Word: carbonization
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...theirs: "I'm used to delivering bad news." They laughed, but Clinton is worried that he's about to unleash a tornado of bad news that no one will find funny. In the next few weeks, he must decide the U.S. position on an international treaty that would lower carbon-dioxide emissions in the atmosphere to reduce the threat of global warming. The economic and environmental stakes are enormous, and every option has powerful enemies...
...politics are hard, but the basic idea is simple. When coal, oil and other carbon-based fuels are burned, they generate carbon dioxide, which is good at trapping the sun's heat. With accelerating industrial development, energy use is soaring and so is the output of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. Most scientists believe this will cause a 2[degrees]F-to-6[degrees]F rise in the next century. If the earth does heat up this fast, the consequences will be dire. Coastal areas will be inundated as the seas expand; shifting weather patterns will cause floods...
...politically explosive part. The U.S. agreed at the 1992 environmental conference in Rio de Janeiro to voluntarily cut greenhouse gases back to 1990 levels by 2000, but the booming economy Clinton rode to re-election has caused the actual trend to move in the opposite direction. Ten percent more carbon is streaming out of American smokestacks and tailpipes this year than in 1990. Last year Under Secretary of State Timothy Wirth surprised negotiators by pledging the U.S. would agree to meet future reductions by setting legally binding targets. These are supposed to be determined at a December summit in Kyoto...
Other retailers with locations on both sides of the Charles, including Urban Outfitters and HMV, exist in carbon copies...
...Langton's book, the tunnels are used by the cronies of a fictional University President to plant dynamite under Sanders Theatre, and to poison a Sanders audience with carbon monoxide in the air ducts...