Will Capping Carbon Clean the Air?
Lawmakers are at work on a bill that could limit the main greenhouse gas linked to global warming. But some ask what about other air pollution ? the kind that sickens and kills people by the thousands? As Living on Earth’s Jeff Young reports, an effort to make the climate bill clean the air is running into opposition – from some environmental groups.
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