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Electric School Buses: The Best Choice for Our Kids and Communities

Union of Concerned Scientists

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.

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Good News—and Bad—about Fossil Fuel Power Plants in 2023 

Union of Concerned Scientists

But if plant owners actually do follow through on their retirement plans, there will be real, tangible public health and environmental benefits. GW of gas capacity set to retire, but also slightly outpacing the planned additions of wind power. GW of new gas capacity is planned to come online in 2023, outpacing not only the 4.8

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Bay Journal: As Federal Support Emerges, PA Wants To Be A Carbon Capture Hub

PA Environment Daily

Environmental Protection Agency show that CO2 accounts for the vast majority of heat-trapping greenhouse gases emitted by the U.S. Fossil fuel, they argue, will still be needed in the near term as a backstop for the intermittency of solar and wind power and to keep consumer power bills affordable. from 1990–2019.