Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming
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International Monetary Fund estimates that the fossil fuel industry received more than $5.3 trillion in direct and indirect subsidies in 2015; that is $10 million a minute, or
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Wind power uses 98 to 99 percent less water than fossil fuel–generated electricity.
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When their entire life cycle is taken into account, solar farms curtail 94 percent of the carbon emissions that coal plants emit and completely eliminate emissions of sulfur and nitrous oxides, mercury, and particulates.
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