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The U.S. Climate Change Science Program, a U.S. government science panel, published a report today, "The North American Carbon Budget and Implications for the Global Carbon Cycle," that finds North America’s fossil fuel emissions are greater than 25 percent of global emissions. The conversion of fossil fuels to energy, such as electricity generation, is the single largest carbon contributor, with transportation second. The report details how the growth of vegetation blanketing North America absorbs large amounts of carbon from the atmosphere.
But the report points out...
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11-15-2007 10:22 AM
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Environmental Leader: Green Business and Corporate Sustainability News