"We're kind of in a holding pattern, " said Chris Gindlesperger, spokesman for the American Beverage Association.

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That lack of association between temperature trends and CO2 has continued over the last century, as the up and down pattern of global temperatures over the past 100 years does not follow the upward climb of CO2 as the industrial revolution has expanded globally.

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