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Question: What do these elements have in common: Arsenic, cadmium, chromium, copper, lead, manganese, mercury, nickel, selenium, zinc. Answer: Can be found at Clean Energy Answers. Relevance:  In a new report released today, A Toxic Relationship: Extreme Coastal Flooding & Superfund …

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Question:  The building shown here is (was) in Siberia, but it’s falling down.  Why? Answer: Can be found at Clean Energy Answers. Relevance: It’s also the cause of a 20K gallon oil spill in the same region.

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Question:  There are two unique but related things about the small town of Verkhoyansk in Siberia, about 50 miles north of the Arctic Circle.  What are they? Answer: Can be found at Clean Energy Answers. Relevance: If climate change weren’t …

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Question: During its first two years in office, how many federal scientists has the administration removed? Answer: Can be found at Clean Energy Answers. Relevance: A key aspect of the Trump administration’s campaign to rescind environmental regulations that force big …

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Question:  With the realm of greenhouse gas emissions, animal protection, water and air pollution, and extraction, how many total laws protecting our environment and health have been, or are in process to become eliminated by the Trump administration at this …

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Question:  For how many consecutive years has Kansas managed to reduce its CO2 emissions? Answer: Can be found at Clean Energy Answers. Relevance: This is what happens when there is a rapid replacement of coal with wind.  Bravissimo!     …

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Question:  Part of what makes Tesla so successful is their vast network of super-charging stations.  What record did they just break in terms of numbers?  (Hint: It’s a multiple of 5,000.) Answer: Can be found at Clean Energy Answers. Relevance: …

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Question:  This one comes from the American Energy Society: Which Roman emperor would have been most comfortable in 2019? Answer: Can be found at Clean Energy Answers.

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Question:  As a rule of thumb, how many additional people on Earth are subjected to flooding for each centimeter the ocean rises? Answer: Can be found at Clean Energy Answers.

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Question:  It took 40 years for the count of solar PV installations to reach one million.  How many additional years were required to hit two million? Answer: Can be found at Clean Energy Answers. Relevance:  The rapid migration to renewable …

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