Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

New in this UCS analysis is a look at the public health co-benefits of reducing air pollution from fossil fuels that occur from decarbonizing our economy. can naturally occur in our environment, for example, a volcanic eruption that releases soot into the air, but a major source of PM 2.5 Sources of PM 2.5 Source: UCS.

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Fossil Fuels Clean Energy Nitrogen Oxides Air Pollution 290

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 1, 2022

By replacing older polluting engines and equipment with new technologies, funded projects remove nitrogen oxide, carbon monoxide, particulate matter, and hydrocarbon pollution from the air. The projects are located in high-population areas with dense traffic and high air pollution levels.

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Nitrogen Oxides Clean Energy Ground-Level Ozone Carbon Dioxide 59

Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 28, 2022

6 was enacted, the plants have emitted more than 29 million tons of heat-trapping carbon dioxide, 28,000 tons of nitrogen oxides (NOx), and 16,000 tons of sulfur dioxide (SOx). The Office of the Ohio Consumers’ Counsel estimates that, since H.B. Ohioans pay for OVEC losses.

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Renewable Energy Nitrogen Oxides Electricity Clean Energy 354

Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Primarily, these have focused on the 2007 EPA regulations, which were the first step in the phase-in of diesel engine standards meant to cut particulate emissions by more than 80 percent and smog-forming nitrogen oxides (NO X ) emissions by 90 percent. Source: ERM 2022 ).

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Edouard Stenger

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

But coal is already in terminal decline in both the US and the EU, all that is needed is a little push: Bloomberg New Energy Finance has confirmed this month that US coal plant retirements are nearing an all-time high, with at least 16 gigawatts (GW) worth of coal-fired plants already retired in 2018. A moral imperative.

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Carbon Dioxide Fossil Fuels Air Pollution Nitrogen Oxides 52

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 6, 2022

The following factsheet on asthma and air pollution from natural gas facilities was compiled by the Environmental Health Project -- Asthma is a chronic disease that affects breathing. Asthma attacks, also known as exacerbations, may be triggered by indoor and outdoor air pollution, stress, and other physical and environmental factors.

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Air Pollution Natural Gas Ground-Level Ozone Nitrogen Oxides 59

Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 12, 2023

When I coauthored a 2018 peer-reviewed study in Science , for instance, I predicted where a particularly hazardous pesticide called chlorpyrifos could pollute waterways that manatees use to migrate in Florida. EN: You played a role in a 2018 lawsuit against the city of Flint, Michigan, over lead in its drinking water supply.

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