Green Options » short-lived pollution http://greenoptions.com/tag/short-lived-pollution Posts tagged 'short-lived pollution' Thu, 11 Sep 2008 16:51:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Pollute Locally, Heat Globally http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/09/11/pollute-locally-heat-globally/ http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/09/11/pollute-locally-heat-globally/#comments Thu, 11 Sep 2008 16:51:17 +0000 Shirley Siluk Gregory http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/09/11/pollute-locally-heat-globally/ NOAA/U.S. Climate Change Science Program.)That smelly hog factory-farm or power plant down the road from your home might be doing more than offending your nasal passages and depressing neighborhood property values. A new report from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) finds that short-lived, local pollution exerts greater-than-expected effects on the global climate.

It’s not just a little impact, either. The study says that, by 2050, projected growth in short-lived pollutants could be responsible for as much 20 percent of global warming.

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