2017 Government Natural Gas Nitrogen Oxides 
Enviromental Defense
MAY 29, 2024
Unfortunately, the Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO), the body responsible for operating the electricity market in Ontario, doesn’t plan on phasing out gas until 2050 which is far too late. The IESO should switch to renewable sources of electricity and plan to phase out the Portlands gas plant as soon as possible.
Union of Concerned Scientists
FEBRUARY 9, 2024
Just how bad is fossil “natural” gas? And, as it turns out, the infrastructure used to produce, store, distribute, transmit, and burn gas leaks like a sieve , making gas as bad as coal for the climate. Gas plants and infrastructure emit nitrogen oxides (NOx) during combustion, which degrade local air quality.
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Union of Concerned Scientists
APRIL 11, 2024
Given that heightened awareness, a Commerce Department advisory committee of electric and gas utility executives acknowledged at a meeting in the fall of 1970 that their industry needed “to show what they are doing about pollution [and] suggested that the gas industry take a look at the NOx [nitrogen oxides] problem.”
Vermont Law
APRIL 8, 2022
2) Therefore, various state agencies administer their jurisdiction’s “methane gas” policy. (3) 3) Here in the United States, the federal government, through the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), is responsible for managing gas and oil exploration and extraction on Native American and national lands. (4) Turner, Jr. Turner, Jr.
Enviromental Defense
FEBRUARY 11, 2022
And Ontario is, well… Ontario really really likes so-called “natural” gas – a fossil fuel – and plans to use more of it to generate electricity. After greenhouse gas emissions from electricity dropped to a low of 4 Megatonnes, Ontario’s increasing use of fossil gas will lead emissions to rise to 18 Megatonnes.
Union of Concerned Scientists
DECEMBER 12, 2023
Chlorpyrifos is an organophosphate pesticide that the US government banned for use on food crops after we published our study, though it is still used in other parts of the world. The people of Flint demanded that their government recognize their human right to clean and safe drinking water, and they won.
PA Environment Daily
APRIL 28, 2024
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