The publication was commissoned in conjunction with Surface Ocean - Lower Atmosphere Study (SOLAS), the International Commission on Atmospheric Chemistry and Global Pollution (ICACGP), The World Climate Research Programme (WCRP), The International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP) and the Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR).
"In fact, when you burn coal, you emit more acid rain pollution, more air pollution, more smog and more global warming pollution which threatens the entire planet, " said Becker, global warming program director for the Sierra Club.
You could get close to a 15 percent reduction in global warming pollution just from this technology.
Mr. BECKER: This is a cynical effort by auto companies to evade the law that would reduce our oil dependence and global warming pollution.
Whether electric cars help solve the problems of pollution or global warming is a moot point.
But other contributing factors to their include coastal development, egg poaching, ocean pollution and global warming.
Rising pollution, global warming and shrinking fossil fuel reserves have focused world wide attention on how engines generate electrical and mechanical power.
They also hope an initiative to address pollution and global warming will stop enviromentally-conscious voters from backing Green Party nominee Ralph Nader.
Many students of climate change argue that, although the artificial release of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide works to raise the global temperature, particulate pollution should, by promoting cloud cover and thus reflecting solar energy back into space, have a compensating cooling effect.
The world is facing many challenges such as global warming, diseases and pollution.
One theory is that global warming, caused by air pollution, is at least partly responsible for the increased intensity of weather phenomena.
The aim of the pavilion is to create a global vision of the challenges represented by the pollution of oceans and the lack of freshwater.
As chief executive, Mr. Leung will have to confront a raft of issues currently facing the city, including high levels of pollution, an overstretched education system and global economic headwinds.
Environmental crises surround us: global warming, hazardous waste, resource depletion, air pollution and many more.
Previously, global warming was just part of an undistinguished green lineup with pollution and endangered species.
Not because of Copenhagen, not because of global warming, so much as concerns about energy security and pollution.
Everyone concerned with indoor air pollution, health, natural resources in the developing world and global warming has a stake in these questions.
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Some experts think the global auto market may actually have maxed out, due to concerns about pollution and sprawl, as I wrote for Forbes earlier this year.
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Beijing is under pressure to embrace more environmentally-friendly energy supplies to reduce pollution levels across the country and set a lead in the global fight against climate change.
Scientists report that many types of amphibians, especially frogs, are in a steep global decline likely caused by a mix of habitat loss, climate change, pollution and a virulent fungus.
Indoor air pollution (IAP) is an excellent example: A massive global problem and the second-largest driver of global warming, IAP causes over 3.5 million needless deaths each year, mainly in the developing world, and has a disproportionate impact on women and children.
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To be sure, the exodus of expatriates fleeing pollution hasn't reached the point where it is threatening the operations of global companies.
"We have to act quickly to remove them all for fear of causing water pollution, " Xu Rong, an environmental official, told state-run Global Times newspaper.
Scientists have known for a long time that aerosols cool climate by reflecting sunlight and making clouds brighter, but the new study is the first to use a global model to estimate the net effects on plant carbon intake resulting from this type of atmospheric pollution.
Global Times says the country's rapid development is "sounding a shrill alarm again" on pollution and backs public calls for a fireworks ban during the Chinese New Year next month.
Opponents warn that fracking is an environmental disaster waiting to happen, citing, among other risks, air and water pollution, the release of radiation and cancer-causing substances, and the acceleration of global climate change as methane and other greenhouse gases escape during fracking.
Pollution from them causes chronic and acute respiratory ailments and premature death, and it contributes to global warming.
That is because cars produce local air pollution, which damages human health and the environment, and also produce greenhouse gases, which contribute to global warming.
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