Union of Concerned Scientists
OCTOBER 15, 2024
It has also grown to be the largest source of carbon pollution from the US power sector, even as zero-carbon renewable energy has been growing by leaps and bounds. While maximizing energy efficiency is crucial, there will still be enormous amounts of electricity needed.
Union of Concerned Scientists
APRIL 3, 2025
And how would that approach compare to using renewable energy? Hydrogen can be made with zero-carbon electricity, including renewable energy like solar or wind (the result is sometimes referred to as green hydrogen ). Electrolysis is power hungry, and GPAT shows the renewable energy implications of that hunger.
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PA Environment Daily
MARCH 21, 2025
Community solar would allow thousands of Pennsylvanians, like me in the Lehigh Valley, and across the Commonwealth who do not have the property to handle solar panels to receive the benefits of clean energy, said Rep. Solar panels do not emit carbon dioxide, methane, nitrogen oxides, or other harmful air pollutants when theyre working.
Union of Concerned Scientists
NOVEMBER 16, 2022
The best solution: Replace fossil fuels with renewable energy. Climate change is overwhelmingly caused by burning fossil fuels, and the most immediate path to avert climate disaster is to stop investing in those fuels and start powering our economy with an equitable transition to renewable energy.
Union of Concerned Scientists
JULY 3, 2022
Had the court ruled fully in favor of the EPA— or not taken the case at all —a much more meaningful dent in power plant carbon emissions would be within reach, while also delivering much greater reductions in other dangerous co-pollutants from burning fossil fuels such as particulate matter, mercury, nitrogen oxides and sulfur dioxide.
Union of Concerned Scientists
MAY 4, 2023
Trucks and buses on California’s roads and highways are responsible for the majority of lung-damaging fine particulate and ozone-forming nitrogen oxide emissions, and a sizable amount of climate-warming greenhouse gas emissions as well. Why did the state create this truck rule?
Enviromental Defense
MAY 29, 2024
The IESO should switch to renewable sources of electricity and plan to phase out the Portlands gas plant as soon as possible. We know that the plant emits nitrogen oxides (NOx) which are known to cause asthma in young children and cause difficulty breathing for people with respiratory illnesses.
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