Located remotely from other sources of air pollution, Mauna Loa is commonly considered one of the most reliable places to measure concentrations of gases in the atmosphere.

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The research team used data from a number of sources including air pollution reports, traffic counts and tax offices.

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"How to reduce the emissions from pollution sources is of paramount importance for improving our ever deteriorating air quality, " he says.

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It is important to note, however, that human-induced emissions of greenhouse gases from the burning of fossil fuels for transportation and energy generation are the main sources of air pollution, said Wotawa.

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LOST's provisions on prevention of marine pollution from land-based sources could easily serve as a convenient peg on which to hang the greenhouse gas-regulating Kyoto Protocol, even though that treaty has also never been ratified.

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If these needed protein sources were to come primarily from livestock there is the very real potential for catastrophic pollution of water and land, not to mention the exponential increase in carbon emissions.

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Furthermore, Doniger inexplicably ignores the fact that the EPA is already moving forward with efforts to limit carbon pollution from stationary-sources like power plants and is set to forge ahead in the absence of Congressional cap-and-trade legislation.

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