Answer to Question #106388 in English for Joanne Gold

Question

According to Gore, how much global-warming pollution was added to the atmosphere on the day, he gave the speech?

Answer 1

70 million tons

"So today, we dumped another 70 million tons of global-warming pollution into the thin shell of atmosphere surrounding our planet, as if it were an open sewer. And tomorrow, we will dump a slightly larger amount, with the cumulative concentrations now trapping more and more heat from the sun."