PA Environment Daily

MAY 9, 2023

People should be celebrating, not demonizing, modern increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2). Data reported in a recent paper by Dr. Indur Goklany, and published by the CO2 Coalition, indicates that up to 50 percent of Earth’s vegetated areas became greener between 1982-2011. Read more here.]

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Real Climate

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Manabe’s early focus was on radiative-convective equilibrium, and his seminal 1967 paper (with his longtime collaborator Richard Wetherald, who passed in 2011 ). Manabe, "The Dependence of Atmospheric Temperature on the Concentration of Carbon Dioxide", Global Effects of Environmental Pollution , pp. 241-259, 1967.

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HumanNature

MARCH 31, 2021

Direct Environmental Effects Did you know that black carbon is the second most important warming agent in our atmosphere behind carbon dioxide (CO 2 )? This is because of black carbon’s enhanced ability to absorb visible light; it actually absorbs nearly a million times more energy per unit mass than CO 2.

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HumanNature

MARCH 8, 2022

Carbon naturally moves through the environment. If we follow a single carbon molecule, we could expect it to start in the air as carbon dioxide. Carbon dioxide is food for plants and they take it into their bodies through a process called photosynthesis. Let me explain. 4 Huang, Y.,

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 26, 2021

Kaufer Introduces Bipartisan Bill Authorizing Community Solar Projects; $2 Billion In Private Investment Waiting For This To Pass -- The Hershey Company Releases 2020 Sustainability Report -- Eco-Friendly Process To Convert Carbon Dioxide Back Into Fuel Offers Way To Close The Carbon Loop -- Ben Franklin BIG Idea Contest: Tech Innovators, Small Manufacturers (..)

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ESA

MARCH 6, 2023

States Washington state holds carbon allowance auction. International United Nations report cautions against solar radiation management and calls for international regulations for the use of this technology. Executive Branch USFWS proposes listing two populations of California spotted owl under the Endangered Species Act.

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