environmental impact of the energy industry
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Biden Pledges to Cut U.S. Carbon Emissions 50% by 2030
On Thursday morning, the Biden administration unveiled a pledge to slice the U.S.’s greenhouse gas emissions in half compared to 2005 levels by the end of the decade. It will accomplish this, it says, by investing in infrastructure, funding a green economic recovery from the covid-19 pandemic, taking on pollution, and bolstering American production of…
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Stopping Carbon Pollution by 2050 Would Add $1.3 Trillion to the Economy
According to the best available climate science, the U.S. needs to completely zero out its carbon pollution by 2050 to secure a liveable future. A new analysis from the nonprofit Energy Innovation lays out a plan to get there, which also would just happen to add a cool $US1 ($1.3) trillion dollars to the national…