What is Soots Role in Climate Change?
The United States and other Arctic nations have established an international task force to study black carbon, a dangerous pollutant that kills millions worldwide and accelerates global warming, particularly in the Arctic. Earthjustice, which is campaigning to curb black carbon–also known as soot–welcomed the agreement but said there is an urgent need for more immediate action. “We have the technologies to reduce black carbon today,” said Erika Rosenthal, an Earthjustice attorney. “Quick action on black carbon will slow Arctic melting and buy valuable time to address the larger problem of carbon dioxide emissions. ” Black carbon consists of microscopic airborne particles of soot that come from diesel engines and industrial smokestacks in the developed world and residential cooking and heating stoves in the developing world. Breathing black carbon causes serious respiratory illness responsible for 1.6 million deaths a year, and when it falls on ice or snow in the Arctic, it causes it
05/01/2009 SustainableBusiness.com News The United States and other Arctic nations have established an international task force to study black carbon, a dangerous pollutant that kills millions worldwide and accelerates global warming, particularly in the Arctic. Earthjustice, which is campaigning to curb black carbon–also known as soot–welcomed the agreement but said there is an urgent need for more immediate action. “We have the technologies to reduce black carbon today,” said Erika Rosenthal, an Earthjustice attorney. “Quick action on black carbon will slow Arctic melting and buy valuable time to address the larger problem of carbon dioxide emissions. ” Black carbon consists of microscopic airborne particles of soot that come from diesel engines and industrial smokestacks in the developed world and residential cooking and heating stoves in the developing world. Breathing black carbon causes serious respiratory illness responsible for 1.6 million deaths a year, and when it falls on
