2009Jan23: US coal-fired electricity generating plants produce about two billion tons of CO2 each year (Newsweek, 2008).
Reference: Newsweek http://www.newsweek.com/id/181143/page/2
Image Description: Xcel Energy Bay Front Power Plant in Wisconsin. Photo by Seth Tisue, 2008Sept12. Image Location: Wikimedia Commons. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Xcel_Energy_Bay_Front_Power_Plant_(a).jpg Image Permission: This file is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 2.0 License.
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