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The Health Benefits Of Cutting Coal

The Horizons Tracker

The researchers used data from Texas and found that efforts to reduce the greenhouse gases produced by power generation produce sufficient health benefits to more than meet the costs imposed by any decarbonization initiatives.

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The Triumph (and Challenge) of Climate Math

Harvard Business Review

Last week PwC released its Low Carbon Economy Index 2012 report, which calculated one simple, powerful number: In order to meet the 2°C warming target, we will need to reduce the global carbon intensity (how much carbon it takes to produce every unit of energy or GDP) by 5.1% 260 billion : Global clean energy investment in 2011.