Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 10, 2024

Most notable of these polluting emissions are nitrogen oxides (NOx). Climate impacts The power sector accounts for approximately 25% of heat-trapping emissions in the United States, with gas plants accounting for 45% of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) in the power industry.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Their study examined the carbon dioxide and methane emissions from these companies’ products, as well as from the extraction and production processes of the largest gas, oil and coal producers and cement manufacturers. Data on the major carbon producers’ emissions have been published since 2014.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 17, 2023

Yet, in 2022, almost 40% of electricity in the US was generated by power plants fueled by natural gas. We need more electricity to transition our homes and cars off fossil fuels, but we can’t afford to let that electricity come from more gas power plants. States remain widely varied on their reliance on gas for electricity.

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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). I’ll start off with the good.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 18, 2024

While these sources could potentially play a role in decarbonizing certain sectors, such as heavy industry, researchers and analysts have repeatedly found highly efficient electric heat pumps—which are already thriving in Maine—to be a cleaner , healthier, more cost-effective solution for decarbonizing space and water heating in buildings.

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Enviromental Defense

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

In Ontario, fossil gas is used primarily for generating electricity, for heating buildings (residential and commercial), and for industrial uses (for heating substances and as a raw material). In fact, Ontario is planning to build new gas plants and extend expiring gas plant contracts to produce electricity. It is none of those things.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

The grant recipients, ranging from a small borough to rental car, garbage truck, and school bus companies, will replace 88 old gasoline or diesel vehicles with 78 electric and 10 renewable natural gas vehicles and install 36 chargers for electric vehicles.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 3, 2024

Fleets that utilize electric and hydrogen vehicles are eligible to earn Low Carbon Fuel Standard ( LCFS ) credits, which can be sold to offset ZEV costs. Trucks and buses that produce zero tailpipe emissions, including battery-electric and hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles, count as ZEV compliant. What counts as a ZEV under ACF?

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 14, 2022

million in Alternative Fuels Incentive Grants to municipalities and businesses for 99 electric vehicles and more clean fuel transportation projects to improve air quality in their communities. They’re anticipated to reduce nitrogen oxide emissions by 6,429 kilograms and carbon dioxide emissions by 2,642 metric tons per year.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 31, 2023

The 28 funded projects will install 32 electric vehicle chargers for private and public use and put 95 electric vehicles, 24 compressed or renewable natural gas vehicles, and 11 propane vehicles on the road. Nine of the vehicles will be fully electric long-haul tractor trailers, the first supported by the AFIG program.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 1, 2022

By replacing older polluting engines and equipment with new technologies, funded projects remove nitrogen oxide, carbon monoxide, particulate matter, and hydrocarbon pollution from the air. Zero- and low-emission vehicles also lower carbon dioxide emissions, helping to lessen climate change.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 6, 2023

Critically, and as we’ll discuss in greater depth shortly, hydrogen combustion (as opposed to its use in fuel cells) also leads to greater emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOx), a toxic group of pollutants regulated under the Clean Air Act. All this is not to say there is no place for hydrogen in a clean energy future.

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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

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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Edouard Stenger

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

noted ” Diesel generators produce carbon dioxide (CO2), nitrogen oxide (NOx), and particulate matter. kg of pure carbon, 2.6 kg of carbon dioxide released per liter of diesel fuel.” This can generate electricity on site, thus making hospitals less prone to blackouts.

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Enviromental Defense

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Background Information: Though hydrogen itself isn’t technically a greenhouse gas, scientists have found that hydrogen actually does contribute to temperature rise through some complex chemical reactions—and is actually 33 times more powerful than carbon dioxide.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

On September 8, the Department of Environmental Protection announced it is offering bigger consumer rebates for electric vehicles, with a focus on working-class households, and providing $3.4 For example, a family of two with an income of $69,000 is eligible for a $2,000 rebate for a battery electric vehicle.

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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. Click Here for a list of grants awarded.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Shortly thereafter, the Supreme Court ruled that EPA had the authority to regulate carbon dioxide emissions from passenger cars and trucks under Massachusetts v. Additionally, there are incentives for natural gas vehicles and electric vehicles.

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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. The IRA and Net Zero scenarios also drive significant reductions in nitrogen oxides (NOx), sulfur dioxide (SO2), and fine particulate matter (PM2.5).

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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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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Now that California has taken the lead and set a goal for all passenger vehicles sold in the state to be electric by 2035, the next logical step is electrifying medium- and heavy-duty vehicles. This is an integral step towards cleaning our air and reducing climate-warming emissions. There are more than 1.8 pollution from vehicles.

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Legal Planet

AUGUST 2, 2023

Image via PickPik On May 23, the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) proposed emission limits and guidelines for carbon dioxide from fossil fuel-powered plants. The biggest exception is for those plants that choose to run only part-time, so-called “peaker plants” that turn on when electricity demand is too high for the grid.

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Edouard Stenger

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Burning coal in these two regions account for a little under two gigatonnes of carbon dioxide emissions per year, with 1.29 Yet, coal account for two-thirds of the carbon emissions of electricity generation in both regions. billion tonnes and 700 millions tonnes for the US and the EU, respectively. Current situation.

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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. MACKINAC ISLAND: A $3 million grant from the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy will fund a Mackinac Island passenger ferry’s conversion to zero-emissions electric power.

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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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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. Transportation is now the source of 28% of U.S. I’ll discuss that comparison more in a bit).

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 28, 2024

Yaw: Statement On New EPA Power Plant Emission Reduction Rules -- The Daily Item: Republicans Con. Meuser, Sen. in Somerset County -- WHYY: My Climate Story: Philly Students Take Science From Abstract To Personal -- Reading Eagle: Berks Nature Nonprofit Has Evolved Over Its 50-Year History -- MCall: C.F.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 3, 2021

By Ad Crable, Chesapeake Bay Journal Pennsylvania is ideally suited to help the nation fight global warming by becoming a leader in the effort to capture and store emissions of carbon dioxide, state officials say. In the battle to slow global warming, carbon dioxide is the chief target. Studies by the U.S.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 21, 2025

In other words, if a regulation mentions electric vehicles, its probably on the target list. The executive order also attacks clean vehicle incentives and federal support for electric vehicle charging stations, important complementary policies helping families around the nation make the switch to cleaner vehicles. Whats at stake?

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 14, 2023

The rule, which also applies to new gas plants, would avoid as much as 617 million metric tons of carbon dioxide through 2042, the EPA calculated , the equivalent of the annual emissions of 137 million passenger vehicles—about half of the cars in the country. percent of US electricity and utility-scale solar generated 3.4

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 24, 2024

Of State Webpage -- DEP Awards $2.9

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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. Capturing carbon is a must. Countries will also have to extract carbon dioxide from the atmosphere to keep global warming in check. In this issue: 5 Takeaways from U.N. Executive Branch.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

The SCC is a metric that seeks to capture all of the costs that emitting a ton of carbon dioxide (or equivalent amounts of other greenhouse gases such as methane) imposes on society by contributing to climate change over the hundreds of years it remains in the atmosphere. N: Missouri v. Biden , Civ. 4:21-cv-00287-SPM (E.D.

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