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Union of Concerned Scientists
NOVEMBER 16, 2022
Their study examined the carbon dioxide and methane emissions from these companies’ products, as well as from the extraction and production processes of the largest gas, oil and coal producers and cement manufacturers. Data on the major carbon producers’ emissions have been published since 2014.
Union of Concerned Scientists
MAY 12, 2022
From 2020 to 2040, solar generation in these states jumps nearly ninefold and wind generation more than sevenfold. Emissions of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides from power plants in alliance states drop 88 percent and 77 percent respectively by 2040. Our analysis also demonstrates renewables’ power. percent in 2040.
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Union of Concerned Scientists
JANUARY 10, 2024
Even as some parts of the country transition away from fossil fuel infrastructure, the retirement of gas plants has become another driver of inequity. California recently extended , for the second time, the operations of three gas plants to 2026. It’s not just gas power plants that are inequitably sited.
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 Yet, coal account for two-thirds of the carbon emissions of electricity generation in both regions. As a result, analysts now even predict a global peak coal by 2020. Current situation.
Union of Concerned Scientists
DECEMBER 12, 2023
You got involved in a “waters of the United States” (WOTUS) case against the Trump administration EPA in 2020 that predated the Supreme Court ruling. SW: In 2020, the Trump administration narrowed the scope of the Clean Water Act by stripping protections from streams and wetlands.
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.
Union of Concerned Scientists
APRIL 11, 2024
That would of course include fossil gas, which consists of 85 to 90 percent methane, a significantly more potent heat-trapping gas than carbon dioxide. A 2022 study found that gas stoves leak methane, and more than three-quarters of the emissions occurred when the stoves were off.
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