Tuesday, December 04, 2012

CLIMATE CHANGE - Coming From Behind, CO2 Emissions

"World Faces a Fight from Behind to Keep Up With Rising Rate of CO2 Emissions" PBS Newshour 12/3/2012

Excerpt

GWEN IFILL (Newshour): ...... new findings showing the planet is heating up even more quickly than expected. The journal "Nature Climate Change" reports global carbon dioxide emissions rose by 3 percent last year, and are expected to rise by nearly as much again this year.

At least part of the reason for the jump, more than 38 billion tons of carbon dioxide emissions. This latest data, being presented at a climate change summit in Doha, Qatar, this week, suggests nations trying to tackle the problem may already be fighting from behind.

For more on this, I am joined by Coral Davenport, the energy and environment correspondent for "National Journal."

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