Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 17, 2025

In fuel-limited regions like New England, power plants can run out of gas or oil, as my colleague Susan Muller detailed here , with a case from New England in 2018. Reducing carbon emissions is another significant benefit of avoiding the burning of fossil fuels with offshore wind.

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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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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 11, 2024

Given that heightened awareness, a Commerce Department advisory committee of electric and gas utility executives acknowledged at a meeting in the fall of 1970 that their industry needed “to show what they are doing about pollution [and] suggested that the gas industry take a look at the NOx [nitrogen oxides] problem.”

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

A study from Harvard found that in 2018, eight million people died from fossil fuel pollution—that’s 1 in every 5 deaths. Reducing fossil fuel pollution leads to fewer deaths and more healthcare savings UCS found that decarbonization policies result in a decline in key pollutants such as PM 2.5 , nitrogen oxides, and sulfur oxides.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 26, 2022

LR100 is a cleaner fuel source for boilers than other fuel oil replacement options and will reduce air emissions of nitrogen oxides and particulate matter by 50% and sulfur dioxide emissions by nearly 99%. . -- Vicinity Energy Philadelphia, Inc. Read more here.

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

However, leaks which allow gasses to escape can mitigate reductions or result in overall increases in emissions relative to alternate storage methods, and generating energy via anaerobic digesters can emit pollutants like nitrogen oxide and carbon monoxide, among others. 2018 , Petersen et al., 2020 , Haque, 2018 , Vijn et al.,

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 30, 2023

The Senate did hold hearings on pipeline safety in 2018, in particular the Mariner East Pipeline, but no legislation came out of it, except for changes to the PA One Call underground utility notification system. For example: -- It’s a fact that fracking scars the landscape and degrades the environment. Read more here.

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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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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Flaring, demonstrated in the photo on the right, is the uncontrolled burning of excess or unwanted petroleum pools such as, excuse me, flaring can be a significant source of air pollution such as nitrogen oxides and greenhouse gas emissions. It is also an additional source of noise and light pollution.

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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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Vermont Law

APRIL 8, 2022

Along with Carbon dioxide and Methane, particle pollution such as particulate matter and nitrogen oxides are examples of pollutants discharged into the atmosphere from flaring. (26) 27) The human body’s respiratory system is also harmed by Nitrogen oxide exposure. (28) Should it be called “Natural Gas” or “Methane”?

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 17, 2023

Unlike other major air pollutants, ground-level ozone is not emitted directly into the air but is created by chemical reactions between nitrogen oxides and volatile organic compounds, meaning that ozone pollution is tied to sources that emit these precursor chemicals, such as heavy duty vehicles.

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ESA

APRIL 11, 2022

But for all other greenhouse gases (which include methane, nitrogen oxides and f-gases) it gave a surprising range, saying that if efforts accelerate rapidly in the next few years, they could continue to be emitted at low and decreasing levels until 2100, long after previous estimates. The IPCC said 1.5

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 17, 2025

Its no wonder our 2018 federal scientist survey showed low morale and fears of inappropriate political influence or censorship. And they tried to cover their trackstelling CDC officials to delete an email showing this interference. Well be watching for disappearing data in the months ahead.

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ESA

APRIL 5, 2021

Former EPA administrator Andrew Wheeler suddenly disbanded two advisory panels to the CASAC in 2018. During the Trump administrator, former EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt instituted a policy that banned EPA grantees from serving on agency advisory committees. The courts eventually threw out this rule. Nominations are due May 3, 2021.

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