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Flooding might help lower gas emission from wetlands

River floods and storms that send water surging through swamps and marshes near rivers and coastal areas might cut in half the average greenhouse gas emissions from those affected wetlands, according to recent research at Ohio State University.

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World corporations seek clarity on climate change regulation

Global corporations view climate change as a driver of risk and opportunity and have cited clear regulation as key to managing the impacts, in this year's findings from the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), which includes exclusive data from 1550 of the world's major companies on greenhouse gas emissions and climate change related strategies.

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Scientists point to forests for carbon storage solutions

Scientists who have determined how much carbon is stored annually in upper Midwest forests hope their findings will be used to accelerate global discussion about the strategy of managing forests to offset greenhouse gas emissions.

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Government focuses on supply chains

New CDP initiative on public sector supply chain greenhouse gas emissions

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Researcher says China's export trade impacts climate

Carnegie Mellon University's Christopher L. Weber argues that China's new title as the world's largest greenhouse gas emitter is at least partly due to consumption of Chinese goods in the West.

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Methods to reduce greenhouse gas emissions can be used nationwide

Action needed now for Minnesota to reach goals in reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 2015

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Some biofuels might do more harm than good to the environment

Biofuels based on ethanol, vegetable oil and other renewable sources are increasingly popular with government and environmentalists as a way to reduce fossil fuel dependence and limit greenhouse gas emissions.

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Low-carbon electricity to power plug-in hybrids

Carnegie Mellon University’s Constantine Samaras and Kyle Meisterling report that plug-in hybrid electric vehicles could help reduce greenhouse gas emissions that fuel global warming, but the benefits are highly dependent on how the electricity system changes in the coming decades.

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Technological breakthrough in fight to cut greenhouse gases

Scientists at Newcastle University have pioneered breakthrough technology in the fight to cut greenhouse gases.

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Revolutionary CO2 maps zoom in on greenhouse gas sources

A new, high- resolution interactive map of U.S. carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels has found that the emissions aren't all where we thought.

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Bacteria are releasing serious greenhouse gas

Unlike carbon dioxide and methane, laughing gas has been largely ignored by world leaders as a worrying greenhouse gas. But nitrous oxide must be taken more seriously, says Professor David Richardson from the University of East Anglia in Norwich, UK, speaking today (Monday 31 March 2008) at the Society for General Microbiology’s 162nd meeting being held this week at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre.

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Swedish Irritation Over Climate Plan Response

Members of a Swedish parliamentary committee have criticised the government’s cool response to its report on reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

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