Many lament the poor state of our economy. But those poor souls, oh how they miss the good in the bad recession:
Carbon dioxide, widely considered the chief cause of global warming, decreased from 2008 to 2009, largely because of the global economic slowdown, says a study released Sunday.
“There is a close link between the world’s gross domestic product and emissions of carbon dioxide,” says study lead author Pierre Friedlingstein of the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom, according to a story by USA TODAY colleague Doyle Rice.
“There is a close link between the world’s gross domestic product and emissions of carbon dioxide,” says study lead author Pierre Friedlingstein of the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom, according to a story by USA TODAY colleague Doyle Rice.
Let’s go ahead and give the president the benefit of the doubt — I think he knows what he’s doing. Economic recovery means higher emissions, USA Today reports: “The study, published in the journal Nature Geoscience, projects that if the economic recovers as expected, global fossil fuel emissions will increase by more than 3% in 2010.”
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