, 2008
Carbon offsets are projects that decrease the amount of greenhouse gases (GHG) like carbon dioxide in the air to counterbalance the amount that an...
Category: Environment
- The Power of Methane Gas
Aug 28, 2008
The experience of many countries with implementing methane emissions reducing technologies and practices have shown that reducing this potent...
Category: Environment
- A Critical Look at Carbon Footprint Calculators
Aug 28, 2008
A growing number of experts are claiming that inaccurate calculation of greenhouse gas emissions using so-called carbon footprint calculators is...
Category: Environment
- Advantages and Disadvantages of Wind Power
Aug 25, 2008
Wind power, or wind energy, is a renewable resource. The advantages of wind power are many, including practical, environmental as well as economic....
Category: Environment
- Venus - A Runaway Greenhouse Effect?
Aug 23, 2008
The Earth and Venus are similar in size, density, and composition and we would expect that their initial atmospheres would have been rather...
Category: Environment
- The Power of Tidal Energy
Aug 22, 2008
The earth is undergoing a terrible bout of global warming and scientist and researchers all over the world are thinking and looking for alternative...
Category: Environment
- Explaining the Difference between Carbon Offsets and Renewable Energy Credits
Aug 22, 2008
You think you understand renewable energy credits. You're sure you understand Carbon Offsets. You are fuzzy on the details about how they differ...
Category: Environment
- Artists And Paintings During The Little Ice Age
Aug 21, 2008
Some of northern Europe's greatest artists used oil and brush to set the mood that many associate with the Little Ice Age: snowy and dank. In a...
Category: Arts and Entertainment
- What is Carbon Offsetting?
Aug 19, 2008
The term carbon offsetting refers to the way that that carbon produced, is compensated for by the individual who took that journey. How does it...
Category: Environment
- Climate Top Tips - At Home and At Work
Aug 19, 2008
Climate Change touches upon just about every aspect of our lives, from home to the office to our health. Every time we use fossil fuels - to drive...
Category: Environment
- Deforestation and Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Aug 19, 2008
Loss of forests contributes as much as 30 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions each year rivaling emissions from the global transportation...
Category: Environment
- Climate Top Tips - Surface Transport and Aviation
Aug 16, 2008
Climate Change touches upon just about every aspect of our lives, from home to the office to our health. Every time we use fossil fuels - to drive...
Category: Environment
- Tree Planting - Help or Hindrance?
Aug 14, 2008
The planting of trees clearly has a positive effect in the fight against global warming. Yes, despite it being one of the more populist approaches...
Category: Causes and Organizations
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