Learn How Much Your Power Plant Pollutes

Nov 14, 2007 By H. JOSEF HEBERT, Associated Press Writer

(AP) -- There's growing worry about global warming, but how much of it is the work of that power plant just outside town? And if Congress limits heat-trapping greenhouse gases, will it affect utility and electric bills? And who's the biggest corporate culprit when it comes to climate change?



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bigwheel
not rated yet Nov 14, 2007
the rain forest accounts for 33% of the green house gases, you
for whacking it down? We also know that grasslands eat many times more co2 than pine trees but knowone is calling for their
reduction
mikiwud
not rated yet Nov 15, 2007
How many more times CO2 IS NOT A POLUTANT!
Perhaps we should remove it all,then we could all die in peace.

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