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Global Warming – Thoughts for the Week

Why is the second largest producer of CO2 emissions, China, exempt from any of the regulations in the Kyoto Protocol? China’s emissions have increased 40% from 1990 to 2003, but because the country was classified as a third world nation and the Kyoto Protocol was never amended to address any rapid industrial development, China gets [...]

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Global Warming – Future Floods

The average temperature of the earth has increased by about 0.6 degrees centigrade over the past 100 years. Because of the affect of global warming, scientists predict that the temperature will continue to rise by about 0.3 degrees centigrade per decade – that’s 3 degrees over a 100 year period. Some areas are expected to [...]

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Global Warming, Hurricanes and Ice

More Hurricanes caused by Global Warming? Because of the recent events and devastation caused Hurricane Katrina, many notable Scholars, Politicians and Scientists are blaming global warming for the increased activity and strength of hurricanes. In fact, 2005 has set a record for number of developed hurricanes in the US and the season doesn’t end for [...]

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Global Warming – Biodiesel and the Kyoto Protocol

I thought I would chat about some aspects affecting the production of biodiesel. The Kyoto Protocol goes by a number of aliases: The Kyoto Treaty, The Kyoto Accord, or The Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. It does not stand alone but is actually an amendment to a larger body [...]

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Global Warming

If you’re able to use a computer and can read this newsletter, you’ll have no doubt heard about global warming. You’ve probably heard different stories about what could be causing global warming and what it’ll do to us, ranging from the effect that CFC gases have on the ozone layer to global warming being nothing [...]

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