Emission spectrum

of measurement and disclosure on carbon emissions and greenhouse gas related activities. In the end, the motivations to improve the quality of disclosure are analysed. Carbon accounting in UK and Russia: UK established the Climate Change Act in 2008 which is first legally binding target on climate change in the world. The aim of the act is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions at least 80% before 2050(Committee on…

species diversity and distribution, reduced access to food, and prevalence of diseases. Reduction in winter road season often required food and fuel to be flown into these regions, leading to increased cost of food and fuel. The Northern communities emission of CO2 is also high due to their reliance on diesel oil. Health Impacts Warming of the planet Earth caused by the excessive accumulation of greenhouse gases presents both environmental and health effects. Some of the adverse…

there would be a 900 million metric tons of greenhouse emissions that would be reduced. The standards set up in this policy surpassed the CAFE Law that was passed by Congress in 2007. That law only required for cars to have a 35 miles per gallon fuel economy standard in 2020. As mentioned earlier, cars and trucks contribute highly to the high level of toxins found in the air. This regulation was set forth in order to reduce those emissions found in the atmosphere. The National Fuel Efficiency…

recycling goods and materials, and shipping without causing too large of a carbon footprint (Senthil & Sakthi, 2015).. However, one must wonder what new technology that they are using are production techniques can cause such a large percentage of carbon emissions. The answer is due to the polluting factories that Apple is forced to use in order to remain competitive. The cheap labour garnered is essential to Apple maintaining their competitive advantage and therefore don’t invest in better…

healthy post-2020 climate change target in line with keeping global warming below 2°C that is ambitious and achievable. As part of New Zealand’s contribution to the universal climate change agreement, an economy-wide target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 40% by 2030 compared to 1990 levels. This type of commitment will require robust policies and coordinated action across the integrated sectors as determined by decisions of the UNFCCC Conference of the Parties on reporting…

The letter essentially asked for congress to back down and allow the Enviornmental protection agency to do what is needed of them to regulate global warming emissions to ensure a better future. The letter included what The Environmental Protection agency has done in the past to help combat pollution, and what they could do in the future to continue to further benefit the environment. Scientist urged congress to…

Yet, we are still polluting our atmosphere and oceans at an all time high rate. What we need is a net zero emission. This is possible. We need the United States government to implement a plan to have zero gasoline and diesel powered vehicles on the road. Pollution regulations need to be raised on businesses. Finally, the way our homes and businesses are powered…

Air pollution has been a growing concern in the New England area over the past few decades. Air pollution can come from many different sources including stationary sources like factories and power plants, mobile sources like vehicles, agricultural sources found from gassy animals and their waste products, as well as natural sources like wildfires, dust storms and other natural occurrences. Various cities around New England have identified the sources that are contributing to the air pollution…

Air Act (CAA) is an environmental law made by the U.S. government. This federal law aims at regulating air emissions from stationary sources such as industries and mobile sources such as vehicles. It was established to authorize the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) that protects the public health through regulation of emissions that have a hazardous effect on air (Sueyoshi & Goto, 2010). The CAA was established in 1963 after…

In his article, Jack Minz contends that current government policies of taxation are ineffective in reducing greenhouse gas emissions. He begins by discussing the failure of the Canadian government to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by six percent between 1990 and 2012, as promised during the 1997 Kyoto protocol. At the time this article was written, with policies of tax giveaways and subsidies failing, the Liberal party leader Michael Ignatieff promised a system of carbon taxation if elected.…