Pollution and Climate Change: Week 2—the Dirty Electrification of the United States

We continue our exploration of Pollution and Climate Change for a second week as we focus on the Electrification of the United States, but this investigation comes with a twist: the United States is powering its increased electrification with dirty or carbon-polluting energy sources such as coal and natural gas.

I invite everyone to read the article on The Hidden Cost of Electrification in the United States by oilprice.com on the Supplementary page found at this link.

We also have a vocabulary list at the end of the article that is part of 6th grade English vocabulary that you will find in the article.

I had ChatGPT rewrite the original article to use only 6th grade English vocabulary.

Liquid natural gas tanker at sea

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