carbon emissions

The IPCC made it clear: we have to lower emissions by 2030. But in Pennsylvania, we have local solutions available. The IPCC has stated global temperatures were 1.1°C (2° F) higher in 2011–2020 than 1850–1900. Despite warming across all 50 states and...

Innovative agriculture strategies can reduce GHG & help with social goals. Listen to Planet Philadelphia 4-5:00 PM next Friday, 4/2/21 at WGGT-LP 92.9 FM in Philadelphia and/or live stream at gtownradio.com. Guests: • Dr. David Beerling: works as a soil...

In a big city like Philly there are many culprits. But these 3 take the cake. Philly’s Office of Sustainability has set aggressive sustainability goals leading to the year 2050 like cutting carbon pollution 25 percent (from 2006 levels) by...

You've probably heard about the Clean Power Plan, the Obama Administration’s new proposal to help set carbon-emissions standards. For those of you who haven’t, here’s a quick synopsis of the Clean Power Plan:

But in the late 1950s, the National Weather Service began measuring the levels of carbon dioxide in our atmosphere, with the worry that rising levels might someday disrupt the fragile balance that makes our planet so hospitable.  And what they’ve found, year after year, is that the levels of carbon pollution in our atmosphere have increased dramatically. That science, accumulated and reviewed over decades, tells us that our planet is changing in ways that will have profound impacts on all of humankind. - President Barack Obama, 6/25/13 President Obama gave a speech on Climate Change yesterday at Georgetown University. Here's the full transcript on the Wall Street Journal. Guest blogger Russell Zerbo of the Clean Air Council shares his remarks on the speech and the impact on our nation.