Sunday, October 7, 2012

Economic Decline Not Enough to Reduce Planet-Warming Emissions

LiveScience: Nations hoping to curb global warming face a quandary: Economic growth means more planet-warming carbon dioxide emissions. On the flip side, economic decline means a drop in greenhouse gas emissions as consumers tighten their belts, factories slow down and less money is spent. A new analysis of data from 1960 to 2008 indicates during economic decline carbon dioxide emissions decline at about half the rate at which they grow when an economy is booming. "In a sense, economic decline only undoes...

URL: http://news.yahoo.com/economic-decline-not-enough-reduce-planet-warming-emissions-193648785.html

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