Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 22, 2022

Switching from gasoline and diesel engines to electric motors is one of the most effective ways to reduce global warming emissions and air pollution. In California, driving on electricity using the average plug-in vehicle can lower emissions to that of a hypothetical gasoline car that achieves 116 miles per gallon fuel economy.

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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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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 12, 2024

In 1963, a typical car—which ran on leaded gasoline without pollution control devices— emitted 520 pounds of hydrocarbons, 1,700 pounds of carbon monoxide, and 90 pounds of nitrogen oxide every 10,000 miles traveled. Soon thereafter, it began extolling the virtues of battery electric vehicles , which it continues to do today.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 10, 2024

Most notable of these polluting emissions are nitrogen oxides (NOx). Higher and more volatile energy bills An electric system that is over-reliant on gas can contribute to higher and more volatile electricity bills. It indeed accounts for 40% of the electricity currently generated for the grid.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 6, 2023

Older vehicles (pre-2004) make up 19% of the state’s passenger vehicles and only 12% of miles driven, yet they emit almost 3 times as much smog-forming, nitrogen-oxide pollution as all 2004 and later vehicles combined. Evaluate and adjust incentive programs based on changing conditions in the electric vehicle market.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 23, 2023

With the clean energy transition already under way, the US electricity mix is set to continue changing this year. Solar power is expected to make up about half of all additions of US electric generating capacity in 2023, according to data from the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). GW record from 2021.

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 29, 2024

The Portlands gas plant was built in 2008 and was designed as a peaker gas plant, meaning that it would only operate a few hours per month when electricity demand was high. The IESO should switch to renewable sources of electricity and plan to phase out the Portlands gas plant as soon as possible.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Examples are benzene, hydrofluoric acid, particulate matter, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, and many, many other toxic pollutants. As electric vehicles replace gasoline and diesel vehicles in the next few decades and we transition away from petroleum, the consumption of liquid fuels will decrease significantly.

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Clean Energy Law

JUNE 1, 2021

At a contentious board hearing on May 7, 2021, the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) approved a first-in-the-nation rule to regulate trucking emissions from warehouses by a 9-4 vote. A local air district approved a rule requiring warehouses to adopt clean technologies or pay a mitigation fee. By Joshua T. a new operator).

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 14, 2021

DEP said the proposed rule revision would help ensure that automakers offer for sale in Pennsylvania new zero emissions electric vehicle models that otherwise would be offered in surrounding states that have a requirement. Transportation generates 47 percent of nitrogen oxide and 21 percent of carbon dioxide emissions in Pennsylvania.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 21, 2022

The AFIG Program funds projects that replace older gasoline- or diesel-fueled vehicles with cleaner fuel vehicles that helps reduce emissions of carbon monoxide, particulate matter, volatile organic compounds, nitrogen oxides, and carbon dioxide, a principal greenhouse gas.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 16, 2022

RMS replaced five diesel yard hostlers – semi-tractors used to move containerized cargo – with five electric yard hostlers at the CSX Intermodal terminal in Chambersburg. The OrangeEV all-electric powered, zero-emission vehicles went into service in June 2021. tons; lifetime = 73.92 tons -- Hydrocarbons : annual 0.6

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Clean Energy Law

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

One of the most significant air quality challenges in the Basin is reducing emissions of the ozone precursor nitrogen oxides (NO x ) to meet the ozone standard attainment deadlines. According to the 2016 AQMP, mobile sources contributed about 88% of total NO x emissions in the Basin in 2012.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Conversions to clean diesel trucks and buses reduce large amounts of nitrogen oxide pollution from these vehicles, leading to less fine particulate matter and ozone formation. The recommended projects will also reduce hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide, and carbon dioxide.

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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%. Read more here. LR100 has the lowest carbon footprint of any commercially available biogenic fuel. Read more here.

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Science & Climate

APRIL 22, 2021

by UC Davis News and Media Relations | April 21, 2021. Zero emission vehicles : Many of the report’s policy options are centered on a rapid transition to zero-emission vehicles, or ZEVs, which is expected to dramatically reduce GHG emissions and improve local air pollution as the state’s electric grid is also decarbonized. .

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Under the net zero scenario: Wind, solar, and other renewables nearly triple their share of US electricity generation from 22% in 2021 to 60% in 2030, 81% in 2035, and 92% in 2050. Overall economywide fossil fuel use falls 50% between 2021 and 2040 and 82% by 2050.  Coal is phased out of the power sector by 2030.

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Enviromental Defense

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

And Ontario is, well… Ontario really really likes so-called “natural” gas – a fossil fuel – and plans to use more of it to generate electricity. And now, according to the IESO, emissions from electricity will rise to about 12 MT in 2030, and to over 18 MT in 2040. . of Ontario’s total electricity generation. . How much more?

