Sentences with phrase «electricity from coal imposes»

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The NAS National Research Council calculates that the health costs from fossil fuel combustion are in the billions: «WASHINGTON — A new report from the National Research Council examines and, when possible, estimates «hidden» costs of energy production and use — such as the damage air pollution imposes on human health — that are not reflected in market prices of coal, oil, other energy sources, or the electricity and gasoline produced from them.

Such a tax would be imposed not just on gasoline but on all fossil fuels — from the coal used to generate electricity to the diesel used to run tractors — so it would affect the price of nearly everything, including food and manufactured goods.