In today’s New York Times, Lauren Morello of ClimateWire asks, “Is 350 [parts per million] the New 450 [ppm] When It Comes to Capping Carbon Emissions?”
The answer is yes, suggests Morello, a reporter with a keen eye for the shifting fashions of climate chic.
The older viewpoint was that if the world cuts back its CO2 emissions at least 50% by 2050, with industrial countries cutting their emissions by 80% or more, we could stabilize CO2 concentrations at 450 ppm, and that, in turn, would…
Today’s ClimateWire (subscription required) carries an analysis by reporter Lauren Morello that begins:
Say goodbye to “greenhouse gases.” Say hello to “carbon pollution” and ”heat-trapping gases.”
Morello observes a shift in the vocabulary U.S. government officials are using to talk about global warming — a change much in evidence in President Obama’s climate speech yesterday at the U.N.
Obama officials increasingly avoid the non-pejorative (although somewhat metaphorical) term “greenhouse gas” to describe carbon dioxide and instead refer to “carbon pollution” and “heat-trapping gases.”
Morello quotes NOAA chief Jane Lubchenco’s…
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