The earth, after all, may be going through one of its warming phases whether we release greenhouse gases or not.

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Airlines provide convenient transport but also release greenhouse gases.

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Methane digesters also control the odor of manure and the release of greenhouse gases.

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The idea that the climate has been changing because of human behavior, including the release of greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide and methane, is widely accepted by scientists.

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To understand why, we need a little background about another subject that eluded the Clinton administration's technology czar: The relationship between progress in agricultural practices and products and the release of greenhouse gases.

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For instance, it helps release global warming gases.

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Many students of climate change argue that, although the artificial release of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide works to raise the global temperature, particulate pollution should, by promoting cloud cover and thus reflecting solar energy back into space, have a compensating cooling effect.

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Opponents warn that fracking is an environmental disaster waiting to happen, citing, among other risks, air and water pollution, the release of radiation and cancer-causing substances, and the acceleration of global climate change as methane and other greenhouse gases escape during fracking.

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