ST. LOUIS — Since 1990, the U.S. government has talked about reducing carbon dioxide, the chief global warming gas. But since then, Missouri has gone the opposite way.
Mo. carbon dioxide emissions on the rise
Dependence on coal makes the state fifth in per capita increase
Monday, June 4, 2007 | 12:51 a.m. CDT;
updated 12:19 p.m. CDT, Thursday, July 17, 2008
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