Greenhouse Gas Increases Are Leading to a Faster Rate of Global Warming | Vital Signs Online

Carbon dioxide (CO2) is the main contributor to climate change. In 2013, the global combustion of fossil fuels and the production of cement resulted in the emission of 36.1 billion tons of CO2, which was 61 percent over 1990 levels.1 (In

terms of carbon, the emissions totaled 9.8 billion tons in 2013.) According to the most recent estimates, emissions in 2014 are projected to be 2.5 percent over 2013 levels.2 (See Figure 1.) In physical terms, this translates into the release of 37 billion additional tons of CO2 in the atmosphere.3 It

is estimated that to keep the rate of Earth’s warming below the 2 degrees Celsius threshold believed to be the temperature increase that will have severe and irreversible global environmental effects, total future emissions cannot exceed 1,200 billion tons.4

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Allan Savory’s 5 Big Lies – Debunked

Mic. the Vegan

Published on Jan 20, 2016

Livestock to save the world…What does the science actually say about Allan Savory’s methods? In this video we look behind the glamorous ‘before and after’ shots in the TED talk. Links and Sources: Facebook.com/micthevegan Twitter.com/micthevegan 2014 Paper: “…no peer-reviewed studies” for Savory’s grazing: http://www.hindawi.com/journals/ijbd/…
“lack of conclusive evidence on measurable benefits of HM grazing.” http://www.ars.usda.gov/SP2UserFiles/…
Definition of Short duration grazing: https://ucanr.edu/repositoryfiles/ca4…
Short Duration Grazing and Intensive Rotational Grazing: http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE…
Full Carbon Sequestration Study behind Paper Cited by Savory: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/…
38% world “arid regions at risk of desertification”: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/…
Guardian Article Questioning Savory Carbon Data: http://www.theguardian.com/environmen…
1/8th as much as Savory’s methods require Paper:
“The Savory Method Can Not Green Deserts or Reverse Climate Change” (Just google it, no direct link) Grass fed beef Methane Emissions: http://news.discovery.com/earth/grass…
Methane 25x more potent than CO2: http://timeforchange.org/are-cows-cau…
NY Times Op-Ed mentioning Polyface grain usage: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/13/opi…
Geoff Lawton’s Greening the Desert: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1rKD…
Forest Man of India: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkZDS…
16% of the world’s soil carbon is already stored by soil fungi http://phys.org/news/2013-03-fungi-re…
Fungi holds 50-70% of carbon in forests of Sweden. http://research.iae.ac.cn/web/UploadF…
95% of plants are compatible https://www.uaf.edu/files/ces/publica…

Allan Savory’s 5 Big Lies – Debunked – PART 2

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EPA official: government must plan for climate change

WASHINGTON (AP) — A top manager who supervises the Environmental Protection Agency program responsible for cleaning up the nation’s most contaminated properties and waterways told Congress on Thursday that the government needs to plan for the ongoing threat posed to Superfund sites from climate change.

The testimony by EPA Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator Barry Breen before a House oversight subcommittee conflicts with the agency’s policy positions under President Donald Trump, who has called climate change a hoax. Breen’s boss, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt, is an ardent fossil fuel promoter who questions the validity of mainstream climate science.

During a hearing Thursday, Rep. Jerry McNerney, a California Democrat, asked Breen whether extreme weather events like hurricanes and wildfires could damage the highly toxic sites and cause contamination to spread.

“We have to respond to climate change, that’s just part of our mission set,” replied Breen, a career official who leads EPA’s Office of Land and Emergency Management. “So we need to design remedies that account for that. We don’t get to pick where Superfund sites are. We deal with the waste where it is.”

There are more than 1,300 Superfund sites in the U.S.

Under the Obama administration, EPA issued a robust plan for prioritizing cleanup and protection of toxic sites located in flood zones and areas vulnerable to sea level rise. However, a Superfund Task Force appointed by Pruitt last year issued a 34-page list of recommendations that makes no mention of climate change, flooding risks from stronger storms or rising seas.

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