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duction of gases that trap the sun’s heat in an atmospheric thermal blanket. Carbon dioxide, produced from burning fossil fuels, is the largest
tion hard enough. Then there are tur disputes between the Senate committee handling the bill. And fmally, some fear that so many “bells and whistles’’ are
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mental regulations. The entire paint of the exercise, however, is to get a majority of votes to create the Department of the Environment. If necessary, other battles can be fought at other times
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environmental concerns. Creation of a Department of the Environment will
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at the same time to take this necessary step forward. Why then the delay? Some observers say the Democrats
