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1980 Exxon Memo on the CO2 Greenhouse Effect and Current Programs Studying the Issue

December 18, 1980 Henry Shaw sent a memo to T.K. Kett attaching a report he and P.P. McCall authored on the current status of the CO2 greenhouse effect. The Shaw/McCall report notes that because forests areĀ a sink for carbon dioxide and deforestation is part of the reason why levels carbon dioxide in the atmosphere continue […]