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It's a really big deal to do a spacewalk. It's much riskier than staying indoors. It's complex. It uses up a lot of the precious resources onboard. It uses up oxygen. It uses up carbon dioxide scrubbers.

~Chris Hadfield

Topics: Big Big Deal Carbon Carbon Dioxide Complex Deal Indoors Lot Much Oxygen Precious Really Resources Staying Than Up Uses

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We need healthy forests if we want to protect our climate. As the climate changes, forests become more vulnerable to insect outbreaks, droughts and wildfires. Simultaneously, when our forests are destroyed, their carbon is released back into the atmosphere, further impacting climate change. It's a horrifying one-two punch.

~Chris Noth

Topics: Atmosphere Back Become Carbon Change Changes Climate Climate Change Destroyed Forests Further Healthy Horrifying Insect More Need Our Protect Punch Released Simultaneously Vulnerable Want

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Burning fossil fuels emits carbon dioxide. And carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas that traps heat in the atmosphere. There is no debate about that. The link is as certain as the link between smoking and cancer.

~Christine Todd Whitman

Topics: About Atmosphere Between Burning Cancer Carbon Carbon Dioxide Certain Debate Fossil Fossil Fuels Fuels Gas Greenhouse Heat Link Smoking Traps

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I am convinced that policies meant to reduce alleged carbon dioxide-induced global warming will be destructive.

~Christopher Monckton

Topics: Alleged Am Carbon Convinced Destructive Global Global Warming Meant Policies Reduce Warming Will I Am

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If Britain was to close down altogether overnight, then China would take up the slack of carbon emissions in two years. If America closed down, just the growth in China's emissions would replace America's emissions in 12 years.

~Christopher Monckton

Topics: Altogether America Britain Carbon China Close Closed Down Emissions Growth Just Overnight Replace Slack Take Then Two Up Would Years

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On the environmental front there's concern about global warming and high levels of carbon dioxide, and trees take in CO2 and store carbon.

~Clive Anderson

Topics: About Carbon Carbon Dioxide Co2 Concern Environmental Front Global Global Warming High Levels Store Take Trees Warming

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We hear people talk about putting a price on carbon, but they won't talk about how much that price of carbon is.

~Cory Gardner

Topics: About Carbon Hear Hear People How How Much Much People Price Putting Talk

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Senator Hillary Clinton is attacking President Bush for breaking his campaign promise to cut carbon dioxide emissions, saying a promise made, a promise broken. And then out of habit, she demanded that Bush spend the night on the couch.

~Craig Kilborn

Topics: Attacking Breaking Broken Bush Campaign Carbon Carbon Dioxide Clinton Couch Cut Demanded Emissions Habit Hillary Hillary Clinton His Made Night Out President President Bush Promise Saying Senator She Spend Then

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Organisms in the ocean provide over 40 percent of the oxygen we breathe, and they're the major sink for capturing all the carbon dioxide we constantly release into the atmosphere.

~Craig Venter

Topics: Atmosphere Breathe Capturing Carbon Carbon Dioxide Constantly Major Ocean Organisms Over Oxygen Percent Provide Release Sink

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The poster boy for our superabled future is Oscar Pistorius, an increasingly famous South African sprinter who happens to have had both of his legs amputated below the knee. Using upside down question mark-shaped carbon fiber sprinting prosthetics, called Cheetah blades, Mr. Pistorius can challenge the fastest sprinters in the world.

~Daniel H. Wilson

Topics: African Below Both Boy Carbon Challenge Down Famous Fastest Fiber Future Had Happens His Increasingly Knee Legs Oscar Our Poster Question South South African Sprinter Sprinting Upside Upside Down Using Who World Mr

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