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- 3. “ Pollution from power plants cuts short the lives of nearly 24,000 Americans nationwide every year.”
- 6. “ 30 percent of childhood asthma is due to environmental exposures”
- 7. “ Of the largest 1000 fossil fuel-fired power plants in the U.S., 77% are not subject to pollution controls…”
- 8. “ Today’s typical auto actually releases more global warming emissions than they did 20 years ago.”
- 9. “ Vehicle exhaust contributes roughly 95 percent of all carbon monoxide emissions nationwide in cities”
- 10. “ More than 15,000 people are treated annually in hospital emergency rooms for carbon monoxide exposure”
- 11. “ In one year, a car can produce 4 times its own weight in carbon monoxide”
- 23. “ One proposed wind farm in West Virginia, would cost $300,000,000 to build”
- 27. “ In some physically isolated settings, it can cost a homeowner $10,000 or more to connect to the utility grid solar electricity”
- 28. “ A large-scale photovoltaic production plant would cost $660 million up-front”
- 32. “ A typical pellet stove cost about $11.50 per million Btu, a figure that is less than the cost of electric heat”