Chris West, the group's vice president, says the way to do this is to harvest carbon-releasing dead trees and plant carbon-hungry new ones.

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The storm's toll rose to 11 when a man and woman were found dead in a car in Meriden, apparently due to carbon monoxide poisoning, Devico said.

CNN: Northeast digs out; storms hit Upper Midwest, South

Boston police were investigating another possible death from carbon monoxide when a man in his early 20s was found dead a vehicle.

CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

The so-called Kerry-Lieberman-Graham energy bill, which would restrict carbon emissions for the electric power industry, has recently been raised from the dead.

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