How the US freight rail industry got dirtier than coal power plants (www.reuters.com)

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U.S. freight railroads are a major source of pollution, chuffing out more nitrogen oxide, the primary component of smog, than all the nation’s coal-fired power plants combined, according to a Reuters calculation using government data.

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[-] misterztrite@piefed.social 2 points 1 week ago

It is easy to reduce the amount the coal power plants are releasing by closing the coal power plants.

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