Electricity is the source of 25% of global CO2 emissions and billions of dollars in economic waste. The US electricity sector alone emits 2 billion tons of CO2 yearly, accounting for 38% of the country’s total energy related CO2 emissions (2013)٭, power plants were responsible for 64% of SO2 emissions,16% of NOX emissions, 40% of CO2 emissions, and 68% of mercury air emissions in the US. The human health impacts are on par with traffic accidents.