PA Environment Daily

APRIL 24, 2024

By advancing Pennsylvania’s clean transportation infrastructure, we reduce harmful emissions of nitrous oxides and sulfur dioxide across Pennsylvania. Replacing heavy diesel vehicles with new low- to zero-emissions equipment technology will help mitigate air pollution from transportation sources.”

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 1, 2022

California’s leadership on reducing truck pollution has been on full display the past few years, passing critical regulations requiring 90 percent reduction in smog-forming nitrogen oxide (NO X ) emissions from diesel trucks and requiring manufacturers sell an increasing share of electric trucks to move away from fossil fuels altogether.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 29, 2023

Even with promising zero-emission vehicle sales in recent years, gasoline-fueled cars and trucks continue to emit 40% of California’s greenhouse gas emissions and 45% of our smog-forming nitrogen oxides, more commonly referred to as NOx emissions.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Research shows there are enough explored or prospective reserves to electrify the global transportation sector using current technology if a high amount of battery recycling occurs. Reserve estimations are therefore much less than total resources and fluctuate based on material value, mineral exploration, and technological development.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 12, 2022

Emissions of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides from power plants in alliance states drop 88 percent and 77 percent respectively by 2040. Under the no-new-policy scenario, sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides decline only by 27 percent and 18 percent, respectively.

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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 2, 2024

The types of projects eligible under the CPP range widely, but notably the agency is focused on already proven zero-emission technologies, like electric tractor trucks, tugboats, and cargo handling equipment. The program is squarely focused on zero-emission equipment and projects – combustion technologies are explicitly ineligible.

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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

JANUARY 24, 2023

The locomotives at issue in this settlement burn diesel fuel which produces significant emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOx) and fine particulate matter. The settlement is expected to reduce tons of nitrogen oxide and particulate matter pollution and improve air quality where their trains operate.” “By

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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.

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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

JANUARY 18, 2024

Electrification involves a transition away from a technology which people have become accustomed to, and change is always challenging. Because EVs are a relatively recent technology, statistics are still being collected on the frequency of maintenance and repairs, but there are some estimates of the cost of predicted repairs and maintenance.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Gas plants and infrastructure emit nitrogen oxides (NOx) during combustion, which degrade local air quality. There’s a wide range of solutions, including integrating solar, wind and other renewable technologies; investing in new transmission; and reducing demand with efficiency measures. First, there’s air pollution.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Primarily, these have focused on the 2007 EPA regulations, which were the first step in the phase-in of diesel engine standards meant to cut particulate emissions by more than 80 percent and smog-forming nitrogen oxides (NO X ) emissions by 90 percent.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

. -- The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the February 3 PA Bulletin inviting comments on proposed State Air Pollution Implementation Plan Regional Haze Best Available Retrofit Technology and setting three public hearings March 7 in Norristown, March 7 in Harrisburg, March 7 in Pittsburgh DEP Regional Offices.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 13, 2024

come from reactions of industrial pollutants (nitrogen oxides and sulfur oxides) with sunlight and unfinished fuel combustion. Ozone is formed when nitrogen oxides (NOx) and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) react in sunlight, and it is exacerbated under higher temperatures that make ozone pollution worse in the summer.

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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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PA Environment Daily

MAY 4, 2023

On May 4, the Department of Environmental Protection announced it will receive public comments and host a May 17 in-person public hearing regarding a plan approval application for Reasonably Available Control Technology (RACT III) requirements for Covanta Delaware Valley, LP, a waste to energy facility in the City of Chester, Delaware County.

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Enviromental Defense

OCTOBER 12, 2023

So called “Blue Hydrogen”—Hydrogen from natural gas with carbon capture— is even worse for the climate than burning coal or natural gas given the methane leakage and extra fuel needed to power the CCUS technology.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 3, 2022

This decision wrongfully precludes the agency’s authority to set robust power plant carbon pollution standards in line with today’s technologies and practices adopted on a sector-wide basis.

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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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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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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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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.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Reducing fossil fuel pollution leads to fewer deaths and more healthcare savings UCS found that decarbonization policies result in a decline in key pollutants such as PM 2.5 , nitrogen oxides, and sulfur oxides.

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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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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Electric truck technology is here , manufacturers are ready, charging infrastructure is growing at a fast pace, market demand for zero-emissions vehicles is increasing, and incentives are available for fleets to electrify. There are more than 1.8 pollution from vehicles.

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Vorys Law

MAY 20, 2021

Ohio EPA has proposed rules that will require additional Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) and Nitrogen Oxide (NOx) emission controls for certain manufacturing and industrial operations located in the Cincinnati and Cleveland 2015 ozone nonattainment areas.

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Environmental Progress

JANUARY 21, 2022

The analyses did not reveal any science-based evidence that nuclear energy does more harm to human health or to the environment than other electricity production technologies already included in the Taxonomy as activities. The result is an almost 400-page report on the topic.

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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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Edouard Stenger

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

noted ” Diesel generators produce carbon dioxide (CO2), nitrogen oxide (NOx), and particulate matter. Likewise, containerized batteries and energy storage now abound and use various technologies, from the regular ion-lithium to more advanced redox flow solutions. This is very expensive. Additionally, as EnergyEducation.ca

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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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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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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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PA Environment Daily

MAY 16, 2022

Million May 18 Webinar: Learn More About Funding The Growing Greener Program For The Next Generation DEP Sets June 28 Hearing On Response To PFOA/PFOS Contamination Around University Park Airport, Centre County EPA Announces Brownfields Cleanup, Assessment Funding; 8 Grants In PA Totaling $7.3

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Frontiers

JUNE 5, 2023

Ammonia: ​a cost-effective priority for cleaner air​ China International Champion Prof Baojing Gu from Zhejiang University presented a game-changing map of how nitrogen emissions contribute to deadly air pollution, plus an analysis showing that ammonia is a better target than nitrogen oxides for tackling this global health threat.

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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. The number of available electric truck models in the US and Canada has surpassed 180.

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