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. Source: ERM 2022 ). <mic drop> So, is industry just full of it?
Union of Concerned Scientists
AUGUST 29, 2023
These fees generate more than $100 million per year to fund zero emission vehicle (ZEV) incentives, electric vehicle chargers and hydrogen fueling stations through the Air Quality Improvement Program (AQIP), Clean Transportation Program (CTP), and Enhanced Fleet Modernization Program (EFMP).
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Union of Concerned Scientists
NOVEMBER 16, 2023
IRA clean energy investments also will protect public health by cutting key toxic air pollutants, such as nitrogen oxides and sulfur dioxide, by more than 50 percent by 2050, and drastically reduce fine particulate matter, which will save hundreds of billions of dollars in 2035 alone from avoided premature deaths.
Edouard Stenger
NOVEMBER 30, 2018
Coal also emits other air pollution factors such as sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides and particulate matter… All this causes smog and soot which in turn cause asthma, cancers of all sorts, cardiovascular diseases… Which brings us to its health effects: coal is a mass murderer and is responsible for immense suffering.
Union of Concerned Scientists
MAY 17, 2023
Ground-level ozone pollution is a nasty air pollutant that can cause lung problems and asthma attacks. And it is a big deal when CASAC weighs in on the EPA’s scientific and policy reports for a pollutant such as ground-level ozone. Here’s how the process is supposed to work.
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