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Chemistry World August 20, 2008	Grasslands Emit Greenhouse Gas Chinese researchers have found further evidence that plants emit significant quantities of methane - a potent greenhouse gas. But the latest findings also show that methane emissions depend not just on the species of plant, but the conditions in which they are growing.
Geotimes May 2007 Josh Trapani	A Political Comment on ... Proposals to Regulate Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the 110th Congress Establishing a nationwide market-based system for greenhouse gases may be one of the most difficult legislative steps for Congress to take, due largely to the potential environmental, economic and social consequences.
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Scientific American July 2007 Jose Goldemberg	The Limited Appeal of Nuclear Energy To developing nations, the new arguments for nuclear power are far from compelling.
The Motley Fool November 30, 2009 Toby Shute	King Coal's Not About to Be Dethroned Even with fewer future power plants, coal's going to dominate for decades to come.
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Geotimes March 2007 Linda Rowan	A Change in Climate in Congress: To Act or Not To Act Because some state and local governments are taking action, Congress will need to set some federal standards in the near term. The nation can ill-afford a hodge-podge of regulations and policies on climate change across the country.
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BusinessWeek December 30, 2009 John Carey	Greenhouse Gases: Who's Cheating? The amounts of carbon in the atmosphere are out of whack with predictions and reported output.
Scientific American September 2009 Jeffrey D. Sachs	The U.S. Must Prioritize Its Carbon Strategy [Extended version] The Obama administration needs an energy strategy alongside the ambitious climate bill
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Chemistry World November 29, 2007 James Mitchell Crow	Plants Really do Make Methane Chinese chemists have confirmed the contentious finding that plants can emit methane, a potent greenhouse gas.
Chemistry World February 5, 2010 Leila Sattary	Emission reduction pledges pour in Dozens of countries, including the world's biggest greenhouse gas emitters, have met a 31 January deadline and submitted emission reduction targets to the United Nations in line with the Copenhagen Accord signed during the climate summit in December.
Geotimes January 2006 Kathryn Hansen	Plant Methane Surprises Climate Scientists Atmospheric scientists have long blamed cattle and microbes for the production of significant amounts of methane on Earth. But the discovery of a new large source of methane, a greenhouse gas that contributes to global warming, is putting trees on the hot seat.
Geotimes April 2007 Semans & de Fontaine	Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace: The Business World Looks at Climate Change Increasing momentum at the state and federal levels, along with the business community, is proof that we are now in the design phase for climate change legislation, and companies clearly expect regulations soon.
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IEEE Spectrum April 2007 Susan Arterian Chang	Carbon Commerce The Europeans have demonstrated beyond doubt that the right to emit CO2 is destined to be a major internationally traded asset -- but their experience to date also exemplifies some of the pitfalls the rest of the world faces in establishing such trading systems.
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Scientific American July 2007 Charles Q. Choi	Warming to Law After the U.S. Supreme Court ruling, how stiff will greenhouse gas regulations be?
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IndustryWeek April 1, 2006 Jill Jusko	Manufacturers Achieve Emissions Goals Here is a short list of the many goals and achievements reached by manufacturers in their voluntary efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Carbon dioxide is a primary component of greenhouse gases.
Investment Advisor August 2009 Robert F. Keane	The Green Advisor: Cleaner Air and Cash Many critics have failed to look at the carbon cap and trade market that is already functioning in this country on a voluntary basis.
Popular Mechanics November 2009	Methane Maps Step One for Energy Prospectors A recent discovery indicates there may be more of the gas being released and from deeper areas of the Arctic seabed than expected.
IndustryWeek January 20, 2010 Peter Alpern	The Future of Energy Part One -- Emissions Regulation: A New Era Dawns Whether by the hands of Congress or the EPA, regulations on carbon emissions loom in the near future. Here's how U.S. industry is mobilizing.
Geotimes April 2006 Naomi Lubick	Faith-Based Carbon Credit Systems Market-based approaches to help stem carbon releases, and in turn climate change, could prove difficult to marshal and enforce. Carbon credits and trade incentives are a small piece in a larger issue.
