"However, renewable energy is an initiative. It requires both top-down efforts and individual consumer actions to succeed. Understanding the whys and hows of this global project is a must at every level. Fossil fuel-fired power plants are the largest stationary source of pollutants like nitrogen oxide, sulfur dioxide, mercury, carbon dioxide and fine particle emissions. These contribute to smog and acid rain, which damage forests and buildings."
"Outdoor air pollution also has fatal consequences. In 2019, it caused 4.2 million premature deaths worldwide due to issues ranging from ischemic heart disease and stroke to lung cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. It doesn't help that even before a single drop of oil or piece of coal becomes energy, the process of getting it out of the ground already releases massive amounts of greenhouse gases."
Renewable energy offers a smarter, cleaner, and more resilient system that improves public health and economic stability while needing both top-down policies and individual consumer actions. Fossil fuel–fired power plants emit nitrogen oxides, sulfur dioxide, mercury, carbon dioxide, and fine particles that create smog, acid rain, and hazy urban air, damaging forests, buildings, and breathing quality. Outdoor air pollution caused 4.2 million premature deaths in 2019 from cardiovascular and respiratory diseases and cancer. Fossil fuel extraction and processing release large greenhouse gas quantities — U.S. federal lands activities emitted around 428 million metric tons of CO2 — and spills and mining devastate coastlines, marine life, and ocean chemistry, threatening seafood and coastal tourism.
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