2008Dec29: “Coal is responsible for as much atmospheric carbon dioxide as the other fossil fuels combined…” wrote Jim Hansen, head of Nasa’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies, and his wife Anniek to Barack and Michelle Obama (Columbia University).
Reference: Columbia University http://www.columbia.edu/~jeh1/mailings/20081229_DearMichelleAndBarack.pdf
Image Description: Brzeszcze coalmine, Poland. Photo by Wojsyl, 2006. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Poland_Brzeszcze_coal_mine.jpg Image Permission: This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 2.5 License.
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