Remove 2016 Remove Global warming Remove Ozone Remove Pollution
article thumbnail

Risk, doubt, and the burden of proof in the climate debate

GreenBiz

At one such event in 2014, speaker Christopher Monckton surveyed the room and declared that everyone there agreed that humanity’s "emissions of CO2 and other greenhouse gases have contributed to the measured global warming since 1950." His point was to make it clear that "we are not climate change deniers."

article thumbnail

EEA reports poor air quality caused premature deaths of 400,000 Europeans in 2016

AGreenLiving

Coal-fired power plants, vehicle-clogged highways and fossil-fuel spewing factories have contributed to the growing European air pollution dilemma. Industries, households and vehicles all emit dangerous pollutants that are harmful to human health. Interestingly, air pollution is also the main driver of climate change.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

US, China commit to phase down climate-warming HFCs from refrigerators and air conditioners – but what will replace them this time?

Renewable Energy World

CFCs were destroying the ozone layer high in the Earth’s atmosphere, which is essential for protecting life from the Sun’s harmful ultraviolet radiation. HFCs are less harmful than CFCs, but they create another problem – they have a strong heat-trapping effect that is contributing to global warming. HFC emissions are increasing.

Ozone 71
article thumbnail

Understanding the Anthropocene, Resilience Thinking, and the Future of Industry

Green Business Bureau

During this era, humans began releasing concentrated amounts of carbon and other emissions, causing extreme air pollution and marking the start of the constant rise of atmospheric CO2, leading us to where we are today. . If this permafrost thaws, it will release CO2 and methane which can even further accelerate global warming.

article thumbnail

Risk, doubt, and the burden of proof in the climate debate

AGreenLiving

At one such event in 2014, speaker Christopher Monckton surveyed the room and declared that everyone there agreed that humanity’s “emissions of CO2 and other greenhouse gases have contributed to the measured global warming since 1950.” ” His point was to make it clear that “we are not climate change deniers.”

article thumbnail

The Overview Effect

Grist

In interviews afterward, Shatner made a plea for the planet as TV hosts tried to steer him toward topics lighter than death and global warming. There’s an irony here: In order to gain this more-than-sky-high perspective, astronauts and space tourists have had to take an incredibly polluting journey.

article thumbnail

Geoengineering’s gender problem could put the planet at risk

Grist

According to a TIAA Institute study published in 2016, fewer than one in 10 women faculty are full professors. Studies on industrial and water contamination , air pollution , and other environmental concerns have since backed it up. Other research has shown that many of those female faculty members tick more than one diversity box.

Ozone 78