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`Using grocery delivery services cuts carbon emission by half`

Last Updated: Monday, April 29, 2013, 15:00

University of Washington engineers have found that using a grocery delivery service can cut carbon dioxide emissions by at least half when compared with individual household trips to the store.

Best way to reduce air pollution from wood-burning cookstoves revealed

Last Updated: Sunday, April 28, 2013, 16:32

An interdisciplinary team of Michigan Technological University students has found a simple solution to reduce air pollution from wood-burning cookstoves.

Greener cars could slash US pollution by 2050

Last Updated: Tuesday, March 19, 2013, 15:20

A new National Research Council report has found by the year 2050, the US may be able to reduce petroleum consumption and greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent.

Scientists predict heavier snow in poles

Last Updated: Sunday, February 24, 2013, 12:19

There is likelihood of increased snowfall over the polar regions and the highest altitudes, but an overall drop in global snowfall, as CO2 levels rise over the next century.

BASIC opposes EU model carbon emissions norms for air travel

Last Updated: Friday, February 15, 2013, 22:51

The European Union`s move to push for an EU model single global carbon emissions framework for air travel is facing stiff opposition from a powerful climate group of nations in which India and China are members.

Sea bug vital for recycling planet`s carbon

Last Updated: Thursday, February 14, 2013, 15:12

SAR11 bug is the most abundant organism in the oceans, playing a vital role in the planet`s carbon cycle, says a study.

Probe against Deutsche Bank CEO on Carbon cert tax evasion

Last Updated: Thursday, December 13, 2012, 13:31

German prosecutors have opened investigations against Deutsche Bank co-CEO Juergen Fitschen and management board member Stefan Krause to probe tax evasion involving the trading of carbon emission certificates.

Unable to resolve differences, climate talks extended by a day

Last Updated: Friday, December 7, 2012, 23:44

With several differences and concerns yet to be resolved, negotiators today head for another night of diplomatic wrangling at the Doha climate talks which has inevitably spilled over into an extra day.

Rising carbon dioxide levels lowering rice yields

Last Updated: Sunday, December 2, 2012, 13:29

Rising levels of carbon dioxide are lowering the high grain yields of dwarf rice varieties, says a new research from Germany.

China opposes EU carbon emission tax

Last Updated: Thursday, November 22, 2012, 23:26

China has opposed the European Union's emissions trading scheme, which seeks to tax non-EU international airlines for carbon emissions.

Carbon buried in soil by erosion may rise again after 500 years

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 6, 2012, 19:56

Scientists have identified a source of carbon emissions that could play a role in understanding past and future global change.

New technology can produce `petrol from air`

Last Updated: Saturday, October 20, 2012, 12:30

A small British firm claimed to have developed a revolutionary new technology that can produce petrol using just air and electricity.