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greenhouse effect
Sep 11 2009, Amnah

China is currently the leading monitors of carbon dioxide in the air on a global scale. It generates 80% of its electricity from coal, polluting cities and contributing to the green house effect. There is wonderful news now for the world citizen who..

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