How the US electricity grid could go on a 90% carbon-free diet

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By Shannon OsakaJun 10, 2020, 3:32 pm158 pts
The sprawling web of power plants, dams, and transmission lines known as the electricity grid spews roughly 2 billion tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere every year, accounting for over a quarter of the country’s carbon emissions. But it could soon get a green makeover: According to a new report,…

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