Just read an excellent article over on AlterNet, discussing what impact Bill Gates’ big speech of a few days ago might have. Gates just announced that he’s putting his massive resources and personal clout behind the target of getting to zero carbon emissions by 2050. Globally. Zero. From the AlterNet article: Gates spoke about his [...]
Posts Tagged ‘emissions’
22 Oct
The CCS boondoggle
This article from the Greenpeace website was forwarded to me today by four different people, which clearly means I should post it here. Thanks folks! International — As the seventh annual Carbon Capture & Sequestration conference gets underway in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Greenpeace has launched ‘False Hope’ – a report critically examining the status and promise [...]
15 Jun
The Breathing Earth
I’m a sucker for cool animations, and this one (thanks to @sugardayfox on Twitter) is definitely the coolest I have seen today. The Breathing Earth shows average birth rates, death rates and CO2 emissions by country, as the “breath” of the planet. It makes a surprisingly impressive visual. (Warning, if you’re at work: it plays [...]
