Cleaner ‘Bridge’ Fuels Are Killing Up To 46,000 Americans Per Year, Study Shows
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Replacing coal with fuels like natural gas and wood may offer some climate benefits, but the harm to public health remains.
Burning natural gas and wood instead of coal was supposed to be a bridge to a safer future, where heat and electricity came from sources that didn’t generate as much pollution. But new research suggests the alternative fuels are less of a bridge and more of a staircase. A new Harvard University study found that, in at least 19 states plus Washington, D.C., burning gas now kills more people than coal because of exposure to a deadly type of fine particulate matter known as PM2.5 that lingers in the air and lodges in lung tissue.More Related News