University of Texas-Austin: Coal Power Killed Half a Million People in U.S. Over Two Decades
November 28, 2023
November 28, 2023
AUSTIN, Texas, Nov. 28 (TNSres) -- The University of Texas issued the following news release:
It's no secret that small particles in the air from coal-fired power plants are harmful, but a new paper published in Science shows these particles are more than twice as harmful as previously thought. In fact, since 1999 coal-fired power plants in two states -- Ohio and Pennsylvania --caused more than 103,000 deaths nationwide.
A team of researchers from six universities, incl . . .
It's no secret that small particles in the air from coal-fired power plants are harmful, but a new paper published in Science shows these particles are more than twice as harmful as previously thought. In fact, since 1999 coal-fired power plants in two states -- Ohio and Pennsylvania --caused more than 103,000 deaths nationwide.
A team of researchers from six universities, incl . . .