Climate and health benefits of wind and solar dwarf all subsidies

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Climate and health benefits of wind and solar dwarf all subsidies

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Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.net • 6 months ago

cross-posted to:
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By displacing fossil fuels, wind and solar saved the US $250 billion over 4 years.

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