Sulfur dioxide emissions from U.S. power plants have fallen faster than coal generation
Sulfur dioxide emissions from U.S. power plants have fallen faster than coal generation
When I was young, there was this thing called acid rain, produced from the blue smoke from power plants, which was laden with sulfur dioxide.
"Sulfur dioxide (SO2) emissions produced in the generation of electricity at power plants in the United States declined by 73% from 2006 to 2015, a much larger reduction than the 32% decrease in coal-fired electricity generation over that period. From 2014 to 2015, the most recent year with complete power plant emissions data, SO2 emissions fell 26%—the largest annual drop in percentage terms in the previous decade. Nearly all electricity-related SO2 emissions are associated with coal-fired generation."