{"id":419,"date":"2008-03-12T16:11:19","date_gmt":"2008-03-12T21:11:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/2008\/03\/12\/zero_emissions\/"},"modified":"2008-03-12T16:11:19","modified_gmt":"2008-03-12T21:11:19","slug":"zero_emissions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/2008\/03\/12\/zero_emissions\/","title":{"rendered":"That Scary <i>Washington<\/i><i> Post<\/i> Article"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img src='https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/7\/files\/2008\/02\/sheryl_canter.jpg' height=\"80\" alt='Sheryl Canter' align=\"left\" hspace=\"8\" class=\"blogAuthorPic\" \/><i>This post is by Sheryl Canter, an Online Writer and Editorial Manager at the Environmental Defense Fund.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>On Monday, the <i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/03\/09\/AR2008030901867.html\">Washington Post<\/a><\/i> reported that new studies say carbon output must be near zero to avert danger. They referred to two recent studies, one published in <i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.agu.org\/pubs\/crossref\/2008\/2007GL032388.shtml\">Geophysical Research Letters<\/a><\/i> and one in the journal <i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.agu.org\/pubs\/crossref\/2008\/2007GB002953.shtml\">Global Biogeochemical Cycles<\/a><\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>I asked the scientists here at EDF about this. It turns out what&#8217;s missing from the <i>Washington Post<\/i> article is the time frame. Yes, we have to bring emissions to near zero, but it doesn&#8217;t have to be tomorrow. And moreover, this isn&#8217;t news!<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>From climate scientist <a href=\"http:\/\/www.edf.org\/page.cfm?tagID=985\">James Wang<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>These studies &#8211; particularly the first one &#8211; didn&#8217;t present any dramatically new findings. They mainly reinforce what we&#8217;ve known for quite some time: To avoid dangerous temperature thresholds and stabilize the climate, anthropogenic emissions must drop to near zero <i>after about a century or so<\/i>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The key phrase here is &quot;after about a century or so.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>In case that still leaves you worried, take heart from something economist <a href=\"http:\/\/www.edf.org\/page.cfm?tagID=12740\">Nat Keohane<\/a> wrote in his post &quot;<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/2007\/12\/12\/time_to_act\/\">Time to Act, Not Despair<\/a>&quot;:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Again and again, American entrepreneurs and investors have shown the ability to solve problems &#8211; when there is a market incentive for them to act. If the government will lead by capping carbon pollution, the primary cause of climate change, the market will respond with investment and innovation on a scale to solve this problem. Already, venture capitalists are pouring more than $300 million a month into new energy technologies. But it will take the certainty of a cap, an overall limit on carbon pollution, to unleash a sustained wave of investment and innovation.<br \/>\n&#8230;<br \/>\nWith sufficient motivation, we can rise to the challenge and do what\u2019s necessary. A cap on greenhouse gas emissions is the incentive we need to drive innovation and efficiency. We know what we need to do, and we have the ability to do it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This post is by Sheryl Canter, an Online Writer and Editorial Manager at the Environmental Defense Fund. On Monday, the Washington Post reported that new studies say carbon output must be near zero to avert danger. 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