Pop Quiz: Greenhouse Guess
by Dominic Muren, Philadelphia, USA 
on 03.28.08
Answer: C) Most people assume that global warming is caused by burning oil and gas. But in fact between 25 and 30 percent of the greenhouse gases released into the atmosphere each year – 1.6 billion tonnes – is caused by deforestation.
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