Shutting ‘super-polluters’ slashes greenhouse gases — and deaths

RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT 01 December 2021

A coal-fired power plant in Shandong province, China. Such plants produce vast quantities of greenhouse gases and can emit high levels of hazardous air pollutants, as well. Credit: Andrea Verdelli/Getty

Retiring ‘super polluting’ power plants to aid the climate could have another benefit: saving millions of lives1. doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03581-5
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-03581-5