Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Switching from fossil fuels like gasoline to increasingly clean electricity sources is vital for hitting climate and air pollution goals. However the long term drop in per person gasoline use is likely due to fuel economy and greenhouse gas standards that have made gasoline vehicles more efficient over the prior decades.

Carbon Dioxide 200

Carbon Dioxide 2005 Electricity Nitrogen Oxides 200

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

This investment will enable us to begin transitioning our fleet from burning fossil fuels to using renewable resources to reduce our carbon footprint, which will benefit both our company and our community.” It also helps lower the level of carbon dioxide, one of the greenhouse gases heating up the climate, in the air.

Nitrogen Oxides 75

Nitrogen Oxides Ground-Level Ozone Carbon Monoxide Carbon Dioxide 75

Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 21, 2024

Most prominently, because the approach is changing from rewarding specific technologies to rewarding anything that meets the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions threshold of “clean”—hence the “tech-neutral” label—exactly how the government goes about determining whether or not something is actually eligible will be enormously important.

Electricity 303

Electricity Clean Energy Greenhouse Technology 303

Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

This is roughly the equivalent of taking 66 million fossil-fueled cars off the road for an entire year. There are more than 1.8 pollution from vehicles. The rule would also reduce NOx and PM2.5 emissions from trucks by 43 and 29 percent, respectively.

Climate Change 290

Climate Change Electricity Nitrogen Oxides Fossil Fuels 290

Legal Planet

MARCH 6, 2023

Hydrogen’s supply-side has been buttressed by incentives from state and federal governments, refineries and utilities looking to extend the life of fossil fuel infrastructure, and renewable energy companies seeking to take advantage of the huge amounts of clean energy needed to produce green hydrogen.

Natural Gas 147

Natural Gas Fossil Fuels Carbon Emissions Carbon Dioxide 147

Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 3, 2024

Despite the generous funding opportunities and holistic flexibilities baked into ACF, confusion around and misinformation about the rule may undermine this much-needed shift away from fossil-fueled trucks and buses. Also funded through the IRA, the program provides $250 million for non-competitive planning grants and around $4.6

Electricity 130

Electricity Nitrogen Oxides Air Pollution Clean Air Act 130

Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Agricultural greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the raising of livestock and growth of crops for human consumption represent 14% of global GHG emissions. While burning methane to generate energy releases carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, the overall climate impact is reduced and the gas could potentially replace fossil fuel sources.)

Carbon Dioxide 147

Carbon Dioxide 2013 Nitrogen Oxides Carbon Monoxide 147

Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 21, 2023

But while greenhouse gas emissions may be reduced, a delivery fulfilled by a diesel-burning truck may lead to increases in emissions of smog-forming nitrogen oxides and lung-damaging particulate matter.

Nitrogen Oxides 311

Nitrogen Oxides Electricity Fossil Fuels Air Pollution 311

Science & Climate

APRIL 22, 2021

Transportation is the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in California. The studies are designed to identify paths to slash transportation-related fossil fuel demand and emissions while also managing a strategic, responsible decline in transportation-related fossil fuel supply. featured image by Getty.

Fossil Fuels 52

Fossil Fuels Nitrogen Oxides Electricity Air Pollution 52

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.

Ozone 130

Ozone Regulations 2020 2019 130

Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Differences between setting fuel economy and emissions standards Under the Clean Air Act, EPA is obligated to reduce pollution from mobile sources like passenger cars and trucks when those emissions are a risk to public health and/or welfare. On the other hand, NHTSA doesn’t incentivize EVs so heavily.

Electricity 305

Electricity Clean Air Act Carbon Dioxide 2027 305

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 26, 2022

LR100 is a cleaner fuel source for boilers than other fuel oil replacement options and will reduce air emissions of nitrogen oxides and particulate matter by 50% and sulfur dioxide emissions by nearly 99%. LR100 has the lowest carbon footprint of any commercially available biogenic fuel. Read more here.

2022 85

2022 Recycling 2020 Nitrogen Oxides 85

Legal Planet

AUGUST 2, 2023

Image via PickPik On May 23, the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) proposed emission limits and guidelines for carbon dioxide from fossil fuel-powered plants. Fenceline communities will continue to face harmful health impacts from this pollution, even if greenhouse gas emissions decline over time.

Carbon Dioxide 223

Carbon Dioxide Fossil Fuels Clean Air Act Nitrogen Oxides 223

Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

The UN’s Climate Change Conference is just about to kick off in Dubai, juxtaposing the powerful political power of the fossil fuel industry and the desperate need to reduce oil and gas usage as we face an ongoing climate crisis. However, the agency considered a range of alternatives.

2026 305

2026 Climate Change Nitrogen Oxides Electricity 305

Enviromental Defense

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

And Ontario is, well… Ontario really really likes so-called “natural” gas – a fossil fuel – and plans to use more of it to generate electricity. After greenhouse gas emissions from electricity dropped to a low of 4 Megatonnes, Ontario’s increasing use of fossil gas will lead emissions to rise to 18 Megatonnes.

Fossil Fuels 98

Fossil Fuels Nitrogen Oxides Greenhouse 2030 98

Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 12, 2023

SW: Fertilizer companies encourage the industrial agriculture sector to overapply its product, and when all of that synthetic nitrogen-based fertilizer is sprayed on soil, nitrous oxide is emitted into the atmosphere. But nitrous oxide is even more insidiously efficient at disrupting the climate.

Clean Water Act 325

Clean Water Act Carbon Dioxide Clean Air Act Climate Change 325

PA Environment Daily

JULY 29, 2022

and Canadian jurisdictions participating in the Multi-State Medium and Heavy-Duty Zero-Emission Vehicle (ZEV) initiative released an action plan to help fight rising diesel exhaust pollution and greenhouse gas emissions by accelerating the transition to zero-emission trucks, vans, and buses. On July 27, Pennsylvania joined 18 U.S.

Nitrogen Oxides 52

Nitrogen Oxides Electricity Fossil Fuels Regulations 52

Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

This fine particulate often comprises a toxic brew of carbon, sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide created by several sources, including combustion in fossil fuel power plants, factories, and from car and truck emissions. The soot particles in question are known as PM 2.5 for particulate matter that is 2.5

Air Pollution 243

Air Pollution Nitrogen Oxides Fossil Fuels Climate Change 243

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 3, 2021

Environmental Protection Agency show that CO2 accounts for the vast majority of heat-trapping greenhouse gases emitted by the U.S. Concentrations of CO2 in the atmosphere have risen approximately 47 percent since 1750, mostly from the burning of fossil fuels for energy. from 1990–2019.

Fossil Fuels 98

Fossil Fuels Carbon Dioxide Natural Gas Nitrogen Oxides 98

ESA

APRIL 11, 2022

Despite the panel’s regular reports about the consequences of burning fossil fuels, between 1990 and 2019 global emissions rose 54 percent and they are still rising. This latest report looks at mitigation — or what the world can do to stop pumping greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. Secretary-General António Guterres.

2022 98

2022 Fossil Fuels Clean Water Act Climate Change 98

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. 4:21-cv-00287-SPM (E.D. March 8, 2021).]] 2019); Birckhead v.

Climate Change 52

Climate Change Carbon Dioxide Regulations 2019 52