Fires spew tons of global warming gas (The San Luis Obispo Tribune)
In one week, Southern California’s wildfires spewed the same amount of carbon dioxide - the primary global warming gas - as the state’s power plants and vehicles did, scientists figure. A new study by two Colorado researchers shows that U.S. wildfires pump a significant amount of the greenhouse gas into the air each year, more than the state of Pennsylvania does. It raises questions about how …
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