The Green Grok Blogs on carbon dioxide emissions
On Science, Politics and Climate Change
May 22, 2013
U.S. Representative Lamar Representative Lamar Smith’s strutting his science cred.
Statistically Speaking: U.S. Shipping by the Numbers
May 15, 2013
What’s in all those trucks anyway? Being a consumer in the global economy has its advantages. We can get stuff [...]
CO2 Reaches New Heights: A Symbolic Exercise in Splitting Hairs
May 14, 2013
Did concentrations of carbon dioxide (CO2) exceed 400 parts per million at Mauna Loa?
Greenhouse Gas Emissions: EPA Cries Foul on Keystone, Gov. Forecasts Fall Short
Apr 24, 2013
Two news items surrounding greenhouse gas emissions moved over the past week. One on the trajectory of said emissions from government number-crunching. The other on what the proposed Keystone pipeline might mean for emissions.
Old Wang Coal?
Feb 18, 2013
Is China, the world’s largest producer and consumer of coal, a promising market for U.S. coal exports?
Climate Change Change Gonna Come?
Jan 22, 2013
Obama promises action on climate change during his second term.
Climate Change Mitigation: Caught Between a Wedge and a Hard Place
Jan 15, 2013
New study concludes that addressing climate change will require “fundamental and disruptive transformation of the global energy system.”
Climate Sensitivity Revisited
Jan 10, 2013
New study on climate sensitivity has some good news and some not so good news.
While We Were Away: Circa 2012-13
Jan 9, 2013
They say time waits for no man. The news, of course, waits for no one either. An apt idea for today as we review of some of the environmental goings-on during our holiday break.
Climate Change: The Human Factor Factored In
Jul 25, 2012
How sensitive are you to climate change?











