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Diesel is the Reason for the Sneezin’: Cleaner Holiday Deliveries are on the Horizon

Union of Concerned Scientists

How would that change if I hopped on the electric bus route at the end of my block? 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.

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The Gas Utility Industry is Gaslighting Us

Union of Concerned Scientists

Fortunately, I don’t have COPD and I didn’t contract asthma when I was young, perhaps partly because I grew up in a home with an electric range. The study concluded that these childhood asthma cases could have theoretically been prevented by using electric appliances. But other Washingtonians may not be as lucky.

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California Must Extend Zero Emission Vehicle Funding from “AB 8 Fees”

Union of Concerned Scientists

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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Reading the Tea Leaves: Biden’s and California’s Vehicle Regs at the D.C. Circuit

Legal Planet

greenhouse gas emissions, more than the electric power sector. The transportation sector is also a substantial source of nitrogen oxides and particulates, both of which are dangerous to human health. Transportation is now the source of 28% of U.S. I’ll discuss that comparison more in a bit).

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House Committee Hearing On Increasing Safety Setbacks Zones Around Natural Gas Facilities Heard About First-Hand Citizen Experiences On Health Impacts, From Physicians On Health Studies And The Gas Industry On Job Impacts; Sen. Yaw Calls Bill ‘Stupid’

PA Environment Daily

Senator Joe Scarnati (R-Jefferson), President Pro Tempore of the Senate, introduced legislation in 2013 and again in 2015 to create a shale gas health advisory panel and registry of complaints, but nothing ever came of it. For example: -- It’s a fact that fracking scars the landscape and degrades the environment. Read more here.