Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 10, 2024

These plants, which were originally slated to close in 2020, include the Ormond Beach Generating Station located in the predominantly Latinx, low-income community of Oxnard. And all this polluting infrastructure has serious health and environmental implications for the surrounding communities.

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A Greener Life

JUNE 27, 2022

In March, start-up BasiGo became the first company to launch an electric passenger bus in Kenya. We selected BYD because they are the largest manufacturer of electric buses globally and they are known for battery technology that is state-of-the-art,” BasiGo co-founder and CEO Jit Bhattacharya told China Dialogue. Policy direction.

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Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Over three-fourths of Indonesia electricity comes from fossil fuels: 60% from coal and 16% from gas. Jakarta is consistently near the top end of the world’s cities with the worst air pollution. Indonesia’s 2021 climate pledge under the Paris Agreement was to reduce emissions from 2020-2030 by 29%. Several official plans.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 3, 2023

According to the California Energy Commission, more than one in five of all new passenger cars and trucks sold in the state at the start of this year was a zero-emission vehicle, which includes plug-in hybrids, battery electric, or fuel cell electric vehicles. More than 16 percent of new cars sold this year are fully electric plug-ins.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 26, 2022

California’s Central Valley consistently experiences the country’s worst air quality, and climate change is poised to make air quality even worse. In a region known for its exceptional agricultural productivity, climate change is quickly amplifying a dangerous type of climate risk in California’s Central Valley: air pollution.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 28, 2022

6 is still driving up Ohioans’ electricity bills—and undermining the state’s prospects for a clean energy future. 6 went into effect, Ohio ratepayers have paid more than $182 million to subsidize two 67-year-old coal-fired power plants operated by the Ohio Valley Electric Corporation (OVEC). Despite the partial repeal, H.B. Since H.B.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 31, 2022

On the last day of the 2022 Minnesota legislative session, state legislators had a real case of the Mondays: They failed to deliver on climate and energy policies that would have accelerated renewable energy enough to forge a clear path to carbon-free electricity and set the state on track to meet science-based emission reduction targets.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 16, 2023

Shapiro’s office supporting “key recommendations” in a 2020 Grand Jury Report that concluded DEP’s oil and gas regulatory program failed to protect public health and the environment. On April 26 Inside Climate News published a comprehensive article by Stacey Burling on issues surrounding the disposal of 2.6 Read more here. 27 Released 1.1

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Replacing petroleum with renewable electricity as the primary source of transportation energy will leave us all much better off. Tailpipes from our cars, trucks and buses are also a major source of toxic local air pollution that disproportionately harms overburdened and underserved communities.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 1, 2022

On May 31, Duquesne Light Company announced a new lineup of electric vehicle (EV) charging and fleet electrification programs to help local organizations save time and money on installing EV charging and transitioning to an electric fleet. In 2020, DLC installed the DCFC stations for Port Authority’s first two electric buses. “As

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Legal Planet

AUGUST 22, 2023

Washington’s adoption of these stricter standards comes on the heels of the termination of its emission testing program in 2020 due to the state’s significant improvement in air quality and almost statewide NAAQS attainment. The Supreme Court in Union Electric Company v.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 12, 2024

Thanks largely to the Clean Air Act, new passenger vehicles are 98 to 99 percent cleaner than they were 60 years ago when it comes to most tailpipe pollutants, including hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides, and fine particulate matter. Even so, cars and trucks are still making us sick—and killing us.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Like many other public-serving institutions throughout society, electricity and gas utilities are facing calls to be more equitable in their operations, planning, and treatment of customers. In 2019 and 2020, I served as a member of a committee involved in the implementation of California’s Assembly Bill 617.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Coming off its recent decision requiring all new passenger cars and trucks be zero-emission by 2035, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) is developing a first-of-its-kind regulation to reduce emissions from heavy-duty vehicles like delivery vans, big rigs, box trucks, and buses. The rule was prompted in part by Gov. Drayage Fleets.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 20, 2022

US ratepayers very likely will pay even more for electricity and heating this winter compared to the already-expensive winter of 2021-2022. The bankruptcies were set in motion even before 2020. A smaller percentage of homes are heated by other sources, such as electricity or propane.)

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Edouard Stenger

MAY 2, 2018

A lot of news and noise surround electric cars but another vehicle is also benefitting largely from elecrification: buses. This is why switching 5,000 buses to full electric has the impact of switching 100,000 cars. This is why switching 5,000 buses to full electric has the impact of switching 100,000 cars. But this is changing.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Updated analysis from 2020 shows that emissions traced to the 88 largest carbon producers contributed approximately 60 percent?of The report found that these states can meet all of their electricity consumption with renewables by 2035, even with a significant increase in demand due to the electrification of transportation and heating.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

For example, Hurricane Laura (2020) resulted in a two-week disruption at the Sabine Pass LNG export facility but well over a month at Cameron LNG, the latter of which was sidelined by an accumulation of incidents, including to external supplies of electricity as well as required repairs and dredging to the associated shipping channel.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 14, 2023

Regardless of where we live, we should all have the opportunity to enjoy the benefits provided by electric vehicles. These benefits range from the reduced cost of operation , the reduced need for maintenance and the improved performance, to the fact that electric vehicles have no tailpipe emissions.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

That rule, which will be finalized later this year, currently proposes a requirement that gas companies regularly monitor pollution from all gas wells until they are successfully plugged. This funding gives gas drilling companies the opportunity to plug wells before they are required to monitor their air pollution.

