Acid Rain:
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www.epa.gov
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EPA's What is Acid Rain?
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www.eoearth.org
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Acid deposition fact sheet- Ecological Society of America
(ESA). Acid deposition, commonly known as acid rain, occurs
when... Last Updated: July 24, 2008. ***
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www.wmo.int
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World Meteorological Organization's Atmospheric
Research and Environment Programme- Global Atmosphere
Watch's Precipitation Chemistry Programme. Archive of global
precipitation data. Links to other sources as well.
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www.airclim.org
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Air Pollution & Climate Secretariat. Acidification &
Eutrophication- learn more about acid causing pollutants, their
effects as well as what can be done to counteract their spread.
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Acid Rain News:
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www.sciencedaily.com
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ScienceDaily- top science news stories from the world's
leading universities and research organizations. Acid Rain news.
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www.airclim.org
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Acid News Magazine with reports mainly from Europe on the
problems of acidification and air pollution, and measures that
are being taken to counteract them. Four issues a year,
delivered free on request.
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Aerosols:
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www.mlo.noaa.gov
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Earth System Research Laboratory- Global Monitoring
Division's Mauna Loa Observatory measures aerosol
backscatter.
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www.unep.org
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United Nations Environment Programme. Project:
Atmospheric Brown Cloud Report- Wide Spread and Complex
Climatic Changes Outlined- Cities Across Asia Get Dimmer:
Impacts on Glaciers, Agriculture and the Monsoon. Nov 2008.
Click on resources box to right.
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www.climatescience.gov
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"Atmospheric Aerosol Properties and Climate
Impacts" The report states that to achieve the goal of reducing
uncertainties in aerosol impacts on climate, an advanced,
multi-disciplinary approach that integrates surface, aircraft, and
space-based measurements with models will have to be
developed. Scientists have made gains in modeling aerosol
effects, but this capability has not yet been fully incorporated
into climate simulations, according to the report. 2009.
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www.climatescience.gov
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"Climate Projections Based on Emissions Scenarios for
Long-Lived and Short-Lived Radiatively Active Gases
and Aerosols" A Report by the U.S. Climate Change Science
Program and the Subcommittee on Global Change Research.
Sept 2008.
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"The Gangotri Glacier, which provides up to 70 per cent of water in the Ganges,
is retreating more than 35 m per year, nearly twice as fast as 20 years ago.
The Ganges Basin is home to 407 million people and contains 40 per cent of India’s irrigated cropland"
(Earth Policy Institute 2008)
www.unep.org/pdf/ABCSummaryFinal.pdf
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Carbon Dioxide: see Carbon Page...
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www.epa.gov
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Environmental Protection Agency. Carbon Dioxide's
Sources.
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Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) Contain Chlorine- therefore reacts with Ozone in the Stratosphere.
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www.esrl.noaa.gov
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Earth System Research Laboratory- Global Monitoring Division.
C A M P-The Chlorofluorocarbon Alternatives Monitoring
Project.
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www.esrl.noaa.gov
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National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration’s
annual greenhouse gas index (AGGI) tracks data from 60 sites
around the world. CFC graph.
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Competitions:
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www.virginearth.com
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Virgin Earth Challenge is a prize of $25m for whoever can
demonstrate to the judges' satisfaction a commercially viable
design which results in the removal of anthropogenic,
atmospheric greenhouse gases so as to contribute materially to
the stability of Earth’s climate.
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eco.goo.ne.jp
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Cool the Earth Idea Contest is calling for ideas for new
business models which contribute to reducing CO2 emissions.
We are looking for ideas that can be applied to going forward,
not ideas that are aimed at expanding the markets of existing
businesses. Applicants are not required to have relevant
business experience.
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Databases:
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yosemite.epa.gov
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"The U.S. Inventory of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and
Sinks" Environmental Protection Agency. ***
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www.epa.gov
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EPA's Greenhouse Gas Emissions Portal. Greenhouse Gas
Overview, Inventories, Trends & Projections, Projects.
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www.epa.gov
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State and Local Emissions- Greenhouse Gas Emissions-
EPA.
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www.esrl.noaa.gov
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National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration’s
annual greenhouse gas index (AGGI) tracks data from 60 sites
around the world.
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cta.ornl.gov
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Transportation Energy Data Book. Chapter 11 Greenhouse
Gas Emissions. US Dept of Energy's Oak Ridge National Lab.
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www.rivm.nl
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EDGAR information system stores global emission
inventories of direct and indirect greenhouse gases from
anthropogenic sources including halocarbons and aerosols both
on a per country and region basis as well as on a grid. The
EDGAR system can generate global, regional and national
emissions data in various formats.
