Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 20, 2024

It turns out school buses are at the leading edge of the transition to electric heavy-duty vehicles. But just in case there was any doubt, UCS crunched the numbers to compare the different types of school buses from gasoline and diesel-powered option, to natural gas, electric and yes – even propane. Why not 100 percent?

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Electricity Natural Gas Nitrogen Oxides Air Pollution 321

Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Despite adding six million more passenger cars, trucks, and SUVs to the roads over the last 10 years, California’s gasoline consumption has dropped over two billion gallons from its peak in 2005. Switching from fossil fuels like gasoline to increasingly clean electricity sources is vital for hitting climate and air pollution goals.

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Carbon Dioxide 2005 Electricity Nitrogen Oxides 314

Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 3, 2022

Had the court ruled fully in favor of the EPA— or not taken the case at all —a much more meaningful dent in power plant carbon emissions would be within reach, while also delivering much greater reductions in other dangerous co-pollutants from burning fossil fuels such as particulate matter, mercury, nitrogen oxides and sulfur dioxide.

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Climate Change Fossil Fuels Carbon Emissions Nitrogen Oxides 327

Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

The legislation committed nearly $400 billion to support, among other things, wind and solar power, battery storage, electric vehicles, and other clean energy technologies that will make a significant dent in US heat-trapping emissions. First, decarbonizing the electricity sector mainly with wind and solar to replace coal and fossil gas.

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Carbon Emissions Fossil Fuels Clean Energy 2030 331

Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 1, 2024

Together with other modes of transportation, our vehicles emit the most heat-trapping gases in the US economy: 28 percent, followed closely by the electricity sector. In our study, by 2035 all new vehicles sold are either battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) or fuel-cell electric vehicles (FCEVs).

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Fossil Fuels Biofuels Nitrogen Oxides Electricity 336

PA Environment Daily

MAY 21, 2024

Environmental Protection Agency methodologies to assign a dollar value to each ton of nitrogen oxide and sulfur dioxide reduced. Between 2005-2022, the last year of available data, 11,127,515 fewer tons of SOx and 1,317,335 fewer tons of NOx were emitted from Pennsylvania’s electric power sector, according to DEP data.

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Natural Gas Nitrogen Oxides 2005 Air Pollution 94

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 24, 2024

Of State Webpage -- DEP Awards $2.9

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Nitrogen Oxides Natural Gas Carbon Dioxide Earth Day 109