Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

A few critical points puncture the industry’s empty rhetoric: When hydrogen is burned, it can emit as many nitrogen oxides as natural gas combustion —if not more —which can cause significant respiratory health problems. The technology to keep the planet under 1.5 degree C target within reach.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 21, 2025

PA Bulletin, page 2390 ) The station is classified as a major facility for RACT purposes having the potential to emit greater than 100 tons per year of nitrogen oxide (NOx) and 50 tons per year of volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 27, 2022

Also on the agenda is a final regulation setting RACT (Reasonably Available Control Technology Standards) for major sources of nitrogen oxides. Local government groups, drinking water suppliers and many other groups opposed the last minute amendment, which Republican legislators ignored. Read More here.

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Enviromental Defense

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Fossil gas is bad for our health Gas plants emit nitrogen oxides which increase smog and can cause respiratory problems for people living nearby. Gas plants are often the top emitters of nitrogen oxides in communities.In the home, gas stoves and ovens release Nitrogen Dioxide in amounts above safe limits.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 9, 2022

The Board also approved a final regulation setting RACT (Reasonably Available Control Technology Standards) for major sources of nitrogen oxides. Local government groups, drinking water suppliers and many other groups opposed the last minute amendment, which Republican legislators ignored. Read More here.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 3, 2024

The Carl Moyer Grant Program also provides incentive funds (around $60 million/year) to private companies and public agencies to purchase cleaner-than-required engines, equipment, and emission-reduction technologies for heavy-duty equipment. billion for competitive implementation grants.

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Enviromental Defense

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Instead of subsidizing these polluting waste and fossil-burning projects, the government should invest in truly renewable energy, which is a cleaner and more affordable source of power. Instead, this false solution will foist more waste and air pollution on a community that is already overburdened with both.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 21, 2022

The AFIG Program funds projects that replace older gasoline- or diesel-fueled vehicles with cleaner fuel vehicles that helps reduce emissions of carbon monoxide, particulate matter, volatile organic compounds, nitrogen oxides, and carbon dioxide, a principal greenhouse gas.

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Clean Energy Law

JUNE 1, 2021

A local air district approved a rule requiring warehouses to adopt clean technologies or pay a mitigation fee. The WAIRE Program essentially requires warehouse operators to take actions to electrify warehouse activities and the trucks that visit warehouses in order to reduce nitrogen oxides (NOx) and diesel particulate matter (DPM) emissions.

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Clean Energy Law

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

As of April 2018, the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) region, which encompasses the Basin, was home to approximately 34,000 warehouses with 1.17 The District is targeting formal adoption of Proposed Rule 2305 at its May 1, 2020, Governing Board meeting. Endnotes. [1] Endnotes. [1] 5] See [link] (last visited Nov.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 10, 2022

Setting Manganese Toxics Water Quality Standard, RACT For Major Sources Of Nitrogen Oxides [PaEN] -- Our Pocono Waters To Release Report On Economic Benefits Of PA's Special Protection Streams In The Poconos Aug. See webpage for remote options to join the meeting. Contact: Diana Welker diwelker@pa.gov. What’s Your Community Doing?

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 17, 2025

While the benefits of the technology are clear to many, its worth considering the fuller range from time to time. And for places where the water gets deep quickly as you move away from land, like off the West Coast and in the Gulf of Maine, floating offshore wind technology is maturing rapidly. Support good decision making.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 4, 2023

While it might seem strange to some that two different government agencies are releasing new rules at the same time for the same set of vehicles, below I explain the importance of both programs and why we need NHTSA to do better. On the other hand, NHTSA’s mandate is to cut petroleum use, which puts the focus on alternative fuels to gasoline.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 21, 2022

The rapid growth in heavy-duty electric vehicle technology is encouraging. It’s a vital missed opportunity that regulators are so out of step with the technology in this realm. The continued reductions in the price of batteries have also influenced the growth in model availability. States play a major role in electric truck adoption.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

The legislation committed nearly $400 billion to support, among other things, wind and solar power, battery storage, electric vehicles, and other clean energy technologies that will make a significant dent in US heat-trapping emissions. Last year, Congress passed the most ambitious climate bill ever enacted, the Inflation Reduction Act.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 19, 2022

A transition to 100 percent renewable energy is about more than just technology. Sulfur dioxide (SO 2 ) and nitrogen oxides (NO x ) emissions from power plants in USCA states fall 88 and 77 percent respectively by 2040, compared with 27 and 18 percent under current policies and plans. by 2035 is needed.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 13, 2022

and nitrogen oxides (NOx) from the numerous commercial and government fleets of MHD vehicles in the state. The ACF is an opportunity to deliver meaningful reductions in air pollution for the most affected communities, but the current proposal falls short of what is technologically and economically feasible.