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macuv.gsfc.nasa.gov
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NASA Measurements of Atmospheric Composition in
the Ultraviolet and Visible- ongoing data studies for the
study of ozone and other gases, aerosols, radiances, and
ultraviolet radiation, and what has been learned about
atmospheric pollution and air quality from the international
science missions making these measurements. ***
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www.esrl.noaa.gov
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Earth System Research Laboratory- Global Monitoring
Division's mission is to observe and understand, through
accurate, long-term records of atmospheric gases, aerosol
particles, and solar radiation, the Earth's atmospheric system
controlling climate forcing, ozone depletion and baseline air
quality, in order to develop products that will advance global
and regional environmental information and services.
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gaw.kishou.go.jp
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World Meteorological Organization's World Data
Centre for Greenhouse Gases c/o Japan Meteorological
Agency.
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www.wmo.int
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World Meteorological Organization's Global Atmosphere
Watch (GAW) programme promotes systematic and reliable
observations of the global atmospheric environment, including
studies of the biogeochemical cycles of CO2, CH4, N2O, and
other long-lived greenhouse gases.
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www.wmo.int
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World Meteorological Organization's Scientific Advisory
Groups (SAGs) and Expert Teams on Ozone, Greenhouse
Gases, Precipitation Chemistry and Aerosols.
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www.climateneutral.unep.org
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Climate Neutral Network has been established to assist
those interested in achieving big cuts in greenhouse gas
emissions to achieve their goals. Supported by the United
Nations Environment Programme, UNEP will call on the
expertise of the network and UN’s Environmental Management
Group to set basic benchmarks and foundations upon which the
initiative can evolve over the coming months and years.
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www.cdproject.net
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Carbon Disclosure Project: CDP5. The Carbon Disclosure
Project is a forum used by institutional investors to request
information on greenhouse gas emissions from some of the
world's largest companies. This report, the fifth in a continuing
series, contains data on individual company's CO2 emissions and
mitigation plans, and also includes analyses of new climate
developments.
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www.greentie.org
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GREENTIE – an International Directory of suppliers whose
technologies and services help to reduce greenhouse gas
emissions. The Programme concluded in March 2005 but the
web site still provides access to a wide range of information
collected since 1995.
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Gas Flaring:
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www.ngdc.noaa.gov
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Global Gas Flaring Estimates, commissioned and funded by
the World Bank’s Global Gas Flaring Reduction partnership,
estimates national and global gas flaring volumes based on
satellite sensor observations across a series of years - spanning
from 1995 through 2005.
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web.worldbank.org
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World Bank. Global Gas Flaring Reduction Partnership. In
order to address the gas flaring issue, GGFR facilitates and
supports national efforts for increasing the use of associated gas,
thus improving energy efficiency, increasing access to energy,
and contributing to climate change mitigation.
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There is roughly one head of cattle for every four human beings.
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg12216635.100-methane--the-hidden-greenhouse-gas-methane-from-cowsrubbish-tips-and-rice-fields-is-
warming-the-earth-car-exhausts-may-helptheprocess-but-methane-from-the-arctic-tundra-could-be-most-damaging-of-all.html
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Greenhouse Gas Organizations:
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www.climateneutral.unep.org
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Climate Neutral Network has been established to assist
those interested in achieving big cuts in greenhouse gas
emissions to achieve their goals. Supported by the United
Nations Environment Programme, UNEP will call on the
expertise of the network and UN’s Environmental Management
Group to set basic benchmarks and foundations upon which the
initiative can evolve over the coming months and years.
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www.ghgprotocol.org
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Greenhouse Gas Protocol is the most widely used
international accounting tool for government and business
leaders to understand, quantify, and manage greenhouse gas
emissions. The GHG Protocol, a decade-long partnership
between the World Resources Institute and the World Business
Council for Sustainable Development, is working with
businesses, governments, and environmental groups around the
world to build a new generation of credible and effective
programs for tackling climate change.
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www.ghgr.org
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Global GHG Register, the World Economic Forum has
launched a global initiative to stimulate the disclosure and
management by companies of their worldwide climate emissions
run in partnership with BrasilConnects, Deloitte Touche
Tohmatsu, International Emissions Trading Association, Pew
Center on Global Climate Change, World Business Council for
Sustainable Development, World Energy Council, World
Resources Institute and World Wildlife Fund.
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www.ieagreen.org.uk
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IEA Greenhouse Gas R&D Programme (IEA GHG) is an
Implementing Agreement of the International Energy Agency,
and was founded in 1991. It is a major international research
collaboration that assesses technologies capable of achieving
deep reductions in greenhouse gas emissions.
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www.awma.org
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Air & Waste Management Association, a nonprofit,
nonpartisan professional organization that enhances knowledge
and expertise by providing a neutral forum for information
exchange, professional development, networking opportunities,
public education, and outreach to more than 8000
environmental professionals in 65 countries. Greenhouse Gas
Estimating and Accounting.
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Regional Organizations:
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www.rggi.org
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Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, or RGGI, is a
cooperative effort by Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic U.S. states
to reduce carbon dioxide emissions.
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Halocarbons, Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs)
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High Global Warming Potential Gases:
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www.epa.gov
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EPA. High Global Warming Potential (GWP) Gases Info.
Sources and Emissions.
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