Our Sustainable Future: Roadmap for preserving the planet

Published: May 28, 2010, 2 p.m.

The United States could completely stop emissions of carbon dioxide from coal-fired electric power plants? A crucial step for controlling global warming? Within 20 years by using technology that already exists or could become commercially available within a decade, scientists are reporting. The scientists outline strategies to make the phase-out possible, including the use of renewable energy and advanced nuclear power plants. Their study appears in ACS\u2019 semi-monthly journal Environmental Science and Technology.

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