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Climate and health benefits of wind and solar dwarf all subsidies | By displacing fossil fuels, wind and solar saved the US $250 billion over 4 years.
By displacing fossil fuels, wind and solar saved the US $250 billion over 4 years.
Similarly, there has been additional research into the health impacts of SO 2 and nitrogen oxides emitted during the burning of fossil fuels, which produce particulate and ozone pollution. They also chose to do so in a way that will make it easier to keep their estimates up to date, by focusing on regional-level changes in US electricity generating, rather than waiting for data on individual power plant production, which tends to take a while to gather. They don't accrue to anyone involved in operating the plants but instead are enjoyed by society at large in terms of reduced environmental degradation and lower health expenses.
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