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INTRO: TODAY WE BRING YOU A STORY ABOUT THE INCREASING LEVELS OF CO2 IN OUR CLASSROOMS.

GARRETT BLANTON IS REPORTING LIVE ON THE SCENE WITH A GLOBAL WARMING ADVISOR AT SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY.

VISUAL: DR. JEFF FADMIN, A JANITOR AND GARRETT BLANTON ARE STANDING IN FRONT OF THE HVAC SYSTEM THAT PUMPS FRESH AIR INTO THE CLASSROOMS OF CLARK HALL.

LIVE SHOT: THANK YOU DONA.

GARRETT: AS GLOBAL WARMING CONTINUES TO WRECK HAVOC ON OUR PLANET, IT IS NOW BEING CONTRIBUTED TO LOW TEST SCORES AND A DROP IN ATTENDANCE.

I AM STANDING HERE WITH DR. JEFF FADMIN WHO IS AN ADVISOR OF GLOBAL WARMING TO AL GORE.

HI DOCTOR, CAN YOU PLEASE EXPLAIN THE CORRELATION BETWEEN THE RISE IN CO2 AND THE LOW TEST SCORES?

DR. FADMIN: HI GARRETT, WE HAVE FOUND THAT THE BRAIN IS NOT ABLE TO PERFORM CORRECTLY AS CO2 LEVELS INCREASE, SPECIFICALLY IN CLASSROOMS.

VOICE OVER: CO2 LEVELS INCREASE FASTER IN CLASSROOMS DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF STUDENTS EXHALING AND THE LACK OF PROPER HVAC CIRCULATION.

UNLESS WE DECREASE OUR CARBON FOOTPRINT AND OUR CO2 EMISSIONS, WE WILL CONTINUE TO SEE STUDENT HEALTH ISSUES INCREASE AND TEST SCORES DECREASE.

GARRETT: IN ORDER TO CORRECTLY MONITOR THIS SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERISITY HAS INSTALLED A CO2 SENSOR.

THE SENSOR WILL TURN THE HVAC ON HIGH IF CO2 LEVELS GET HIGHER THAN 600 PARTS PER MILLION.

VISUAL: CAMERA SHOWS THE JANITOR POINTING AND THE NEW DEVICE ATTACHED TO THE HVAC SYSTEM

OUTCUE: AS YOU CAN SEE SAN JOSE STATE IS TAKING THE NECESSARY STEPS TO ADAPTING TO OUR CHANGING CLIMATE.

I WOULD LIKE TO THANK DOCTOR FADIMAN FOR JOINING US TODAY.

BACK TO YOU DONA.