Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 12, 2022

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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Electricity Fossil Fuels Renewable Energy Nitrogen Oxides 279

PA Environment Daily

MAY 21, 2024

Environmental Protection Agency methodologies to assign a dollar value to each ton of nitrogen oxide and sulfur dioxide reduced. In Pennsylvania, America’s second largest natural gas producing state, gas use in the electric power sector led to the largest year-over-year carbon emissions decline for Pennsylvania on record.

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Natural Gas Nitrogen Oxides 2005 Air Pollution 93

Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 22, 2022

The impact of the new rules goes beyond just lowering carbon emissions. The Air Resources Board estimates that between 2026 and 2040, the ACCII rules will eliminate 69,569 tons of nitrogen oxides and 4,469 tons of particulate matter (PM2.5) , leading to over 1,200 fewer cardiopulmonary deaths due to air pollution. .

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 12, 2024

In 1963, a typical car—which ran on leaded gasoline without pollution control devices— emitted 520 pounds of hydrocarbons, 1,700 pounds of carbon monoxide, and 90 pounds of nitrogen oxide every 10,000 miles traveled. More than 20,000 Americans died prematurely in 2015 from tailpipe emissions, according to a 2019 study.

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Nitrogen Oxides Carbon Monoxide Electricity Law 302

Legal Planet

MARCH 6, 2023

This is partly because hydrogen production is energy inefficient and––when derived from fossil fuels––still a significant source of carbon emissions. By combusting hydrogen, these natural gas plants would stay online, but they would have a somewhat smaller carbon footprint, and could provide firm energy to meet demand.

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Natural Gas Fossil Fuels Carbon Emissions Carbon Dioxide 147

Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

UCS modeled the impacts of reduced emissions on public health As part of our research in the new Accelerating Clean Energy Ambition report , UCS undertook analyses to study the impacts of reducing carbon emissions on public health. Combined with our total health benefits, we see huge savings when we reduce emissions.

Fossil Fuels 281

Fossil Fuels Clean Energy Nitrogen Oxides Carbon Emissions 281

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 3, 2021

The opportunities for carbon capture retrofits of all kinds abound in Pennsylvania. Industries and power plants rank the state fifth in the nation for total carbon emissions. It would also capture and bury methane emissions from the wells, part of the equation for reaching net-zero greenhouse gas emissions.

Fossil Fuels 98

Fossil Fuels Carbon Dioxide Natural Gas Nitrogen Oxides 98

A Greener Life

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

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. This move is the latest effort by Mayor Khan to clean up London ’s toxic air which frequently breaches legal limits.

Nitrogen Oxides 98

Nitrogen Oxides Air Pollution Electricity Carbon Emissions 98

Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 18, 2024

First, like methane gas, when hydrogen is combusted it produces nitrogen oxides, or “NOx” emissions, which present severe harms to public health, including respiratory systems. Hydrogen is also very prone to leaking.

Fossil Fuels 163

Fossil Fuels Carbon Dioxide Nitrogen Oxides Electricity 163

Edouard Stenger

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

As I have spent some sleepless nights since the latest IPCC report on how Mankind has to halve its carbon emissions by 2030. As we shall see, this is already currently happening, it is the moral thing to do, the best economic choice, and the fastest and easiest way to halve our emissions.

Carbon Dioxide 52

Carbon Dioxide Fossil Fuels Air Pollution Nitrogen Oxides 52

Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

The IRA and Net Zero scenarios also drive significant reductions in nitrogen oxides (NOx), sulfur dioxide (SO2), and fine particulate matter (PM2.5). In addition, the avoided climate damages from reduced carbon emissions, calculated using the social cost of carbon, exceed $400 billion by 2035 under the IRA Reference case and nearly $1.3

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 14, 2023

Last month, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed new power plant carbon pollution standards that, if strengthened, would go a long way to help meet the Biden administration’s goal of slashing carbon emissions in half from 2005 levels by the end of this decade. EN: First, why are these new standards such a big deal?

Fossil Fuels 256

Fossil Fuels Carbon Emissions Nitrogen Oxides Clean Air Act 256

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.

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Climate Change Carbon Dioxide 2019 Regulations 52