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Emissions – the ‘business as usual’ story is misleading
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Falling costs for generating clean electricity have led to a proliferation of wind farms, such as this one near Palm Springs, California. Credit: David McNew/Getty
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Nature 577, 618-620 (2020)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-020-00177-3
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