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Inside the IPCC 61st Plenary Meeting: Debates and Decisions Shaping Climate Policy

Union of Concerned Scientists

At the core of the debate was whether the IPCC should aim to publish its main reports before the UNFCCC Global Stocktake (GST) in 2028, a key moment in global climate policy. The arguments were divided into two main camps.

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The Gas Utility Industry is Gaslighting Us

Union of Concerned Scientists

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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ACT Delivers Cleaner, Efficient, and Cost-Effective On-Road Freight in a Feasible Package

Union of Concerned Scientists

UCS/S&P Global Mobility 2024 This accelerated transition to cleaner on-road freight is vital to reduce harmful air pollution generated from trucks, given that theyre the largest source of ozone-forming nitrogen oxides (NOx) pollution in the nation and the largest source of lung-damaging fine particulates from vehicles on the road.