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Union of Concerned Scientists
FEBRUARY 9, 2024
Just how bad is fossil “natural” gas? And, as it turns out, the infrastructure used to produce, store, distribute, transmit, and burn gas leaks like a sieve , making gas as bad as coal for the climate. First, there’s air pollution. Its primary component is methane.
Union of Concerned Scientists
FEBRUARY 13, 2023
Transition to 100 percent clean energy by 2035 The state has already committed to reduce its heat trapping emissions by 50 percent by 2030 and 75 percent by 2040, and to be net zero by 2050. The siting reform bill does just that.
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Union of Concerned Scientists
DECEMBER 4, 2023
Beyond the climate harms of fossil fuels, they also impose a terrible toll on human health, as numerous recent studies show—including the Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change , a BMJ study on global deaths from air pollution caused by fossil fuels, and a study on US deaths attributable to coal-fired electricity generation.
PA Environment Daily
OCTOBER 18, 2024
However, there is one notable exception: how much you pay for natural gas. Instead, they provide the gas industry with justification to increase prices in the name of jobs and national security. 19, natural gas costs $2.26 It’s focused on increasing the price of natural gas to increase its bottom line.
Union of Concerned Scientists
NOVEMBER 16, 2022
UCS Senior Energy Analyst Julie McNamara addressed the industry’s ruse in a recent blog post: “Given the fallacy of the fossil fuel solution, our policymakers should stop hyper-focusing on fossil fuel production and instead take a full-field view of near- and long-term needs and opportunities, both at home and abroad.
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). I’ll start off with the good.
Union of Concerned Scientists
JANUARY 10, 2024
And all this polluting infrastructure has serious health and environmental implications for the surrounding communities. Gas infrastructure harms people and the environment The are multiple harms from gas infrastructure on people and the environment. Most notable of these polluting emissions are nitrogen oxides (NOx).
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