Union of Concerned Scientists
DECEMBER 1, 2022
In order to enforce those standards, the state must be granted a waiver by the Environmental Protection Agency, something which Congress makes very clear should be given under virtually all conditions. Truck pollution is a national issue, and in the absence of federal leadership, states have taken the helm.
Union of Concerned Scientists
JANUARY 16, 2025
Costly and Inequitable In addition to emitting greenhouse gases, gas power plants also pollute the air with nitrogen oxides, sulfur dioxide, particulate matter, and volatile organic compounds.
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Union of Concerned Scientists
FEBRUARY 22, 2023
Still though, counties across the state have air that hasn’t met the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) standards for decades, causing a host of public health problems from asthma and cardiovascular issues to premature death. With COVID-19 still on our minds, I can’t stop paying attention to what it means to breathe freely.
Union of Concerned Scientists
AUGUST 20, 2024
The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Clean School Bus (CSB) Program was established by the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to help communities reduce pollution from older, higher polluting school buses. But lower climate emissions aren’t the only benefit.
Union of Concerned Scientists
JULY 3, 2022
Environmental Protection Agency et al. The Supreme Court’s decision in the case known as West Virginia et al. is a serious blow to the EPA’s ability to fight climate change—and could have dangerous repercussions beyond this case.
PA Environment Daily
MAY 13, 2022
The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the May 14 PA Bulletin inviting comments on nitrogen oxide emission reduction measures from municipal waste combustors proposed by the Northeast Ozone Transport Commission.
Union of Concerned Scientists
APRIL 19, 2023
million commercial trucks on California roads, and although they make up just seven percent of vehicles on the road, these trucks are responsible for more than one-quarter of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, more than 60 percent of smog-forming nitrogen oxides (NOx) and more than 55 percent of lung- and heart-harming fine particulate (PM2.5)
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