silence7@slrpnk.net to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoBiden’s green policies will save 200,000 lives and have boosted clean energy jobs, data shows | Two separate reports find policies will save Americans from pollution in coming decades & add 150k jobswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up181arrow-down12
arrow-up179arrow-down1external-linkBiden’s green policies will save 200,000 lives and have boosted clean energy jobs, data shows | Two separate reports find policies will save Americans from pollution in coming decades & add 150k jobswww.theguardian.comsilence7@slrpnk.net to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square4fedilink
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 months agoMore that a lot of the particulate air pollution that’s a byproduct of burning fossil fuels kills people. So when you avoid combustion, you save lives, even if you haven’t gotten the use of fossil fuels down to zero yet.
minus-squarefluxion@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-22 months ago“Breath less bad…, be more good. You can’t explain that.”
More that a lot of the particulate air pollution that’s a byproduct of burning fossil fuels kills people. So when you avoid combustion, you save lives, even if you haven’t gotten the use of fossil fuels down to zero yet.
“Breath less bad…, be more good. You can’t explain that.”