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Factoid of the Week

Since 1990, Great Britain’s carbon dioxide emissions have dropped 15%, while its GDP has risen 45%.

–Cited by Barbara Boxer in Thursday’s Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing on “Examining Global Warming Issues in the Power Plant Sector” (at 1:51:00).

So you can have both climate protection and economic growth. It has been done. The time to act is now!

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