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Cat Litter Could Be Antidote for Climate Change, Researchers Say

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology say they have found a potent new tool in the fight against global warming. It is basically cat litter.

They created a compound that soaks the odor-eating clay used in cat boxes in a copper solution to steal methane from the passing air and turn it into carbon dioxide, a much less harmful greenhouse gas.

The Energy Department has provided researchers with $2 million to design a compound-based device that can be attached to vents in coal mines and dairy farms. The idea is to change the chemistry of the emissions before they go out, like a catalytic converter in a car.

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