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Texas Scientists Work to Reduce Carbon Dioxide Air Pollution

By Greg Flakus Scientists in Texas are trying to find a way of reducing carbon dioxide air pollution by capturing the gas, compressing it and then putting it underground. This technique could also yie

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1. At least three people are recovering after a series of explosions at a Dallas facility selling gas canisters . The blast sent flaming debris into the air. Authorities evacuated a half mile area surrounding the facility and shut down parts of two b

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HARBIN, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- Carbon monoxide has been blamed for the Tuesday deaths of 12 workers in a coal mine in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, a local official said Thursday. Three workers entered the Yongsheng mine in Dongning County to

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