Why Science Backs a Fossil Fuel Phaseout

14 Dec 2023 | Abstracted from Common Dreams

"...we now know with absolute certainty that rising levels of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere are leading directly to rising average global temperatures... the obvious alternative to reaching net-zero by 2050: the complete phasing out of fossil fuel burning.

"The only thing in the way of phasing out fossil fuels and saving the planet from climate catastrophe is the belief that this is somehow not possible."

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