Study finds shifts to renewable energy can drive up energy poverty

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By mmillikinJul 13, 2019, 5:30 am308 pts
Efforts to shift away from fossil fuels and replace oil and coal with renewable energy sources can help reduce carbon emissions but do so at the expense of increased inequality, according to a new study by researchers at Portland State University (PSU) and Vanderbilt University. Julius McGee, assistant…

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