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Carbon dioxide emissions drop in 2008

Source: Virginian-Pilot Online

Washington : DC : USA | 6 months ago

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There is a positive note to the country's economic woes and last summer's $4-per-gallon gasoline: The nation in 2008 had a record decline in the amount of climate-changing carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere. The government reported Wednesday that energy-related carbon dioxide emissions...

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