PA Environment Daily

JULY 1, 2025

Since DEP’s inception, Pennsylvania has recycled over 146 million tons of material—preventing 196 million metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions. million cars from the road for a year or preserving the carbon-storing capacity of 234 million acres of forest. That’s the equivalent of removing 43.8

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Environmental Protection 2002 Nitrogen Oxides Carbon Monoxide 99

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.

Electricity 280

Electricity Fossil Fuels Renewable Energy Nitrogen Oxides 280

Edouard Stenger

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Burning coal in these two regions account for a little under two gigatonnes of carbon dioxide emissions per year, with 1.29 Burning coal emits twice as much carbon dioxide as natural gas and up to 50 times more than solar and wind in their entire lifecycles (manufacturing and recycling included). A moral imperative.

Carbon Dioxide 52

Carbon Dioxide Fossil Fuels Air Pollution Nitrogen Oxides 52