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A growing list of things you can say about climate and energy — navigate by category or place

Greenhouse gas emissions from nuclear electricity: low, but not zero

Coal generates almost half the CO2 humans put in the atmosphere

Georgia gets more electricity from coal than any other source

Technologies exist to reduce CO2 emissions from coal power plants

China and India have lots of coal

The US has more than a 100-year coal supply

Coal is the least expensive fossil fuel

Low-carbon coal plants need more coal for the same power output

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