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Carbon Dioxide Emissions

Oh to go back to the days of yore…when industry had yet to take hold of the ozone layer—at least as far as we knew.

Carbon dioxide emissions from our cars and factories are the number one cause of global warming.
Scientists have long theorized that more of the gas in the atmosphere could actually help farmers grow bigger plants.
But new research from America's Breadbasket is challenging that assumption.

The Environment Report's David Sommerstein has more.

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