Last week, over twenty federal agencies promised to not only identify how the practices of their organization contributed to climate change, but to make changes to adapt newer methods that would leave a smaller carbon footprint.
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Since 1998, scientists have seen a significant slowing in global warming. In fact, in 2013, scientists associated with the United Kingdom’s meteorological service released white papers detailing a marked slowdown of global warming.
In 1999, the IPCC (the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) released a report that claimed increasing global temperatures would cause a major meltdown of Himalayan glaciers.
Green energy and protecting the environment are a huge part of politics, news cycles, and even university research these days.
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A part of understanding climate change is knowledge of the carbon cycle. However, much misunderstanding regarding climate change is involved with the amount of time that carbon remains in the atmosphere.
Recently, a study published in Nature Climate Change held that at the current rate of loss, by 2035, the ice could be completely gone.
For every ten scientists who are bold enough to present evidence regarding climate change, there are also a significant number who disagree altogether or only seem to form a "consensus" of thought.
Employees are forced to throw the food away. It is not given to food banks, and employees aren't allowed (in some businesses) to carry leftovers home to their family.
We've been told for decades that efforts to protect the earth - particularly the ocean - in order to avoid catastrophic events.
Native Americans have been noted for carrying out practices which would actually promote the growth of certain species in order to be able to harvest while still protecting the numbers of the wild game they hunted and fished.
The case against the EPA was brought by one James Milkey, an environmental lawyer in the Massachusetts state Attorney General's office in 2007.
At the end of plastic's lifespan, when it is typically incinerated, plastics emit up to 5.9 million metric tons of carbon dioxide.
In 1979, President Jimmy Carter, after months of wrangling politically to bring about green energy awareness, installed thirty-two solar panels on the roof of the White House.
A San Diego television station's broadcast provided more fodder for climate skeptics, but, is there any real evidence that NOAA and NASA are manipulating facts in order to promote climate change?
