Union of Concerned Scientists
JULY 31, 2023
As a major emitting nation, we in the United States have a responsibility and an opportunity to reduce climate pollution, which will require swift, committed action by every sector of the economy. Done right, a transformative shift to clean energy can also be a tremendous boon to community well-being, public health, and the economy.
Union of Concerned Scientists
APRIL 20, 2023
All across the country, coal- and gas-fired power plants are still running, still polluting, and still showing signs of staying relentlessly online. Through the Clean Air Act , and as affirmed—and reaffirmed—through multiple legal sagas, EPA is statutorily obligated to address carbon pollution from fossil fuel-fired power plants.
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Union of Concerned Scientists
APRIL 3, 2025
Keeping the NO x from adding to the pollution burden of the surrounding community would require changes in operation or pollution controls. A plant cofiring with 30% hydrogen, for example, could generate around 17% more NO x than the plant being fueled with only gas. More water use Hydrogen production consumes water.
Union of Concerned Scientists
APRIL 11, 2024
Just a year later, however, the industry encountered a potentially major obstacle: A study conducted by the government’s National Air Pollution Control Administration found a link between outdoor NO2 exposure and childhood respiratory problems. Since May 2018, 15 of these state and regional front groups spent $3.6
Legal Planet
OCTOBER 10, 2022
Now, SB 1137 protects communities by establishing a setback distance of 3,200 feet for homes, schools, parks, or businesses open to the public from new wells, and requires comprehensive pollution controls for existing oil wells within the setback zone. Clean Energy.
Union of Concerned Scientists
FEBRUARY 2, 2024
But these outcomes would be ruinous for everyone else, failing to deliver climate benefits, propping up extraordinarily harmful and unjust systems instead of addressing their root cause, and subsidizing hydrogen production infrastructure completely at odds with that demanded by our clean energy future.
PA Environment Daily
MARCH 15, 2025
Note: In Pennsylvania, DEP receives at least $60 million a year in federal funding just to pay staff and other costs of implementing federal environmental protection programs like Air Quality, Water Quality, Mining, Storage Tanks, Waste, Safe Drinking Water and others.]
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