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Breezometer

MAY 17, 2022

In fact, air pollution can even waft across continents in some cases. is just one component of BreezoMeter’s standard air quality visualization, as our air quality maps also report 5 other pollutants by default. For more details about our air pollution heatmaps, see here.). only heatmaps if preferred.

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Manning Law

JUNE 8, 2020

In celebration of Environment Day 2020 on June 5, we publish here in full the speech given by Inger Andersen, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Director of the UN Environment Programme. Colombia adopted national strategies on the circular economy, electric mobility and low-carbon development. They are acting.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 5, 2023

For more information on programs, initiatives, upcoming events and how to get involved, visit the Physicians for Social Responsibility PA website. Related Articles - Latest Health Impacts: -- Inside Climate News: Gov. 27 Released 1.1

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A Greener Life

JANUARY 31, 2022

By 2020, Vietnam’s coal power fleet was generating as much energy as all other power sources combined. Around 2010, Vietnam stopped building big dams, instead favouring coal power, when it released its seventh power development plan (PDP7) for 2011–2020. Coal was the cheapest and fastest way to meet Vietnam’s electricity needs.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 17, 2023

Shapiro Provides Fresh Support To Key Changes Recommended In 2020 Grand Jury Report To Tighten Regulation Of The Natural Gas Drilling Industry To Better Protect Public Health, Environment Natural Gas Pipeline Pigging Facility Malfunction Dec. 27 Released 1.1 27 Released 1.1 27 Released 1.1

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Edouard Stenger

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Brent crude prices dropped 70 percent since the beginning of 2020. Last but not least, to further increase the efficiency of transportation, public transit agencies and company fleets will turn themselves towards electric vehicles. In the US, electricity generation from coal went from 50% in 2007 to 15% now.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 4, 2023

Of Health Awards $2.5 Million Contract To University of Pittsburgh To Research Health Effects Of Hydraulic Fracturing In PA [PaEN] Related Articles - Latest Health Impacts: -- Inside Climate News: Gov. 27 Released 1.1

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 20, 2021

To meet its targets, Pennsylvania must continue to move forward with policy actions, such as purchase incentives, electrification of transit and school buses and investment in electric vehicle charging infrastructure. “We Conventional vehicles are a leading source of air pollutants that affect human health.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 16, 2023

These include contamination of surface or groundwater, air pollution or soil degradation. Additionally, direct and fugitive air emissions from oil and gas well sites can worsen local air quality and have the potential to increase health risks among residents living nearby (i.e., within one-half mile). Of Health Awards $2.5

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Breezometer

JULY 27, 2021

According to the National Fire Protection Association , in California alone, the 2020 wildfire season killed over 30 people, destroyed 8,500 structures, and torched a record-breaking 4 million acres of land—doubled the acreage burned in 2018. wildfires cost insurers up to $13 billion in 2020. According to Reuters , Western U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 12, 2022

Those efforts are paying dividends, with unprecedented progress in reducing pollution: 6.77 million pounds of nitrogen pollution and 300,000 pounds of phosphorus pollution reduced as of 2020. Protecting water has been a priority of the Wolf administration.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

We emitted about 269 million metric tons of carbon dioxide in 2018 (the latest year for which data are available), with industry, electricity production, and transportation the largest sources. DEP is helping to fund increased use of electric vehicles. Pennsylvania is acting to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from power plants.

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Edouard Stenger

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Both the United States and the European Union electricity generations have 25-30% coal (historically much higher, hence its title of King), natural gas 35%, nuclear 20-25% and renewables make up 15% on both markets. Yet, coal account for two-thirds of the carbon emissions of electricity generation in both regions. Current situation.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 24, 2024

DEP’s inspection report said the area is the same location where a sinkhole developed and an “inadvertent return” of drilling mud used in the construction of the Energy Transfer/Sunoco Mariner East Pipeline occurred in August 2020. Remediation activities were underway at the site.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 18, 2023

Acquires PA-Based Plants & Goodwin Well Plugging Firm To Create Methane Emission Offsets [PaEN] -- PUC Alerts Consumers To Electricity Price Changes Coming June 1-- From 20.7% Of Health Awards $2.5 of Health, CDC Launch Environmental Public Health Tracking Program [PaEN] -- Inside Climate News: Gov. 27 Released 1.1

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Acoel

JUNE 29, 2022

EPA’s latest proposed rule targeting NOx emissions from fossil-fueled electric generating units (EGUs) is a classic study of diminishing returns. The downwind air quality benefits are minimal. In 2020, sources in both the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR) NOX annual program and the A(cid) R(ain) P(rogram) together emitted 0.78

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Law Columbia

JUNE 1, 2022

Therefore, the judgment of the first instance solely addressed the issues related to environmental pollution. The plaintiffs claim that the emissions of CO 2 , as well as air pollutants, by the coal-fired power plants violate personal rights to life, bodily integrity, and health and the right to a peaceful life (a variant of personal rights).

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