The U.S. EPA estimates that recycling and composting in the United States in 2010 reduced emissions of climate-changing carbon dioxide by an amount roughly equal to that emitted by 36 million ____.
A) hydraulically fractured gas wells
B) barrels of oil
C) tons of coal
D) passenger vehicles
E) power plants

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The U.S. EPA estimates that recycling and composting in the United States in 2010 reduced emissions of climate-changing carbon dioxide by an amount roughly equal to that emitted by 36 million passenger vehicles.

The US EPA Estimates That Recycling and Composting in the United