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CUTTING DOWN CO2 EMISSIONS
source: www.panda.org/downloads/
climate_change/renewablesfact.doc
www.panda.org/about_wwf/
what_we_do/climate_change/
problems/sources.cfm
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Energy industries are responsible for about 36% of total CO2 emissions:- the average coal-fired power plant wastes twice as much energy heating up the planet as it converts to useful electricity;
- each large 1,000 Megawatt (MW) coal-fired plant typically emits 5.6 million tons of CO2 per year.
Renewable energy - energy derived from sources that cannot be depleted or can be replaced - offers prospects for the environmentally compatible restructuring of our energy supply:- energy generated from wind, solar, geothermal, low-impact hydropower, and biomass has low or no air emissions;
- green power choice is now available to electricity customers in Australia, Canada, European Union, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, and the United States.
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