Washington Post: Yes, it's true: Americans are slowly starting to tackle global warming. U.S. carbon emissions dropped 1.7 percent last year, according to the International Energy Agency. But that only went so far. Thanks to China's fast growth, the world's greenhouse-gas emissions hit record highs in 2011. Up, up, up. (TIM WIMBORNE - REUTERS) How did the United States managed to restrain its carbon-dioxide? The IEA offers up three reasons for the decline: First, many U.S. power companies have been swapping out...
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