Solarion: Green house gas

Friday, July 31, 2009

Come See the GreenHouse Gas Emissions With Google LatLong

GHG Emissions.
From dedicated scientists, governing bodies, media and everyday folks like us will be able to visualize how CHG emissions by industrialized nations.
The map takes one through from global view down to individual country level, and also different CHGs like CO2, CH4 etc.
One of the best visualization tools that I have seen a while.
The informative map was created by United Nations Climate Change Secretariat (UNFCCC) in collaboration with several Googlers.

Google LatLong: Visualizing greenhouse gas emissions

Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Enviro Battle, California Might sue EPA over Auto Emmissions

California's attorney general plans to sue the Environmental Protection Agency. Attorney General Jerry Brown hopes to force the EPA to decide whether to allow 12 states, including California, to impose stricter standards on vehicle emissions.

The lawsuit could be filed as early as Wednesday in a Washington, D.C. federal court. Brown's move comes 22 months after California made its initial request to the EPA to let the state mandate tighter regulations on greenhouse gas emissions from cars, pickup trucks, and sport utility vehicles.

Specifically, California wants to implement a law that passed in 2002 that would force automakers to begin manufacturing vehicles that emit less greenhouse gas emissions by the 2009 model year. The goal is to cut emissions by 25 percent by the year 2030.

"California submitted the waiver request to the EPA two years ago. EPA has been slow-walking it. California wants to start implementing the program for model year 2009. Time is running short," said David Bookbinder, chief counsel for the Sierra Club.

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