Washington NewsLocal news for Washington, AR continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.My vote countsL But counts for what- November 20, 2007 Issue date: 111907 Section: Opinion I went and voted. Other voters who turned out at the polls on Nov. via NetXNewshttp://www.topix.net/city/washington-ar/2007/11/my-vote-countsl-but-counts-for-what?fromrs... U.S. Fires Release Enormous Amounts of Carbon Dioxide- November 6, 2007 "These research results are important information for policy-makers." Large-scale fires in western and southeastern states can pump as much carbon dioxide into the atmosphere in a few weeks as the states' entire motor vehicle traffic in a year, according to newly published ... via Science Bloghttp://www.topix.net/city/washington-ar/2007/11/u-s-fires-release-enormous-amounts-of-carb... California wildfires unleash climate-warming carbon- November 1, 2007 "A striking implication of very large wildfires is that a severe fire season lasting only one or two months can release as much carbon as the annual emissions from the entire transportation or energy sector of an individual state" California wildfires pumped nearly 8 million metric tons of climate-warming carbon dioxide into the atmosphere in just a week, about one-quarter as much as fossil fuels do in that state in a month, scientists ... via Environmental News Networkhttp://www.topix.net/city/washington-ar/2007/11/california-wildfires-unleash-climate-warmi... |