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Ask a Scientist: What’s the Future for Trucks?

Union of Concerned Scientists

School buses that bring kids to school, city buses that serve commuters, garbage and recycling trucks that keep streets clean, 18-wheelers that haul goods: these are all classified as medium- and heavy-duty vehicles. UCS supporters can also push for electrification by being more conscious and informed consumers.

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Fossil Fuels Must Go: Re-inventing US Transportation

Union of Concerned Scientists

To increase the global warming benefits of electrification and significantly reduce air pollution, electricity must be generated from renewable sources. We urgently need the political will to make the right investments to accelerate this transition to a clean and equitable transportation system.

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Saturday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 11.2.24

PA Environment Daily

10 Hearing On A State Air Quality Implementation Plan Amendment For Holcim Solutions & Products Plant In Westmoreland County [PaEN] -- State Now Accepting Applications For Low-Income Home Energy Assistance [PaEN] -- PPL Utilities Increases Price Of Electricity Dec. Cents/kWH Up From 10.04 Cents/kWH -- DEP Awards $18.9 Ohio- $3.05

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Saturday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 11.9.24

PA Environment Daily

Particulate Pollution Standard] -- Southwest PA Breathe Project : At 7:30 a.m 8 at the Clairton-Liberty Air Pollution Monitor PM 2.5 Contact: Nicole Faraguna 717-346-7636 or nfaraguna@pa.gov. Ohio- $2.90 PA- $3.29 -- WPost: Republicans Set $1.87 Ohio- $2.90 PA- $3.29 -- WPost: Republicans Set $1.87 Ohio- $2.90

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Thursday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 12.21.23

PA Environment Daily

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events -- TribLive: DEP Declares TODAY Code Orange Air Quality Alert For Liberty/Clairton, Allegheny County = -- FERC Approves PJM $1.25 Gas Explosions -- WPXI: Major Natural Gas Leak At Ross Twp., Gas Explosions -- WPXI: Major Natural Gas Leak At Ross Twp.,

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Wednesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 3.19.25

PA Environment Daily

TODAY 10:00: House Local Government Committee meets to consider House Bill 620 (Isaacson-D-Philadelphia) would increase the state recycling fee from $2 to $5 per ton to support local recycling and waste disposal planning programs. Click Here to watch online. Room 205 Ryan Building. Click Here to watch online. March 20-- Agenda Posted.

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The Impacts of Explicitly Racist Land Use Practices Persist in California Communities. Is It Time for State Intervention?

Legal Planet

As a corollary, local decision-makers are far less politically accountable to residents living outside of their jurisdiction, allowing these decision-makers to impose negative externalities on neighboring communities.