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Circle of Blue

MARCH 21, 2023

One of Mackinac Island’s ferries will be converted to zero-emissions electric power for the first time ever. In 2021, residents went on hunger strikes while successfully stopping a large metal scrapper facility from being moved to the area from the city’s north side. The neighborhood is no stranger to environmental efforts.

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Law Columbia

JUNE 27, 2024

This growing network of warehouses and the freight vehicles that serve them contribute significantly to a community’s greenhouse gas emissions and exposure to harmful pollutants like nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide and particulate matter. The risk of preemption can be mitigated but not fully avoided.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 25, 2022

To Transition Team -- Reading Eagle: Reading-based Penske Truck Rentals Adds Electric Trucks To Commercial Fleet -- The Center Square: Philadelphia School District Adding 47 Electric, Propane School Buses -- PA Environmental Council Podcast: PUC Studies How Utilities Will Meet New Electric Vehicle Demand -- PUC Highlights 2022 Accomplishments -- PA-Based (..)

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 28, 2023

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 29, 2022

Fossil-fueled trucks, vans, and buses are a major source of climate-disrupting greenhouse gas emissions and nitrogen oxides (NOx), particulate matter (PM), and hazardous air pollutants that harm public health. In 2021, Quebec adopted a regulation requiring all new school buses to be electric.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 11, 2024

Fortunately, I don’t have COPD and I didn’t contract asthma when I was young, perhaps partly because I grew up in a home with an electric range. The study concluded that these childhood asthma cases could have theoretically been prevented by using electric appliances. But other Washingtonians may not be as lucky.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 31, 2022

As Superfund Site -- WITF Smart Talk: Dickinson College Project Will Turn Composted Waste Into Electricity -- Altoona Mirror: Blair County Communities Hold Household Hazardous Waste Collection July 29-30 -- PA Resources Council Releases August Workshop & Webinar Schedule For Southwest PA Residents [PaEN] -- Enter Now! 9 On Final Reg.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 5, 2023

greenhouse gas emissions, more than the electric power sector. The transportation sector is also a substantial source of nitrogen oxides and particulates, both of which are dangerous to human health. Q: So why, at argument, were there so many questions on whether the 2021 rule “compels” electrification?

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Sam Wilson/UCS ACT requires manufacturers to gradually increase share of clean trucks sold After several years of working with a wide range of stakeholders from organizations like UCS to truck and bus manufacturers, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) adopted ACT in 2021. To date, 10 other states have also adopted the rule.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

The range in the requirement is because the ZEV regulation has significant flexibility built into the sales requirements: automakers can use past credits for compliance, participate in early action and pooling provisions, and use plug-in hybrids to reduce the number of fully electric vehicles required. Data from Atlas Public Policy.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 3, 2021

Nevertheless, the belief that carbon capture is part of the climate solution is firmly embedded in Biden’s climate change plan, which doesn’t anticipate achieving a carbon-free electricity sector earlier than 2035. The plant would annually store an amount of CO2 equal to that emitted by 21,604 vehicles annually.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

The range in the requirement is because the ZEV regulation has significant flexibility built into the sales requirements: automakers can use past credits for compliance, participate in early action and pooling provisions, and use plug-in hybrids to reduce the number of fully electric vehicles required. Data from Atlas Public Policy.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 14, 2023

percent of US electricity and utility-scale solar generated 3.4 In 2012, coal generated 37 percent of US electricity. Coal’s decline and the rapid growth of renewables helped cut the US electricity sector’s carbon emissions by 24 percent over the last decade. Last year, wind generated 10.2 Add hydropower’s contribution of 6.2

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ESA

APRIL 11, 2022

Report finds there is no hope of slowing global warming without a radical shift to electrical energy and carbon removal. The scientists back electric vehicles as the best option for making deep cuts to road emissions. NOAA: Greenhouse gases spiked in 2021, with a record methane jump – Axios. In this issue: 5 Takeaways from U.N.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 28, 2022

Manchin Agree On Largest Single Investment In Measures To Fight Climate Change, Assess Methane Leak Fees On Oil & Gas Facilities [PaEN] -- EQB Meets Aug. 9 On Final Reg. Senate Democrat Deal Would Be Most Ambitious Climate Action Undertaken By U.S. -- NPR: After Spiking Earlier Talks, Manchin Agrees To A New Deal On Climate, Taxes -- U.S.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

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ESA

APRIL 5, 2021

Ro Khanna (D-CA) and Debbie Dingell (D-MI) are promoting a separate $10 trillion decade-spanning green infrastructure plan, which sets a goal of 100% zero-carbon electricity by 2035, while creating 15.5 151 ) in the House of Representatives in February 2021. This proposed rule is open for public comment through May 24, 2021.

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