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Plant-based plastics 'no panacea',

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From www.euractiv.com - December 7, 2012 5:03 PM

December 6, 2012

SPECIAL REPORT [1] / The world's largest drinks companies, Coca-Cola and PepsiCo, have laid down ambitious plans to roll out 100% plant-based plastic bottles across the globe, triggering warnings from environmentalists who see a parallel with the ongoing controversy over biofuels.... http://www.euractiv.com/specialreport-plastics-pvc/plant-based-plastics-panacea-gre-news-516469?utm_source=EurActiv%20Newsletter&utm_campaign=bbd36828bd-newsletter_daily_update&utm_medium=email

 

FAO report links high food prices to biofuel demand http://www.euractiv.com/cap/fao-report-links-high-food-price-news-516502?utm_source=EurActiv%20Newsletter&utm_campaign=bbd36828bd-newsletter_daily_update&utm_medium=email


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A Satellite’s View of Ship Pollution

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From earthobservatory.nasa.gov - February 19, 1:17 PM
Elevated levels of nitrogen dioxide pop out over certain shipping lanes in observations made by the Aura satellite between 2005-2012. The signal was the strongest over the northeastern Indian Ocean.

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Seth Dixon's curator insight, February 15, 4:39 PM

Tags: transportation, globalization, diffusion, remote sensing, industry, economic, unit 6 industry.
David Collet's curator insight, February 19, 10:37 PM

The Straits of Malacca show up as a highly affected band - and this from traffic that is not even bound for, or related to, Malaysia.
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Global CO2 emissions

From www.youtube.com - August 5, 2012 2:09 PM
Animated time-lapse video of anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions in map form, spanning the 18th century until this current first decade of the 21st centur...

 

This is not a complete data set, but the video still shows the striking connection between CO2 emissions and  the historical geography of industrialization.


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CommentsByMe's comment, August 2, 2012 12:54 PM
What data did you use? Historical, proxy or climate station? From 1800-1920's, was CO2 derived from historical observations, ice cores? Pre- to post-war had the maximum extent of climate stations, which captured CO2 (broadens extent). Throughout the mid-50's to present, due to lack of funding, climate stations plummeted from over 400 stations worldwide to approximately 80. When we reconstitute all these different types of data, we often get what geographer's call the modifiable areal unit problem... Furthermore, this is compounded not only by extent but also by timeline/data availability.
Seth Dixon's comment, August 2, 2012 2:21 PM
I'd love to take credit for this, but I didn't create this video, but am simply sharing a resource that I found online with the broader community. Follow the YouTube link to see info about the creator there (Cuagau1).
Mark V's comment, September 4, 2012 11:41 AM
Frightening and guilt inducing. The US and Europe the biggest historical violators, plus living in the northeastern part of the country which shows the highest concentrations.
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