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The Carbon Conundrum
The quest for a successor to the Kyoto protocol is generating plenty of hot air, but little consensus. We explore the changing climate of carbon emissions – from the Peruvian rainforests to the shores of Cape Cod.

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"What we're trying to do is get carbon out of our emissions so we can keep the worst impact of climate change from happening."

– Professor Dan Schrag, Director of the Harvard University Center for the Environment.

But, even with an atmosphere of agreement that capping carbon is good for the planet, world leaders are still generating a lot of hot air arguing how to do it. And, the inconvenient truth is that this isn’t just an international political problem – the actual process of greening cars, cows, and coal-fired power plants will be even more exhausting than getting 190 countries to sign a treaty. Growing new wind farms, saving the rainforest, and scrubbing smokestacks will take time, and a whole lot of money. And in the current economic climate, that’s a tall order.

Field report from Peru
Sean Carberry travels to Peru to explore efforts to prevent deforestation, the second leading contributor to carbon dioxide emissions, and the competing economic incentives for felling rainforest.
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Mitigating the problem of acid rain
Deborah Amos looks back at the cap and trade system implemented in the US in the early 1990s to mitigate the problem of acid rain and asks whether a similar program would help to reduce carbon dioxide emissions that contribute to climate change.
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The battle over Cape Wind
Matt Ozug examines the ten-year battle over Cape Wind, the proposed offshore wind farm in Nantucket Bay of Massachusetts, and what it may indicate for the nation’s ability to transfer to greener energy.
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The challenges of reducing global carbon emissions
Deborah Amos discusses some of the challenges of reducing global carbon emissions with Dr. Bjorn Lomborg, Director of The Copenhagen Consensus Center and Adjunct Professor at the Copenhagen Business School.
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Video Extra

The town of Hull, Massachusetts has a centuries-old history of harnessing wind energy. In 2001, a wind turbine was installed at Windmill Point. “Hull Wind One,” as it is known, was the first commercial-scale wind turbine to go online anywhere on the eastern U.S. coastline.

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Bjorn Lomborg
Bjorn Lomborg is adjunct professor at the Copenhagen Business School. He is the organizer of the Copenhagen Consensus Center, which brings together some of the world's top economists, including 5 Nobel laureates, to set priorities for the world.

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The Carbon Conundrum / Executive Producer: Aaron Lobel / AAM Producers: Monica Bushman, Sean Carberry, Matt Ozug and Chris Williams / Photo Credit: Sean Carberry.

Host: Deborah Amos / Length: 51 minutes / Airdate: Feb 2010

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