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Who's the Biggest Polluter?
From: Pat Maxwell
Series: September 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Length: 01:32
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Mirror mirror on the wall, who's the biggest polluter of them all? Is it the company with the biggest smoke-stacks? Or, as a recent study suggests, some other part of the economy? Pollution studies frequently study a sector, like manufacturing, in isolation. This one didn't...
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Mirror mirror on the wall, who's the biggest polluter of them all? Is it the company with the biggest smoke-stacks? Or, as a recent study suggests, some other part of the economy? Pollution studies frequently study a sector, like manufacturing, in isolation. This one didn't...
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