Surprise rise in CO2 gases worries experts

Courtesy MSNBC.com: Environment  Thu, 09/25/2008 - 15:46

Workers in China's Hebei province on Nov. 30 shovel coal used by the power plant and chemical factory behind them.<br /><br />Coal-fired power plants are a major source of carbon dioxide emissions.Worldwide industrial emissions of carbon dioxide — the main gas tied to manmade global warming — jumped 3 percent last year, international scientists said Thursday.



 

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