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January, 2024

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Reliance on Gas Power Plants Fuels Inequity

Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 10, 2024

Most notable of these polluting emissions are nitrogen oxides (NOx). Leaks in gas pipelines and wells also release methane into the atmosphere, a much more potent heat-trapping emission than CO 2. Elevated exposure to NOx emissions is linked to asthma, lung, and heart damage, and affects pregnancy and birth outcomes.

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Fossil Fuels Nitrogen Oxides Electricity Air Pollution 257
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The Real Cost of Food

Acoel

JANUARY 16, 2024

The two primary greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture are methane and nitrous oxide. Nitrous oxide is even more damaging to our atmosphere. It’s released in large volumes by animal manure and by farmers’ routine application of more nitrogen fertilizer than crops require. The millions of cows in the U.S.

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