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Tags: GLOBAL warming; GREENHOUSE gas mitigation; ATMOSPHERIC carbon dioxide; CARBON products manufacturing; EMISSION control; CARBON offsetting; AIR pollution
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- A low-carbon future starts here. Brahic, Catherine // New Scientist;11/7/2009, Vol. 204 Issue 2733, p12
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