Esty and Porter Recommend Imposing a Price on Carbon Emission in the U. S.

Summary :   Carbon dioxide is a major greenhouse gas produced by burning fossil fuels.   It leads to increased average global temperature , ...

Carbon Dioxide – The Waste Product of Our Energy Economy

Summary .   Human activity generates waste.   As the earth’s population grows, and as the world-wide standard of living rises, we create mo...

Producing More Natural Gas in the U. S.: The Pickens Plan

Summary .   The U. S. uses about 25% of the world’s energy, yet has only about 4% of the world’s population.   As part of its energy supply...

Diesel

Rudolf Christian Karl Diesel (1858–1913), a German thermal engineer, invented the diesel engine and patented it in 1893. Unlike...

Consumer Pollution

Consumer pollution refers, in part, to traces of numerous consumer products, including pain relievers, prescription drugs, anti...

Burn Barrels

People used to think that burning household trash and yard waste in an open barrel was an inexpensive, good way to get rid of i...

Carbon Monoxide

Carbon monoxide is an invisible, odorless, and poisonous gas with the chemical formula CO. Because of its toxicity, the U.S. En...

Cleanup

The cleanup of environmental pollution involves a variety of techniques, ranging from simple biological processes to advanced e...