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7 Things to Know About Burning Hydrogen in Gas Plants: An H2 FAQ 

Union of Concerned Scientists

UCS and others have been pushing strongly to make government support for hydrogen production, like tax credits, contingent on it being powered by new/incremental low-carbon sources, in the same general region, and with renewable electricity produced at the same time as the particular electrolyzer needs it.

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The Gas Utility Industry is Gaslighting Us

Union of Concerned Scientists

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. She then went on to rave about her gas clothes dryer and fireplace.

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Biden’s Proposed Power Plant Rule is a Solid First Step

Legal Planet

As my colleagues and I have explained , generation shifting is an ordinary consequence of pollution-control rules and is the easiest, cheapest, and best way to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel-powered plants.

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Ask a Scientist: UCS Transportation Program Adds Equitable Mobility to its Portfolio

Union of Concerned Scientists

In 1963, a typical car—which ran on leaded gasoline without pollution control devices— emitted 520 pounds of hydrocarbons, 1,700 pounds of carbon monoxide, and 90 pounds of nitrogen oxide every 10,000 miles traveled. Cars and trucks are a lot cleaner than when I was growing up. Transit agencies in Washington, D.C.,

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State Air Regulations Can Go Above and Beyond National Standards 

Legal Planet

States and local air quality regulators have the legal authority to set particulate matter (PM), ozone, and nitrogen oxides (NOx) emissions standards and adopt regulations for these pollutants when they are already in attainment of the national ambient air quality standards ( NAAQS ) set by the U.S.

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Oil Refineries: A Deadly Industry

Union of Concerned Scientists

Many pollutants cause cancer, pulmonary and heart diseases, neurological, reproductive, developmental, and immunological damage, and more. Examples are benzene, hydrofluoric acid, particulate matter, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, and many, many other toxic pollutants. Refining uses many risky industrial processes.

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Unsheathing a Weapon for Clean Air: ISRs

Legal Planet

ISRs are especially powerful because local air districts dont have very many effective ways to tackle pollution from mobile sources, which is typically the province of the federal government. ISRs have received relatively little attention from air regulators, too.