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Rod Kuckro, E&E News reporter
Xcel Energy Inc. is setting an ambitious example for the nation's electric utilities with its pledge Monday to deliver 100 percent carbon-free electricity to its more than 3.3 million customers by 2050.
Industrial pollution is a risk factor in the era of COVID-19. But an oil refinery in Artesia, N.M., poses a heightened threat to residents: It has some the nation's highest annual emissions of cancer-causing benzene after a decade of slack government oversight.
By Corbin Hiar in Greenwire
On Page 1,525, the rule rolling back emissions standards for cars says it could cause 444 to 1,000 premature deaths from air pollution.
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Industrial pollution is a risk factor in the era of COVID-19. But an oil refinery in Artesia, N.M., poses a heightened threat to residents: It has some the nation's highest annual emissions of cancer-causing benzene after a decade of slack government oversight.
By Corbin Hiar in Greenwire
On Page 1,525, the rule rolling back emissions standards for cars says it could cause 444 to 1,000 premature deaths from air pollution.
By Maxine Joselow in Climatewire