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Ask a Scientist: The US Has to Do More to Meet Its Carbon Emissions Reduction Goals

Union of Concerned Scientists

However, several analyses—including a recent one by the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)—have concluded that the IRA, even when coupled with the bipartisan infrastructure act and other federal and state climate policies, will not be enough to meet US carbon emission reduction goals. EN: We have already seen a great deal of progress.

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Can California Stop Selling Polluting Cars by 2035? Yes It Can.

Union of Concerned Scientists

California’s air pollution regulator, the Air Resources Board, is poised to adopt one of the most important steps that the state has ever taken to reduce exposure to air pollution and limit climate changing emissions. Source: California Air Resources Board GHG Emissions Inventory Data.

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If the US Meets Its Climate Goals, We Can Save Money and Lives

Union of Concerned Scientists

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. Knowing what these substantial benefits are can help us better understand the true impacts of reducing our fossil fuel emissions. Source: UCS.

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Ask a Scientist: Two Dozen States Can Meet 100 Percent of Electricity Demand with Renewables by 2035

Union of Concerned Scientists

All told, they represent 56 percent of the US population, generate 62 percent of the country’s gross domestic product, and are responsible for 43 percent of the country’s annual carbon emissions. Emissions of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides from power plants in alliance states drop 88 percent and 77 percent respectively by 2040.

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Hydrogen and “Renewable” Gas Aren’t Realistic Solutions for Decarbonizing Maine’s Buildings

Union of Concerned Scientists

Research has shown this indoor air pollution from gas use in buildings consists of a slew of hazardous air pollutants, including the known carcinogen benzene. of childhood asthma cases nationally are attributable to gas stove pollution. An estimated 12.7% Hydrogen is also very prone to leaking.

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London introduces hydrogen-powered double-decker buses

A Greener Life

London’s air pollution crisis. This move is the latest effort by Mayor Khan to clean up London ’s toxic air which frequently breaches legal limits. His office says the buses will help clean up the air and improve the health of Londoners by reducing the level of harmful nitrogen oxide in the air.

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Five Reasons “Natural” Gas is Bad for You and the Environment

Enviromental Defense

Being close to fracking operations, rural and Indigenous communities are disproportionately impacted by the release of toxic chemicals.The increase in fracking operations are contributing to the spike in methane emissions which are quickly warming the planet. Gas plants are often the top emitters of nitrogen oxides in communities.In