One writer observes:
China added more coal-burning power plants in 2007 than Britain has built in its history, said Gerard McCloskey, a coal market specialist with Cambridge Energy Research Associates in London.

America’s no slouch, though. Already, the US gets almost half its power from coal, with a rise expected in the next few decades. We’re […]

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Michael Pollan makes the case that when it comes to climate change, individual choices do matter. But the reasons why might surprise you.
In Sunday’s New York Times Magazine, Pollan asks a critical question: does it matter if he changes his life to address climate change by going “green”, given the humble scale of one person’s […]

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