Stanford Scientist Links Rising CO2 Emissions and Increased Mortality

Stanford Scientist Links Rising CO2 Emissions and Increased Mortality

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A Stanford University scientist has provided the first direct link between rising levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and increased human mortality, a finding that could bolster efforts by California and 15 other states to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from automobiles.

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The whole global warming/cooling debate seems almost a waste of time to me as I think something else is going to get us before that does, so what kind of breakthrough is this story really? Shouldn't it just be common since that too much CO2 is bad and isn't surprising that it is involved in increased mortality? I'm just curious as to why this guy has provided the first link between the two just now.

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