Greenhouse Gas Emissions Are Flattening Out Even As Economy Grows

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Date

Dec. 7, 2015

News Type

Media Highlight

Source

BuzzFeed News

"'It’s a little too early to pop the French champagne corks in Paris, declare victory, and come home over this,' Raymond Kopp of Resources for the Future told BuzzFeed News. 'I would only feel confident some sort of corner had turned if other groups repeat these findings and we see it for another five years.'"

Topics

Air Quality

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