Answer to Carbon Emissions May Lie Under the Sea

jerry submitted, created time 4 months 1 day (sciencenow.sciencemag.org)

Scientists may have found a way to chemically lock up a trillion metric tons of carbon dioxide, many times the expected global carbon emissions over the next century. The plan involves injecting the greenhouse gas into huge formations of the porous volcanic rock basalt that lie on the sea floor. The approach would be expensive, however, and a host of questions remain about the technique.

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Top U.S. Scientists, Economists Urge Carbon Cuts

jerry submitted, created time 5 months 3 weeks (sciencenow.sciencemag.org)

In an open letter published online yesterday, leading American scientists and economists urged U.S. policymakers to make deep cuts in greenhouse gas emissions. The action comes as the Senate is poised to vote on landmark U.S. climate legislation...

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Clothing companies begin to print carbon emissions

Darkfrog submitted, created time 7 months 1 week (www.nytimes.com)

Some clothing companies are beginning to list on the tag estimates of the carbon emissions that were generated from the creation of each garment. A jacket may have been designed in New York out of fabric invented in Japan and then assembled in Europe or Asia, shipped to a distribution facility -- these things really get around.

So far, shoppers haven't had much reason to buy clothes that were made locally because they usually cost more. I see these tags as potentially as transformative as the nutrition labels that showed up on our food in the early 1990s

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One leap for biofuel-based jets