Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Examples are benzene, hydrofluoric acid, particulate matter, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, and many, many other toxic pollutants. It has been estimated that globally oil processing is responsible for about 15 percent of all VOCs released into the atmosphere. which is formed in the atmosphere from precursor gases such as NOx.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

A 2021 study found that a majority of PM 2.5 Reducing fossil fuel pollution leads to fewer deaths and more healthcare savings UCS found that decarbonization policies result in a decline in key pollutants such as PM 2.5 , nitrogen oxides, and sulfur oxides. These sources of PM 2.5 Source: UCS.

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Breezometer

MARCH 23, 2022

Particulate matter can be released into the atmosphere through emission from direct sources (‘primary particles’), or it can form in the atmosphere via chemical reactions of gasses (‘secondary particles’). In 2021, the WHO even tightened its annual and daily limits for PM 2.5 Where does Particulate Matter Come From?

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Because methane has 28 times the global warming potential of carbon dioxide and a shorter atmospheric life of only 12 years, immediate action to reduce methane emissions —including from agriculture—is critical to slow our warming climate, especially in light of expanding global populations and food demand. 2018 , Petersen et al.,

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 21, 2025

are formed indirectly in the atmosphere from other toxic pollutants also emitted from tailpipes. Medium and large trucks, which make up just 1 in 10 vehicles on our roads, contribute disproportionately to 58 percent of the ozone-forming nitrogen oxides and 52 percent of PM 2.5 Secondary PM 2.5

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 12, 2023

In 2021, a US district court vacated the Trump rule, but the fight against clean water continued. SW: Fertilizer companies encourage the industrial agriculture sector to overapply its product, and when all of that synthetic nitrogen-based fertilizer is sprayed on soil, nitrous oxide is emitted into the atmosphere.

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Vermont Law

APRIL 8, 2022

11) Global warming, in part, is a result of greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere. 15) Although Methane’s presence in the atmosphere is less than Carbon dioxide, during a 100-year timeframe, according to the EPA, Methane holds twenty-five times the heat in the atmosphere than Carbon dioxide. (16) 2021), [link] Id.

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ESA

APRIL 11, 2022

This latest report looks at mitigation — or what the world can do to stop pumping greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. Countries will also have to extract carbon dioxide from the atmosphere to keep global warming in check. NOAA: Greenhouse gases spiked in 2021, with a record methane jump – Axios. Capturing carbon is a must.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

March 8, 2021).]] The SCC is a metric that seeks to capture all of the costs that emitting a ton of carbon dioxide (or equivalent amounts of other greenhouse gases such as methane) imposes on society by contributing to climate change over the hundreds of years it remains in the atmosphere. CV 17-80-BLG-SPW, 2021 WL 363955 (D.

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