An ‘Inconvenient Truth’ About Indoor Growing

Indoor growing's extraordinary energy use and “mushrooming carbon footprint” is not justifiable, according to a recent report. Instead, it proposes growing cannabis outdoors.

“The continuation of indoor cultivation does not appear to be defensible on energy and environmental grounds,” according to the report, "Energy Use by the Indoor Cannabis Industry: Inconvenient Truths for Producers, Consumers, and Policymakers."

“We have to look at the carbon footprint,” the report’s co-author,

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