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Article: REPORT LISTS GREENHOUSE EFFECT REMEDIES INSTITUTE CALLS FOR ACTION NOW
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- April 12, 1987
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The world can forestall a dramatic and possibly catastrophic
jump in Earth's temperature due to the greenhouse effect, if strong
measures are taken now to increase energy efficiency, protect
tropical forests and reduce emissions of certain man-made
chemicals, according to a report released today by the World
Resources Institute.
And, according to the Washington-based environmental research
center, this can be done without resorting to nuclear power or
slowing economic growth.
If current trends and policies continue, however, the report
found that the world will soon differ radically environmentally
from anything in human experience. By 2075, for example, Earth's
climate will be ...