greenhouse gas

Cultured lab meat needs a lot of energy to help animal cells multiply and for purification. The global warming potential of lab-based meat using current pharmaceutical grade purification is up to 25 times greater than the average for retail beef.

Computer models are programmed to assume that CO2 is the largest climate driver when the sun is really the major driver of the climate; the assumption that CO2 is a pollutant is completely false; global precipitation and crop production soar as the Earth gradually warms.

The move limits the ability of Biden to stop or end fuel production and hands the responsibility to regulate back to Congress, or an agency delegated on its behalf.

After Oregon's state legislature was unable to pass a cap-and-trade bill, Governor Kate Brown enacted an executive order to cut the state’s greenhouse gas emissions to 80% below 1990 levels by 2050.

Gilbert Mercier:

“It’s always a good idea to start by asking about the facts.” So advises Noam Chomsky. “Whenever you hear anything said very confidently, the first thing that should come to mind is, ‘Wait a minute, is that true?’” De omnibus dubitandum—doubt everything—was Karl Marx’s motto and should be the motto of every thinking person. Question even or especially what the tribe most takes for granted.

A recent article in Arctic News on the outlook for global warming foresees a frightening scenario lurking right around the corner. Hopefully, the article’s premise of impending runaway global warming (“RGW”) is off the mark, by a lot. More to the point, off by really a lot in order to temper the sting expected when abrupt temperature increases hit hard, as projected in the article, which is entitled: “Greenhouse Gas Levels Keep Accelerating.” Oh, BTW… the worst-case scenario happens within one decade!
Here’s a snippet:

New reports show that even though President Trump is removing Obama's climate policies, greenhouse gas emissions in the US still dropped, due to the falling cost of fracked natural gas. Carbon dioxide emissions in the US fell by 42 million tons in 2017 compared with 2016.  [...]

Ahead of the COP23 climate negotiations in Bonn, Germany next week, an annual bulletin released on Monday revealed that last year, the average global concentration of carbon dioxide surged at a record-breaking pace to the highest level in approximately 3 million years, renewing scientists’ concerns that more action is needed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

About 90% of all lung cancers are caused by cigarette smoking. Smoking kills 7 million people a year, speeds aging, destroys the heart and cardiovascular system, and leads to asthma and COPD. But cigarettes don’t just wreak havoc on the human body; they also wreak havoc on the environment through deforestation, pollution, and littering. [1] [2]