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Why Swapping Coal for Gas is Really Bad Policy

By Emissions, Emissions Scenarios, Methane, Scenarios, Solutions

Coal definitely creates less net warming in the short-term because of aerosols. Aerosols pollution emitted from coal is basically smog. The sulfates in smog rom burning fossil fuels are global cooling pollutants. Coal has far more sulfate pollution than oil and oil has far more sulfates than natural gas. Though natural gas emits less CO2…

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More from Fields Below – Astonishing news about Permafrost

By Permafrost

February 15, 2009 More from Fields Below – Astonishing news about Permafrost Catastrophic permafrost melt is one of the likely abrupt climate change feedback scenarios.  Major permafrost melt has already happened and the melt rate is increasing rapidly.  Hundreds of thousands of years of frozen, partially decomposed tundra is at risk of thawing.  Scientists aren’t…

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