'Clean' Power? (IMAGE)

Columbia Climate School

'Clean' Power?

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Iceland's Hellisheidi geothermal power plant is the world's largest. It is cleaner than those run on fossil fuels, but still emits carbon dioxide by venting volcanic gases.

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Kevin Krajick/Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

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