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New study finds digital music streaming has led to increase in greenhouse gas emissions

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April 08, 2019

You might think that streaming is way better for the environment than producing millions of CDs, but streaming causes problems of its own. Also today: Kacey Musgraves wins Album of the Year at the ACM Awards, Aerosmith kicked off their Vegas residency, gospel-house hitmaker Kim English has died at 48, and Beyonce's Coachella performance is coming to Netflix. Audio sampled: Jahzzar - "Comedie" (CC BY 4.0), BoxCat Games - "Against the Wall" (CC BY 3.0), Kim English - "Nite Life (Nite Mix)", Jesse Spillane - "Ruffling Feathers" (CC By SA 4.0-02), Netflix - "Homecoming: A Film By Beyonce" (trailer)