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Study: Cutting carbon dioxide saves 3,500 US lives a year
2015-05-04 18:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: The Obama Administration's hotly debated plan to reduce heat-trapping carbon dioxide from the nation's power plants will save about 3,500 lives a year by cutting back on other types of pollution as well, a new independent study concludes. A study from Harvard and Syracuse University calculates the decline in heart attacks and lung disease when soot and smog are reduced - an anticipated byproduct of the president's proposed power plant rule, which aims to fight global warming by limiting carbon dioxide...
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