Carbon omissions have steadily gone up for the last 30 years, even as we've been talking about trying to get them down. A carbon tax would be a big step towards having people now doing the right thing. The amazon ray in forest is an unbelievably valuable asset to to the planet. It's under threat for the silliest of all reasons,. which is the private incentive for people to burn it down to grow cattle.
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