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Earth Day and the Importance of Green Energy

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According to Forbes , studies have found that solar and wind power is often cheaper than power from fossil fuels, even without financial assistance, and their daily operations undercut even the most cost-effective coal plants. Here’s why clean energy is vitally important to maintaining not only the planet’s health but our own.

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NASA GISS Study Finds That Methane Has an Elevated Warming Effect Due to Interactions With Aerosols

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Rather, coal power production and other industrial processes release sulfur dioxide—the same gas that billows from volcanoes—that later reacts with atmospheric molecules called hydroxyl radicals to produce sulfates as a byproduct. And hydroxyls drive long chains of reactions involving other common gases, including ozone.

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Automakers agree on common plug to recharge electric vehicles

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like people driving futuristic electric cars and everything being clean! Reply Neutral Elodie @ Apr 19th 2009 4:38PM How clean is an electrical car, really? Still totally cool to see automakers can agree about stuff (much better than computer makers, indeed), but I always find it weird when people say electrical cars are clean.