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Study: Big gap in carbon removal effort key to climate goals HEALTH

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By FRANK JORDANS man Institute for Interna-
Associated Press tional and Security Affairs, Oranjestad
BERLIN (AP) — Research- who also contributed to Hospital 7:00 pm / 10:00pm
ers say efforts to remove the report, said natural Tel. 527 4000
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A report published Thurs- how much land can be
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and the United States ing global temperatures San Nicolas:
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count for only 0.1% of the 2 Steam rises from the coal-fired power plant Niederaussem, Ger- be released again, such as OTHER
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by planting trees and man- needs to increase 30-fold the Paris climate goals Police 100
aging forests and other by 2030 to achieve the then we need to restrict Oranjestad 527 3140
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