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  Warming the world

Scientists say that 1998 was the hottest year in the past 1,200 years

Publication Date: 
14/01/1999
Down to Earth
Tags:
Carbon Dioxide, Global Warming, Fossil Fuels
Environment

 Fuel for warming the globe

A collapse in the price of fossil fuel means bad news for efforts to curb global warming

Publication Date: 
30/12/1998
Down to Earth
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Tags:
Global Warming, Kyoto Protocol, Fossil Fuels, Asia
Climate Change

 New fuel

How a common industrial chemical becomesfuel

Publication Date: 
29/11/1998
Down to Earth
Tags:
Fossil Fuels, Research, United States Of America (US)
Climate Change

 Steering out of gas

A global oil crisis is just a decade away, warn geologists

Publication Date: 
30/10/1998
Down to Earth
Tags:
Public Interest Litigation (PIL), Renewable Energy, Fossil Fuels, Global
Environment

 Fuel for thought

To reduce the level of carbon in the atmosphere, growing and using biomass as an energy substitute for fossil fuels is of greater advantage than creating carbon sinks

Publication Date: 
14/10/1998
David O Hall
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Carbon Dioxide, Atmosphere, Biomass, Fossil Fuels
Climate Change

 Warming the world

This year is the hottest year since temperature records have been kept. Scientists believe that the Earth is getting warmer because of the build-up of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in the

Publication Date: 
Tuesday, September 29, 1998
Down to Earth
Tags:
Climate Change, Global Warming, Fossil Fuels, Scientists, Statistics
Climate Change

 Dubious deal

Before looking for supporters elsewhere, the fossil fuel dependent North should take the first step in reducing carbon emissions at home

Publication Date: 
14/08/1998
Sascha Muller-kraenner
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Tags:
Carbon Dioxide, Climate Change, Kyoto Protocol, Fossil Fuels
Environment

 Sharing the air

The rich nations are trying to frame the rules for trading in emissions. However, the methods being used to allocate these are questionable. ANIL AGARWAL and SUNITA NARAIN argue that the rights and responsibilities of both rich and poor countries must be

Publication Date: 
14/08/1998
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Tags:
Environment, Kyoto Protocol, Solar Energy, Fossil Fuels, Economic Development, Developing Countries, Global Warming
Health

 Tax recycling pays

LEVYING taxes for the protection of environment has done wonders for Sweden. Green taxes have led to a sharp decline in acid rain, encouraged power stations to burn less fossil fuels and

Publication Date: 
14/05/1997
Down to Earth
Tags:
Fossil Fuels, Sweden
India

 Weeded problem

"Nitrogen enrichment is pushing us towards a weedier world,' says David Wedin of the University of Toronto, Canada. Burning fossil fuel releases nitrogen oxides, which ecologists believe could act as

Publication Date: 
27/02/1997
Down to Earth
Tags:
Weeds, Carbon Dioxide, Global Warming, Fossil Fuels, Environmental Science, United States Of America (US)

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