Legal Planet

MARCH 9, 2023

It’s fair to ask: if all vehicles are “zero emission,” do we really need to care any more about how much driving we do, in terms of the climate impact? Overall, we do need to electrify 100% of our transportation modes from a climate perspective. Low-VMT development patterns reduce carbon pollution from buildings.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 27, 2022

As electric vehicle (EV) sales continue to increase, questions about how these cars and their batteries will be disposed of have been top of mind for current owners, future buyers, policymakers, and many experts in the automotive industry. Recycling is key to making EVs greener.

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Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

The lame-duck Congress is about to consider another bill with billions of dollars of spending for climate adaptation and emission reductions. It’s not easy to find complete figures, but the best estimate is that the military is responsible for about 60 million tons of emissions a year, about the same as the state of Massachusetts.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 29, 2023

Our petroleum-based transportation system has led to health and climate impacts felt throughout the world. Electrifying transportation is a valuable tool we can use to reduce those impacts. When these electric transportation modes retire, the batteries’ usefulness continues.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Switching from gasoline to electricity can greatly reduce heat-trapping emissions Transportation is the largest source of heat-trapping emissions in the US and the passenger vehicles many of us drive are responsible for the majority of transportation global warming emissions. A Rivian R1S costs about $3.70

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 7, 2024

Those high temperatures are part of a global period of extraordinarily warm temperatures—2023 was the hottest year on record, and global temperatures have continued to run about 1°C (nearly 2°F) above the historical average so far this year. Me: What about consequences to public health?

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 6, 2023

To learn more about who in the state is exposed to this harmful exhaust, UCS partnered with The Greenlining Institute to analyze the location of these vehicles and their emissions. Provide transportation solutions that go beyond private passenger vehicles. A cleaner, safer transportation future for all Californians is possible.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 28, 2022

Transportation is changing every day,” said PennDOT Secretary Yassmin Gramian. Department of Transportation (U.S. The transportation sector produces the largest share of greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S.,” As part of the BIL, PennDOT will receive and distribute $171.5 DOT) by August 1, 2022. Should PennDOT determine, and U.S.

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 19, 2022

And, even more importantly, how are we going to ensure that this rapid EV transition is equitable , promoting locally appropriate transportation options, avoiding higher costs for lower-income and underserved communities, and increasing mobility overall? . You can read more about it here and look for updates throughout 2023 as we get started.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 18, 2024

million in 2023 Alternative Fuels Incentive Grant funding to municipalities and businesses to improve air quality in communities through cleaner fuel transportation infrastructure. Eight projects are located in or serve Environmental Justice Areas. Eight projects are located in or serve Environmental Justice Areas.

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Real Climate

JULY 24, 2023

The AMOC however moves the bulk of the heat into the northern Atlantic so is highly relevant for climate, because the southward return flow is very cold and deep (heat transport is the flow multiplied by the temperature difference between northward and southward flow). Data locations are shown in the inset map, from Caesar et al.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 23, 2023

Economic advancements The most obvious contribution of such a cross-border transportation of CO 2 for overseas storage lies in its economic aspects. More specifically, the lack of operational data for CO 2 shipping has been considered to impose conservative limitations on its cross-border transportation and storage.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 4, 2024

You can read about our comments on the proposed rule here. While the RMP only applies to stationary sources and not transportation of hazardous substances, the train was traveling between RMP facilities and highlighted just how dangerous these chemicals are and how quickly a disaster can unfold.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Transportation is the largest source of global warming emissions in the United States, with passenger cars and trucks being the single largest contributor, so we know a swift transition to electric vehicles (EVs) is a critical part of addressing climate change. Cost concerns not limited to purchase price.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 29, 2023

We are about to enter the era of the electric truck. Communities that have been suffering from disproportionate exposure to transportation pollution, including diesel truck exhaust, have waited far too long to get relief. Sure, there are already a few thousand electric trucks and buses on US roads already.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 14, 2023

Everybody’s health stands to gain from reducing local air pollution from tailpipes: communities located near roads, families getting into a car in their garage, children boarding a school bus, and anybody in the vicinity of an idling vehicle. Rural drivers face unique transportation challenges, which I discussed in a previous blogpost.

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Legal Planet

JUNE 29, 2023

How cities go about this will depend heavily on local context–while some may venture into direct ownership and management of charging in public lots and on residential streets, others may leave the rollout entirely to private investment by residents and employers. Californians have bought over 1.5

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Transportation costs in the U.S. are the second largest household expenditure after housing, and combined, transportation and housing costs account for approximately half of the average US household budget. The difference for crossovers and SUVs is projected to be slightly larger, at about $3,000 and $4,000, respectively.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 22, 2024

Together with existing state and federal policies including the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), the IRA puts the US on a trajectory of about 34% reductions (with recent estimates ranging from 27% to 42%). And even that’s not a given.…

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Enviromental Defense

MARCH 27, 2024

Female turtles view the sides of roads as prime nesting locations and often put themselves and hatchlings in close proximity to cars and danger. The OTCC has volunteers that help transport injured turtles to the Centre and also help release rehabilitated turtles back into the wild.