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Legal Planet

AUGUST 2, 2023

But in an effort to skirt legal challenges, the new rule bases its limits largely on carbon capture and sequestration (“CCS”) and hydrogen co-firing such that individual power plants are able to continue operation if they adopt the appropriate control technologies.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOx), sulfur dioxide (SO 2 ) and toxics like mercury add further to the health and environmental burden of fossil fuels. The amount of electricity needed to power these technologies would be greater than the entire world’s electricity demand today.” Particulate matter (PM2.5)

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 1, 2024

Contrary to claims made by some pundits, this transition away from fossil fuels can be done at moderate cost, primarily with technologies that are commercially available today. Electricity is undoubtedly the best choice of fuel in the transition, as it is a proven technology and a efficient way to propel vehicles of all types and sizes.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 11, 2024

A 2022 study in Environmental Science and Technology detected more than 20 volatile organic compounds, including hexane, toluene and benzene, in unburned stove gas. Federal Agencies Fail to Protect the Public The federal government has been aware of gas stove pollution issues for decades.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 23, 2023

In 2021 alone, the plants slated for retirement emitted more than 28,000 tonnes of nitrogen oxides (NO x ), 32,000 tonnes of sulfur dioxide (SO 2 ), and 51 million tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ), according to EIA data. What can be done?

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 15, 2022

The EPA is getting ready to finalize a critical regulation limiting emissions of smog-forming nitrogen oxide (NO X ) and soot (or particulate matter, PM 2.5 ) from new heavy-duty trucks. Indefinite delay of more effective emissions technology could permanently impede the path towards cleaning up the diesel truck fleet.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 12, 2024

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. Even so, cars and trucks are still making us sick—and killing us. Transit agencies in Washington, D.C.,

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

All in all, the rule as currently proposed is estimated to have a net societal benefit of nearly $47 billion through 2050, accounting for significant reductions in health expenditures, savings to fleets from reduced fuel and maintenance costs, and costs to governments and businesses for the buildout of vehicle charging infrastructure.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 6, 2023

But with the recent influx of government incentives for hydrogen production, new and improving production and storage technologies, and greater political will than ever before, H 2 ’s reputation is gaining favor. But for many of these use-cases, hydrogen doesn’t do the job particularly well, at least as compared to existing technology.

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Legal Planet

AUGUST 22, 2023

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. and Sierra Club v.

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A Greener Life

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

His office says the buses will help clean up the air and improve the health of Londoners by reducing the level of harmful nitrogen oxide in the air. This move is the latest effort by Mayor Khan to clean up London ’s toxic air which frequently breaches legal limits.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 15, 2022

16 Penn State Calls For Taking Next Step To Demonstrate Technology For Recovery Of Rare Earth & Critical Minerals From Mine Drainage, Coal Refuse - Build A Processing Facility U.S. 31 Virtual Local Government Engagement Conversation Café Call For Abstracts For The PFAS Specialty Conference Nov. 24 to Oct.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 28, 2024

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 29, 2022

Fossil-fueled trucks, vans, and buses are a major source of climate-disrupting greenhouse gas emissions and nitrogen oxides (NOx), particulate matter (PM), and hazardous air pollutants that harm public health.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

However, automakers are pushing to weaken the stringency and test requirements of the proposal sufficiently such that this common-sense emissions-reducing technology remains on the shelf in the U.S. In 2040, even including relevant technology and charger costs, Alt 1+ would save drivers $86 billion—that’s $24 billion more than Alt 3.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

The IRA and Net Zero scenarios also drive significant reductions in nitrogen oxides (NOx), sulfur dioxide (SO2), and fine particulate matter (PM2.5). UCS Changes in governance and institutions and decision-making are crucial to building a fair and just low-carbon economy. The reductions in PM2.5

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 25, 2025

Cleaner cars, cleaner air Our Cleaner Cars, Cleaner Air Report showed that while pre-2004 cars make up fewer than 20% of the cars on the road, they are responsible for the majority of tailpipe pollution because they produce higher amounts of lung-damaging particulate pollution and contribute significantly more smog-forming nitrogen oxide emissions.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 5, 2023

The transportation sector is also a substantial source of nitrogen oxides and particulates, both of which are dangerous to human health. EPA has considered electrification technologies in many past rulemakings and has used fleet average standards for decades. Transportation is now the source of 28% of U.S.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Chlorpyrifos is an organophosphate pesticide that the US government banned for use on food crops after we published our study, though it is still used in other parts of the world. The people of Flint demanded that their government recognize their human right to clean and safe drinking water, and they won.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 14, 2023

Furthermore, the court did not offer any specific metrics or frameworks for when, exactly, it could invoke the doctrine, suggesting that the court manufactured a way to inject itself at-will into the role of policymaker and technical expert, usurping the roles of the other two branches of government.

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