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This tool tells you how fossil fuel emissions actually translate into heat deaths, coral reef damage, and more

Every new fossil fuel project that comes online will emit more climate-warming CO2 emissions into our atmosphere. But just saying how many tonnes of CO2 a new coal or gas facility will produce can still be abstract. What does it really mean, for example, that a single coal mine in Australia will generate an estimated 4.7 billion tonnes of emissions over its lifetime? How will those emissions…

This tool tells you how fossil fuel emissions actually translate into heat deaths, coral reef damage, and more

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