Just how dirty is electricity?
Coal and gas power plants emit: 67% of the nation’s sulfur dioxide, which causes acid rain 36% of the nation’s carbon dioxide, which causes climate change 33% of mercury, which causes toxic contamination 28% of nitrogen oxides, which creates smog Particulate matter, which causes haze and damages lungs The electricity supply in Massachusetts is very dirty. Currently, 28% of our electricity is produced by coal-burning power plants; 27% from gas-burning power plants; 20% from oil-burning power plants; 14% from nuclear power plants; and only 6% from large hydro and 4% from biomass.
