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--- On Mon, 2/23/09, Eric Uram Eric.Uram@HEADWATER.US wrote: From: Eric Uram Eric.Uram@HEADWATER.US Subject: New interactive map brings source of CO2 levels into your living room To: CONS-SPST-GLOBALWARM-CHAIRS@LISTS.SIERRACLUB.ORG Date: Monday, February 23, 2009, 10:28 PM
New interactive map brings source of CO2 levels into your living room
Posted on February 20th, 2009
Scientists at Purdue University have teamed up with Google Earth to create a new interactive map of U.S. carbon dioxide emissions.
Google Earth users can now click to see how emissions from factories, power plants, transportation, homes and businesses contribute to an individual county or state’s output. The map can also be customized to show the locations of power plants and airports.
Zooming around reveals, for example, that air travel produces nearly half of the carbon dioxide emissions from Los Angeles County , Calif.
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Eric Uram
Sierra Club
National Toxics Team/Zero Waste Team
International Heavy Metals Liaison to the UCIC
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