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.

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Nitrogen Oxides Electricity Fossil Fuels Air Pollution 313

Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Switching from fossil fuels like gasoline to increasingly clean electricity sources is vital for hitting climate and air pollution goals. Only around 50,000 EVs were on the road in 2013, but there are now over 1.5 But even though we’ve added six million passenger cars to the road in the last 10 years, gasoline use has dropped.

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Carbon Dioxide 2005 Electricity Nitrogen Oxides 318

Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 11, 2024

As we now know, fossil fuel companies lied about it for decades to protect their profits. Now that there is a desperate need to slash global warming emissions worldwide to avoid the worst consequences of climate change, it is critical to rapidly phase out the use of all fossil fuels. What accounts for that?

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2013 Electricity Natural Gas Fossil Fuels 363

Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

(While burning methane to generate energy releases carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, the overall climate impact is reduced and the gas could potentially replace fossil fuel sources.) 2013 , IPCC 6th Assessment Report, Chapter 6 , González et al., 2013 , Patra and Yu, 2012 , Kinley et al., 2018 , Petersen et al.,

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Carbon Dioxide 2013 Nitrogen Oxides Carbon Monoxide 147