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==Controversies==

==Controversies==

Intensive lobbying by [[Kyoto Protocol]] supporters got the Supreme Court to classify [[carbon dioxide]] as a "pollutant" so it would come under EPA control (see [[greenhouse gases]]).

Intensive lobbying by [[Kyoto Protocol]] supporters got the [[Supreme Court]] to classify [[carbon dioxide]] as a "[[pollutant]]" so it would come under [[EPA]] control (see [[greenhouse gases]]).

Reagan said: "Approximately 80 percent of our air pollution stems from hydrocarbons released by vegetation." [http://www.futurepundit.com/archives/002407.html] This was morphed into ''Trees cause pollution'' in campaign literature and used to imply the Reagan was dishonest or unintelligent, even though (as scientists have said) he was correct.<ref>"It's not just cars and industry that cause air pollution," says Mr Ian Galbally, from CSIRO Atmospheric Research. "Plants release highly reactive hydrocarbons that can add significantly to photochemical smog problems. That is, smog caused by the reaction of sunlight with chemical compounds like those from industry, car exhausts — and now, as we've discovered, plants," he says. [http://www.geolsoc.org.uk/template.cfm?name=Reaganright Trees cause pollution after all – Reagan vindicated ] </ref>

Reagan said: "Approximately 80 percent of our air pollution stems from hydrocarbons released by vegetation." [http://www.futurepundit.com/archives/002407.html] This was morphed into ''Trees cause pollution'' in campaign literature and used to imply the Reagan was dishonest or unintelligent, even though (as scientists have said) he was correct.<ref>"It's not just cars and industry that cause air pollution," says Mr Ian Galbally, from CSIRO Atmospheric Research. "Plants release highly reactive [[hydrocarbons]] that can add significantly to [[photochemical smog]] problems. That is, smog caused by the reaction of sunlight with chemical compounds like those from industry, car exhausts — and now, as we've discovered, plants," he says. [http://www.geolsoc.org.uk/template.cfm?name=Reaganright Trees cause pollution after all – Reagan vindicated ] </ref>

==Notes==

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