LECTURES 2-3 CORPORATE CARBON AUDIT Agenda Carbon Footprint Concepts Why and What Carbon Measurement Standards and Procedures Emission Scopes and Conversion Factors Assignment 1 Agenda Carbon Footprint Concepts Why and What Carbon Measurement Standards and Procedures Emission Scopes and Conversion Factors Assignment 2 Carbon footprint is a “measure of the impact human Carbon Footprint activities have on the environment in terms of the amount of green house
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The carbon tax could positively influence our society environmentally to further strengthen our future. It encourages alternatives such as public transit‚ carpooling and even biking due to the elevated gas prices. The tax will also intend for households to not take their electricity for granted and utilize it as a scarce resource. “It increases social efficiency by making people aware of the full social cost” (Pettinger Paragraph 9). This relates back to the Paris Agreement which was signed by the
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A. Identification of Pollutant in the Atmosphere Carbon Dioxide Carbon Dioxide is a colorless gas having a faint‚ sharp odor and a sour taste; it is a minor component of Earth’s atmosphere formed in combustion of carbon-containing materials‚ in fermentation‚ and in respiration of animals and employed by plants in the photosynthesis of carbohydrates. Though living things emit carbon dioxide when they breathe‚ carbon dioxide is widely considered to be a pollutant when associated with cars‚ planes
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Proyecto: DIOXIDO DE CARBONO Y EL FUEGO (CARBON DIOXIDE FIRE) LA PRESENCIA DE UN GAS QUE APAGA EL FUEGO (THE PRESENCE OF AN OFF GAS TO THE FIRE) INTRODUCTION This science project shows that not all gases are the cause of the fire‚ there are several gases that cause the flame is extinguished. Therefore we developed the first fire extinguisher ready and try to prove one of the most important gases in our planet’s carbon dioxide. PROBLEM It is possible that the presence
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unethically. At the centre of the government’s policy on climate change is pricing carbon. Many commenters and politicians have referred to this as a “carbon tax”. The idea is that polluters will pay per tonne of carbon they release into the atmosphere. This cost will initially be set at $23‚ and increase gradually until 2015. This is widely thought of as the most effective and least costly mechanism to reduce carbon output and reduce the level of climate change that is occurring.
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endangered by the rise in temperatures and carbon levels. It was then that Carla‚ a carbon atom was born at the Sahara desert. At night‚ Carla and her friends went outside to watch the stars peacefully. It had never occurred to them that the night would bring a sudden kidnap. All of Carla’s friends and Carla were attached to two oxygen atoms. Unfortunately‚ Carla fainted during the kidnap so when she woke up‚ she took the surprise of no longer being carbon but carbon dioxide. Carla then turned around and
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Ju Young – Arctic Ice Investigation ****************************************************************************************** Research Question: How do greenhouse gas emissions give an impact to the Arctic sea ice? Hypothesis: 1. A statement that predicts what will happen. Use the structure: ‘If…then…because…’ 2. For the ‘because’ part you need to give scientific reasoning so after you have done your research‚ state in parentheses ( ) the author of the source that helped you decide on your
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AP Environmental Science 9 October 2012 My Carbon Story Hey there guys! My name is carbon. I am made up of one C‚ a carbon molecule‚ and two O‚ oxygen molecules. I have been hanging out at the deep-water bar and grill for over three hundred and eighty years. And while I was in the town of rock bottom there was a fun amusement park ride called “lift em’ up” that comes into town once every couple of million years. The best part is that the ride last for millions of years as well! Once I rose to
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Carbon Compounds Activity 1: Organic Compounds: Are they Useful? Objective: Recognize the uses of common organic compounds. Materials: paper and pen‚ pentel pen‚ manila paper Labels or Pictures of the following products: gasoline‚ acetone‚ kerosene‚ acetic acid‚ LPG‚ ethanol Procedure: 1) With your group mates‚ use the labels/pictures of the materials to answer the following questions: a.) Complete the table about the uses of the compounds. Indicate using a check mark the uses of
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Egypt 2012 Country Review http://www.countrywatch.com Acknowledgements There are several people without whom the creation of the CountryWatch Country Reviews could not have been accomplished. Robert Kelly‚ the Founder and Chairman of CountryWatch envisioned the original idea of CountryWatch Country Reviews as a concise and meaningful source of country-specific information‚ containing fundamental demographic‚ socio-cultural‚ political‚ economic‚ investment and environmental information
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