Washington Post: For as long as humanity has relied on fossil fuels, there`s been a tight relationship between economic growth and the carbon-dioxide emissions that are heating the planet. When a country`s economy expands, its energy use and carbon pollution go up, up, up. When a recession strikes, energy use drops and emissions sink back down. But that relationship has never been perfectly symmetrical, according to a new study in Nature Climate Change by Richard York of the University of Oregon. The uptick in...
URL: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/wp/2012/10/09/dont-count-on-recessions-to-keep-carbon-emissions-in-check/
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