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Article: Global warming scientist downplays fossil fuel threat.
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- United Press International
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- August 18, 2000
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 17 (UPI)
A leading scientist considered to have been instrumental in sparking serious debate over global warming suggested this week that emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) from burning fossil fuels are not the main culprit in global warming, and that the world should instead focus on reducing other pollutants, such as chlorofluorocarbons and nitrogen oxides (NOx) to reduce the global warming threat.
Dr. James Hansen from the National Aeronautic & Space Administration's Center for Climate Systems Research this week argued that those other pollutants - and not CO2 from burning oil and coal - are the real culprits in global warming. Hansen ...