The Houston Press Published an article on May 31st, 2013, about the relationship between Texas carbon emissions and the recent devastating tornadoes.
The state of Texas emits 10% of the total carbon emissions produced by the United States. While the smog creates problems because it is a respiratory irritant and it hurts Texas plant life, it is not directly connected to the killer tornadoes. This comparison is similar to the one made in Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth which pairs global warming with Hurricane Katrina. While these scare tactics may give the issue at hand attention, science does not support the correlation. The article concludes with the summation that Texas's carbon emissions must be addressed, but not because they cause killer tornadoes.
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