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US coal power plants killed at least 460,000 people in past 20 years – report

The Guardian: Energy

Coal-fired power plants killed at least 460,000 Americans during the past two decades, causing twice as many premature deaths as previously thought, new research has found. Pollution caused twice as many premature deaths as previously thought, with updated understanding of dangers of PM2.5

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Covid-19 and Climate Change: Lessons to Learn, Reasons to Act

Unsustainable

So, clearly, part of the solution to global pandemics is nationalized medicine in every country, like Bernie Sanders’ Medicare for All , that will ensure healthcare, including life-saving pharmaceuticals, to rich and poor alike. Doing so will protect us from being totally unprepared like we are now.

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How the 'Biden Bounce' heralds boost for green businesses everywhere

Business Green

A President who always regarded the stock market as the only economic metric worth considering will today be forced to watch as stock markets around the world surge on the news that he is set to be evicted from the White House. He used his victory speech to declare that he had a clear mandate to "martial the forces of science.

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America's Turning Tide: The Inflection Point that will Take us from Darkness to Light

Green Market Oracle

Democratic Vice Presidential Nominee Kamala Harris who offered us an intimate portrait of her life and career and the Democratic Presidential Nominee Joe Biden, whose speech earned praise from both the left and the right. Here and now, I give you my word: If you entrust me with the presidency, I will draw on the best of us not the worst.

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Climate Excerpts from the January 14th Democratic Presidential Debate

Green Market Oracle

We can do it in a way that makes us richer, but we have to do it. We can do it in a way that makes us richer, but we have to do it. Now, what I've noticed is, pretty much all of us propose that we move on from fossil fuels by the middle of the century, starting with actions that we take right now. BUTTIGIEG: Well, that's right.

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Obama Lays Out the Case Against Trump at a Rally in Pennsylvania

Green Market Oracle

Take them with you if you vote early, or if you vote in-person on election day, because this election requires every single one of us to do our part. He hasn't shown any interest in doing the work or helping anybody but himself and his friends or treating the presidency like a reality show that he can use to get attention.