Wired September 22, 2008 Steve Rayner	Steve Rayner: Take Climate Change Seriously The outgoing administration failed to come to grips with climate change out of fear that reducing greenhouse gas emissions would damage the economy.
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AskMen.com	The Bovine Solution U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced a plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the dairy industry by convincing farmers to capture the methane from cow manure that otherwise would be released into the atmosphere.
Chemistry World May 24, 2011 Andrew Turley	Chemical industry fears over UK emissions plans Government plans to cut UK greenhouse gas emissions risk crippling the chemical sector and thereby harming chances of moving to a low emissions future
Reason October 2004 Adrian Moore	Hydrogen Hot Air In most cases fueling cars with hydrogen would make little net difference in emissions of greenhouse gases, and in some cases would even increase them.
BusinessWeek May 28, 2009 Mark Scott	Banks: Gearing Up for Carbon Trading While the federal plan to trade carbon emission credits are a ways off, banks already are preparing for what they see as a new profit.
Chemistry World September 15, 2014 Rebecca Trager	US bid to control power plant emissions challenged The governors of 15 US states have joined together to question the legality of the US Environmental Protection Agency's recently proposed climate rule to limit carbon emissions from the country's existing power plants.
Chemistry World January 14, 2008 Richard Van Noorden	Flawed Policies Encourage Damaging Biofuels, Says Royal Society Simplistic policies are encouraging biofuels that don't cut greenhouse gases.
Scientific American November 2006	California, Here We Come In August the California legislature approved a bill calling for a 25% cut in emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases by 2020. But the federal courts may frustrate the states' efforts rather than furthering them.
Reason June 2009 Ronald Bailey	Green Money President Barack Obama asks Congress to "send me legislation that places a market-based cap on carbon pollution and drives the production of more renewable energy in America." His words will send energy lobbying, already highly active, into overdrive.
Chemistry World July 21, 2009 Rebecca Trager	Nobel winners call for energy R&D funding Thirty-four Nobel Prize winners are urging US President Obama to make good on his pledge to provide increased, stable funding for energy research and development.
Geotimes January 2005 Sara Pratt	Acid Rain Curbs Global Warming In an odd twist that highlights the complex nature of interactions between Earth's systems, researchers have found that acid rain is significantly suppressing the global emission of methane from wetlands.
Chemistry World August 16, 2006 Katharine Sanderson	Plants' Methane Emissions Revised The news that trees and other plants can give off large quantities of methane took biologists and atmospheric chemists by surprise. Scientists have now fine-tuned their calculations and set an upper limit on plants' total methane emissions that almost halves their original suggestion.
Fast Company November 1, 2007 David Roberts	Are Carbon Offsets a Cop-Out? Fighting climate change may have become a crusade -- but it's no sin to do the easiest thing first. Carbon dioxide is fungible, like money -- not personal, like sin.
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Scientific American June 2009 Madhusree Mukerjee	Is a Popular Carbon-Offset Method Just a Lot of Hot Air? A popular carbon-offset scheme may do little to cut emissions.
The Motley Fool January 25, 2007 Dan Caplinger	Trading on Climate Change Markets for emissions credits are starting to take root. As more of the Kyoto Protocol's provisions take effect, trading in these markets will likely accelerate, and emerging-market projects designed to take advantage of that trading will continue to provide opportunities for global investors.
Wall Street & Technology October 30, 2008 Leslie Kramer	Research Spots Trend Toward Globally Managed Sustainability Programs Cisco standardizes globally on SAS for sustainability management.
Chemistry World April 27, 2007 Richard Van Noorden	Scientists Clash Over Methane Mystery The startling claim that trees could be responsible for putting millions of tons of methane into the atmosphere every year was published last year in the prestigious journal Nature. But that has now been rubbished by rival researchers who report that plants emit virtually no methane whatsoever.
Chemistry World October 2007 Bernard Bulkin	Can Chemistry Save the Planet? If we are to scale back our greenhouse gas emissions without society juddering to a halt, 21st century transport will need 21st century fuels. And of all the sciences, it is chemistry that is best placed to deliver them.