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Arnold Porter

AUGUST 6, 2021

The bill includes the following major components: Reauthorization of surface transportation programs first reported favorably, and on a unanimous basis, by the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee through the Surface Transportation Reauthorization Act ( S. Division A & B—Surface Transportation Programs.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Producing, transporting and burning gas despoil waterways, compromising wildlife ecosystems and drinking water supplies. We know this infrastructure is disproportionately located in communities of color and low-income communities, which means they bear the brunt of these harmful air, water, and land impacts.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 17, 2024

Eligible sites must have a home (permanent residence) or business located within 50 feet of a stream, and have experienced severe streambank damage. Repairing, rebuilding, or maintaining public or private transportation facilities is not eligible. Public utilities are eligible if the streambank damage is within 10’ of the utility.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 10, 2024

Part of the Driving PA Forward Program , this grant was developed under the Shapiro administration, to improve air quality statewide by driving transformation from older, high-polluting diesel engines to clean transportation technologies. Click Here for a list of grants awarded.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Winter is once again here, bringing great festivities and respite via holidays, but also great worries to energy regulators, grid operators, and communities about dangerous winter storms that can spread across large parts of the United States and negatively affect electric grid reliability. Source: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

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Circle of Blue

DECEMBER 13, 2022

For oceans, the satellite will track small-scale currents and eddies that transport nutrients, salt, and heat. Last week, the United Nations held a special summit to highlight the importance of groundwater, the source for about half of the world’s drinking water. The worrisome section of pipe is located near the Bad River.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 24, 2023

I’ve blogged in detail about this effort, focusing mainly on the severe analytical shortcomings in the Postal Service’s 2021 study of air quality, climate, economic, and technological aspects of the new fleet of vehicles, known as the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS).

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 19, 2023

About half of all sterile medical equipment in the US is sterilized with EtO. You can see where these facilities are located and learn more about the impacted communities here. Many companies transport sterilized medical equipment to warehouses that are not subject to Clean Air Act regulations.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 16, 2023

We are well on our way to an electric transportation future, and that’s a good thing, too. Electrification is a key strategy to reduce climate warming and local air pollution emissions from the transportation sector. What’s more exciting about the EV transition is that the vehicle-grid relationship doesn’t have to be one-way.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Critics of wind and solar routinely raise concerns about how much land would be required to decarbonize the US power sector. For example, about 930 GW of wind and solar capacity and 420 GW of storage projects are now awaiting approval to connect to the transmission system, according to Lawrence Berkeley National Lab.

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Law and Environment

JUNE 28, 2022

See our prior blog post for more details about the NEVI funding program. Information on publically available EV charging infrastructure locations, pricing, real-time availability, and accessibility through mapping applications. Standardize communication to consumers of price and availability of each charging station.

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Circle of Blue

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

I was given a copy of a speech that I made about 30 years ago, saying we need an infrastructure bill to deal with water. Including imports, about 42 percent of salt consumption in the U.S. Expect to hear about infrastructure and climate. Domestic production of salt , a water pollutant, remained steady in 2022. I’m not joking.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

This intake is located 11 miles east from the incident. SWRO is also investigating a small public water supply (PWS) that is located along the Little Beaver River that utilizes spring sources. 23; Transportation- Feb. Monitoring wells are being drilled around the derailment site which DEP will have access to for sampling.

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NAEP Leadership Blog

AUGUST 28, 2022

We have all heard a lot about the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) and the 1.2 The Biden Administration is vowing to build 500,000 public charging stations (one every 50 miles) along designated Alternative Fuel Corridors (AFCs) which are located along most interstates across the country.

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Circle of Blue

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Pavelsky, a professor in the department of earth, marine, and environmental sciences at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, is giddy about the mission and the knowledge it will generate. For oceans, SWOT will track small-scale currents and eddies that transport nutrients, salt, and heat. But data is also power.

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Circle of Blue

AUGUST 16, 2022

In Germany, transport authorities are monitoring the Rhine River as water levels drop to critical levels. The hardest-hit counties—Clay, Knott, Letcher, and Perry—have a median annual income that’s about 40 percent lower than the national average. About a quarter of residents live below the poverty line.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 18, 2023

About The Safety Division During all investigations by the Safety Division, data is gathered and analyzed – exploring the cause and circumstances surrounding an incident, along with whether there are any violations of state or federal pipeline safety regulations. Click Here for the complete announcement.

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