Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Just how bad is fossil “natural” gas? Responsible for 12 percent of all US global warming emissions from human activities, methane traps significantly more heat per molecule than carbon dioxide, making it 86 times more harmful for the first 20 years after it is released into the atmosphere. First, there’s air pollution.

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Clean Energy Nitrogen Oxides Fossil Fuels Electricity 324

Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 12, 2022

Emissions of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides from power plants in alliance states drop 88 percent and 77 percent respectively by 2040. Under the no-new-policy scenario, sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides decline only by 27 percent and 18 percent, respectively.

Electricity 261

Electricity Fossil Fuels Renewable Energy Nitrogen Oxides 261

Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 10, 2024

Air pollution Gas-fueled power plants and compressor stations release emissions that pollute local air and have dangerous health impacts to nearby residents. Most notable of these polluting emissions are nitrogen oxides (NOx).

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Fossil Fuels Nitrogen Oxides Electricity Air Pollution 272

Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 23, 2023

GW record from 2021. In 2021 alone, the plants slated for retirement emitted more than 28,000 tonnes of nitrogen oxides (NO x ), 32,000 tonnes of sulfur dioxide (SO 2 ), and 51 million tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ), according to EIA data.

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Fossil Fuels 2023 Clean Energy Nitrogen Oxides 186

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Transportation generates 47 percent of nitrogen oxide and 21 percent of carbon dioxide emissions in Pennsylvania. The DEP Energy Programs Office recently released Electric Vehicle Roadmap: 2021 Update to help meet the need for more widely available information.

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2025 Nitrogen Oxides Regulations Ground-Level Ozone 52

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 21, 2022

The AFIG Program funds projects that replace older gasoline- or diesel-fueled vehicles with cleaner fuel vehicles that helps reduce emissions of carbon monoxide, particulate matter, volatile organic compounds, nitrogen oxides, and carbon dioxide, a principal greenhouse gas.

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Nitrogen Oxides Greenhouse Ground-Level Ozone Carbon Dioxide 52

Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 12, 2023

In 2021, a US district court vacated the Trump rule, but the fight against clean water continued. Your program recently published a fact sheet on fertilizer, which most people do not know is manufactured using fossil gas—what the industry euphemistically calls “natural” gas because it sounds like a good thing when it is decidedly not.

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Clean Water Act Carbon Dioxide Clean Air Act Climate Change 289