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Article one: carbon dioxide (CO2) is the most important greenhouse gas produced by human activities, primarily through the combustion of fossil fuels. Its concentration in the earth’s atmosphere has risen by more than 30% since the Industrial Revolution. What an astonishing growth rate. Of course the resources are manifold, but can be reduced to six. First is respiration, both in land and sea it is a key component of the global carbon dioxide. Second are industries in the fuel and power and chemical sectors. Third are mobile sources. Globally, transport-related emissions of carbon dioxide are growing rapidly. Road transport dominates these emissions, though off-road, air and marine transport emissions are also significant. Forth is land-use change. Sixth is volcanism.
Air quality in the North West is improving. It has substantially reduced emissions from regulated industrial sites, but traffic is still causing air quality problems in major cities. From preston council I got some details about carbon dioxide emissions in recent years. Road traffic in the region increased by 15.8% between 1996 and 2006. There are around 3.8 million cars travelling on the North West’s road and this is causing air quality problems, particularly at peak travelling times. Total CO2 emissions in the Lancashire sub-region in 2006 were estimated at 12.2 million tones. This represented just over a fifth of the North West total of 59.5 million tones or 2.3% of the UK total.


Article two: what can we do to reduce the emission of the greenhouse gas? First we will review what the government did to protect air quality. The UK government published its strategic policy framework for air quality management in 1995 establishing national strategies and policies on air quality management in the environment Act.1995. The air quality strategy provides a framework for air quality control through air quality management and air quality standards. It requires all local authorities in England, Scotland and Wales to conduct local air quality reviews. The 2000 Strategy provided the framework for achieving further improvements in ambient air quality in the UK to 2003 and beyond. It set health-based standards for eight important air pollutants and objective to be achieved in the short to medium term.
What can people do to reduce the emissions of carbon dioxide? One-third of the global warming because of industrial gas, one-third is from the emission of vehicle, the final one-third is from the respiration and other causes. So we can see the combustion of the fossil fuel is primary resource of carbon dioxide. How to solve this problem completely, the only way is to develop new energy, minimize the use of coal and oil. Because it will have a lot of greenhouse gas emissions. In our life there have many ways to prevent the emissions of greenhouse gas. For example, plant trees; reduce solid waste, as far as possible to use clean energy. Make full use of solar, wind energy and other clean energy. Carry shopping bags by yourself when you shopping. We can do more to reduce the emissions.

Multimedia. I have a choice of two elements. I will do a slideshow that show the damage and resource of the greenhouse gas. My other idea is to make an interview with local people who has different job and also they will have different view of this question.

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climate change

our climate is chaging- both in Britain and roung the world. because of man-made pollution that traps sun's, the planet may never have warmed as fast as it has in past 25 years. The years 2005 and 1998 were the warmest years of the last millennium. the 1990s the warmest decade and the 20th century was the warmest century.
This is going to affect us all, and the evidence of the first sign of climate change is all around us. In europe, the glacier of the Alps are disappearing and drought in the Mediterranean are worsening. Southern Spain is turning to desert.
Some European countries have set themselves informal targets for 60 percent emissions reductions by mid-century, which is a better measure of what is needed.
we should do our best to reduce our climate footprint- our personal contribution to global warming.

sources of carbon dioxide

Carbon dioxide (CO2) is the most important greenhouse gas produced by human activities, primarily through the combustion of fossil fuels. Its concentration in the Earth's atmosphere has risen by more than 30% since the Industrial Revolution.
Respiration
Respiration, both on land and in the sea, is a key component of the global carbon cycle.
Vulcanism
Emissions of CO2 due to volcanic activity, though sometimes large on a local scale, are relatively minor on a global scale.
Land-use Change

It is estimated that man-made changes in land-use have, until now, produced a cumulative global loss of carbon from the land of about 200 Pg. Widespread deforestation has been the main source of this loss.
Energy - Stationary Sources
Of the carbon dioxide emissions arising from fossil fuel combustion
Industry (non-energy-related)
Carbon dioxide is produced in lime and cement manufacture as a result of the heating of limestone.

cut carbon emissions

Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from Environment Agency regulated processes in the North West decreased from 2005 to 2006, mainly due to a decrease in CO2 emissions.

Climate change is one of the biggest environmental challenges facing the world and cannot be resolved simply by restricting emissions from industry. Domestic energy consumption and transport are also having an impact and account for over 50% of GHG emitted in the region.

CO2 is produced mainly by industries in the fuel and power and chemical sectors. CO2 accounted for 87% of GHG emissions from agency regulated premises in the region in 2006. In terms of CO2 production in 2006, 78% of total emissions were from fuel and power. Over 50% of GHG emissions from the fuel and power sector originate from Fiddlers Ferry Power Station; 7% were from the chemical industry and 5% were from waste sent to landfill. When coal prices are low or when economic activity is high we see an increase in carbon dioxide emissions as energy demand rises.

air we breathe

air is very important to human. we breathe air constantly. however, with the development of the economy , the air pollution is becoming more and more serious.
let's take a look the negative impact from the traffic continues. Air pollution is believed to reduce life expectancy by seven to eight months, which translates to annual health costs of up to ￡20 billion for the country as a whole.Increasing levels of car and air travel are causing pollution to rise. Plans for around half a million new houses in the North West will add to the problem – especially when these new homeowners bring their cars on to the roads.The number of regional local authorities that have designated ‘air quality management areas’ is on the increase.
publi transport journeys produce far less carbon emissions than equivalent journeys by car. we need to increase public transport facilities in the North West to improve our air quality.

north west region information

The North West is one of the UK’s most environmentally diverse regions. From the rich rural landscape of the north to the industrial centre of the south, the environmental is uniquely varied. North West of the Britain spreads around an area of 14000 kilometers and has a population of mare than seven million. It is bounded by the Scotland border in the north, the welsh mountains and the west midland in the south, the Irish Sea in the west and the pennines mountain range in the east. Most northern part of this region is rural while urban cities dominate the south. In this region agriculture covers 80%, and important habitat and wildlife areas include nearly 400 sites of special scientific interest.
What is our environment? Our environment is the air we breathe, the water we drink, the ground we walk on, the wildlife we live with, the business we do, the waste we do, the climate we have, the flooding we suffer. In the days that followed I will introduce these elements in the North West one by one.