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By Deborah Zabarenko WASHINGTON (Reuters) - One of the most interesting facets of a new United Nations climate change report is what's not in it: much mention of curbing the greenhouse gas emissions that trap heat in Earth's atmosphere and in turn can spur some natural disasters. "It is a change," said Christopher Field, a top editor of the 600-page document released on Wednesday. [More]

DURBAN, South Africa When roughly 25,000 people descend on a city to talk climate change, you can expect at least two things: mountains of waste and copious emissions of the greenhouse gases that they’ve come to talk about so seriously. To offset the hundreds of thousands of tons of these lightweight gases emitted in the pursuit of a global climate treaty, recent such conferences have taken compensatory measures, such as subsidizing retrofits of Bangladeshi brick factories , so that ambassadorial emissions are offset by a reduction in pollution from kilns

(Reuters) - Almost 200 nations began global climate talks on Monday with time running out to save the Kyoto Protocol aimed at cutting the greenhouse gas emissions scientists blame for rising sea levels, intense storms, drought and crop failures. [More]

The Australia-based Galileo Movement touts a series of "basic facts" on carbon dioxide that attempt to explain why the greenhouse gas can't contribute to climate change. John Smeed, the movement's co-founder, says the case against carbon dioxide as a global warming culprit is simply a matter of "junior school physics." [More]

Jamming carbon deep underground has long been a proposed solution to our emissions problems, but it's expensive and rarely used. Now we can use the Earth's heat to make that gas work for us. Geothermal power production and CO2 storage are both well-known practices in the energy world: one generates power from thermal energy that is generated and stored in the Earth, and the other is used to store CO2 from coal-fired power plants (or other dirty industrial plants) to prevent the greenhouse gas from entering the atmosphere.

Soda and beer. Other than exhaling, bubbly drinks are our closest experience with releasing the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide . So as you confront steamy summer, which cold beverage is best--from an environmental perspective?

Biofuels are taking off, but if they keep being made from corn, the world will go hungry. The oceans, full of fast-growing kelp, are the next frontier of plant-based fuel.

The world is waiting for a clean revolution , a shift away from the greenhouse gas-emitting, mountain-leveling, air-polluting, fossil-fuel burning way of life.

And so would trading beef for chicken. According to a new study, cultured meat production generates up to 96% fewer greenhouse gas emissions than conventional meat production, though it's still second to poultry in terms of energy efficiency. Lab-grown meat is going to be on your table someday.

Provided with real information, will car buyers start making more informed decisions? When you're purchasing a car, it's easy to see the gas mileage of your potential new rides. They're plastered right there on the window; a helpful tip from the EPA.

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Sometimes food manufacturers are to blame, hiding hefty calorie counts in tiny type. Other times, our own misconceptions about nutrition lead us to make unwise choices. Here's the scoop on seven overrated foods with a healthy reputation they don't necessarily deserve