The fast-growing cannabis industry has a big pollution problem

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Strict laws around growing cannabis leave the crop with a heavy carbon footprint.

The biggest prize of all is the American market, where cannabis is nowWith that liberalization of pot laws comes increased investment – but also a greater focus on the environmental cost of cultivation.. In Arizona, cannabis is believed to produce more carbon dioxide emissions than coal – and that state is one of the 10 largest coal producers in the U.S.

In this week's Riskin Report, CTV News Science and Technology Specialist Dan Riskin looks at what's behind the heavy pollution price of pot, and what could be done to reduce a large chunk of the cannabis industry's emissions.This Aug. 22, 2019 photo shows medical marijuana plants being grown before flowering during a media tour of the Curaleaf medical cannabis cultivation and processing facility in Ravena, N.Y.

 

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Indoor cannabis is almost always better than outdoor.

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Hmmm. When the woke granolas’ find out they are part of the problem, will that increase or decrease their consumption?

can you get any worse at research in your reporting? most likely.

Wanna reduce the carbon footprint of a plant sequesters carbon, reduce the regulations around it. You cannot say it's decriminalized when if you have over a certain weight or number of plants you are a criminal.

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