Causescommons.wikimedia.org Duke Energy is leaking a potent climate-warming gas at more than five times the rate of other utilities The gas, sulfur hexafluoride, is one of the most potent and long-lasting climate pollutants—known collectively as “the immortals”—because they remain in the atmosphere for thousands of years.
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