Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 21, 2024

The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) included a major—forthcoming—refresh for one of the biggest policy drivers of the nation’s clean energy transition to date: tax credits subsidizing the deployment of clean electricity resources. These incentives aren’t just historically important.

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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.

Fossil Fuels 216

Fossil Fuels 2023 Clean Energy Nitrogen Oxides 216

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.

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Ocean Conservancy

MARCH 3, 2025

Preparing the workforce for decarbonization is just as crucial as deploying zero-emission technologies. Collaboration among industry, government and educational institutions should also be used to create comprehensive training programs that align with emerging port technologies and regulatory requirements.

Nitrogen Oxides 52

Nitrogen Oxides Ocean Conservation Technology 52

Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 3, 2022

This decision wrongfully precludes the agency’s authority to set robust power plant carbon pollution standards in line with today’s technologies and practices adopted on a sector-wide basis. While clean energy progress is definitely underway, it is not happening fast enough or on the scale necessary to limit the threat from climate change.

Climate Change 272

Climate Change Fossil Fuels Carbon Emissions Nitrogen Oxides 272

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. Annually, the project will remove 1.38 Annually the project will remove 3.9 tons of NOx and other pollutants from the air.

Nitrogen Oxides 57

Nitrogen Oxides Clean Energy Ground-Level Ozone Carbon Dioxide 57

Legal Planet

MARCH 6, 2023

But with the recent influx of government incentives for hydrogen production, new and improving production and storage technologies, and greater political will than ever before, H 2 ’s reputation is gaining favor. Hydrogen can be used for medium-to-long-term energy storage, heat and power generation, and transportation.

Natural Gas 147

Natural Gas Fossil Fuels Carbon Emissions Carbon Dioxide 147

Enviromental Defense

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Similarly, the province’s subsidy to Emerald—the owner of the garbage incinerator in Peel—in the name of clean energy and innovation is terrible double speak. The Emerald incinerator in Brampton is the second highest local industrial emitter of the toxic pollutant nitrogen oxide, according to the National Pollutant Release Inventory.

Fossil Fuels 67

Fossil Fuels Nitrogen Oxides Natural Gas Carbon Dioxide 67

Clean Energy Law

JUNE 1, 2021

A local air district approved a rule requiring warehouses to adopt clean technologies or pay a mitigation fee. By Joshua T. Bledsoe and Jennifer Garlock.

Regulations 130

Regulations Ozone Nitrogen Oxides Electricity 130

Clean Energy Law

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

The 2016 AQMP analyzes existing and potential regulatory control options and seeks to achieve multiple goals in partnership with other entities promoting reductions in greenhouse gases (GHGs) and toxic risk, as well as efficiencies in energy use, transportation, and goods movement.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 16, 2022

Million May 18 Webinar: Learn More About Funding The Growing Greener Program For The Next Generation DEP Sets June 28 Hearing On Response To PFOA/PFOS Contamination Around University Park Airport, Centre County EPA Announces Brownfields Cleanup, Assessment Funding; 8 Grants In PA Totaling $7.3

Nitrogen Oxides 52

Nitrogen Oxides Upcycling Clean Energy Conservation 52

Science & Climate

APRIL 22, 2021

Importantly, a major upfront investment in clean transportation through incentives and new charging and hydrogen infrastructure will soon pay off in net economic savings to the California economy, with net savings within a decade growing to tens of billions of dollars per year by 2045. Key policy strategies.

Fossil Fuels 52

Fossil Fuels Nitrogen Oxides Electricity Air Pollution 52

Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

New UCS study shows how we can accelerate US clean energy ambition An interdisciplinary team of UCS experts set out to explore how the US can meet its goals to cut heat-trapping emissions 50%-52% below 2005 levels by 2030 and achieve net zero emissions no later than 2050.

Fossil Fuels 311

Fossil Fuels Clean Energy 2030 Climate Change 311

Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 11, 2024

A 2022 study in Environmental Science and Technology detected more than 20 volatile organic compounds, including hexane, toluene and benzene, in unburned stove gas. And in 2022, Atmos Energy, Black Hills Energy, Summit Utilities, and Xcel Energy were among the founders of Coloradans for Energy Access.

2013 363

2013 Electricity Natural Gas Fossil Fuels 363

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 3, 2021

“Because renewable energy may be variable or intermittent, dispatchable fossil energy with carbon capture, utilization and storage will continue to be necessary … during the energy transition,” said Brian Anderson, director of the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory.

Fossil Fuels 98

Fossil Fuels Carbon Dioxide Natural Gas Nitrogen Oxides 98

Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 14, 2023

First, what adequately demonstrated technologies can the EPA cite that would result in the biggest emission reductions possible, considering cost and other factors? The onus is on the EPA to establish that the technologies it considers in setting its standards, such as carbon capture or hydrogen co-firing, are achievable. billion.

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Fossil Fuels Carbon Emissions Nitrogen Oxides Clean Air Act 255

Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 17, 2025

He also oversaw a new rule that let industrial facilities use less-effective methods to monitor their emissions of nitrogen oxides, and withdrew grants that funded research on how chemical exposures affect young children. These incidents happened across agencies and on a wide range of policies. Take vehicle emissions standards.

Fossil Fuels 291

Fossil Fuels Politics Nitrogen Oxides Climate Change 291

Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 25, 2025

Cleaner cars, cleaner air Our Cleaner Cars, Cleaner Air Report showed that while pre-2004 cars make up fewer than 20% of the cars on the road, they are responsible for the majority of tailpipe pollution because they produce higher amounts of lung-damaging particulate pollution and contribute significantly more smog-forming nitrogen oxide emissions.

Fossil Fuels 231

Fossil Fuels Clean Energy Nitrogen Oxides Renewable Energy 231

ESA

APRIL 11, 2022

Carbon dioxide removal — which encompasses methods ranging from natural processes like planting trees to technological solutions like direct air capture — is “unavoidable” to reach net-zero emissions, the authors said. Countries will also have to extract carbon dioxide from the atmosphere to keep global warming in check. The IPCC said 1.5

2022 98

2022 Fossil Fuels Clean Water Act Climate Change 98

ESA

APRIL 5, 2021

2 trillion plan includes $50 billion to create a new technology directorate for NSF. White House Office of Science and Technology Policy forms Interagency Task Force on Scientific Integrity. . There is $180 billion pegged overall in the plan for investment in research and development and “technologies of the future.”.

2021 74

2021 Technology Technology Conservation 74