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Ask a Scientist: UCS Transportation Program Adds Equitable Mobility to its Portfolio

Union of Concerned Scientists

In 1963, a typical car—which ran on leaded gasoline without pollution control devices— emitted 520 pounds of hydrocarbons, 1,700 pounds of carbon monoxide, and 90 pounds of nitrogen oxide every 10,000 miles traveled. Soon thereafter, it began extolling the virtues of battery electric vehicles , which it continues to do today.

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Can Solar, Storage and Efficiency Help Us Survive Winters Like This?

Union of Concerned Scientists

In 2021, Winter Storm Uri killed at least 246 Texans. Eight percent of those deaths were attributed to carbon monoxide poisoning. Without electricity or heat, some people apparently turned to portable generators, which can fill a home with carbon monoxide exhaust.

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DEP Publishes Final Air Quality General Permit For Installation Of Coal-Mine Methane Enclosed Flares

PA Environment Daily

formal notice ) The general permit sets Best Available Technology requirements to meet emission limits for oxides of nitrogen (NOx), carbon monoxide (CO) and other pollutants. A DEP research project in 2021 identified significant areas of Pennsylvania impacted by coal-mine methane emissions. million metric tons in 2005.

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Emissions by the Big Utilities: Where They Are, What They’re Aiming For

Legal Planet

American Electric Power. Carbon Reduction Goals: Net-zero carbon monoxide and methane emissions by 2050. Carbon Reduction Goals : net-zero operations-driven emissions by 2050, with an interim goal of a 50% reduction by 2030. 6) American Electric Power. Carbon Reduction Goal: Net zero carbon by 2030.

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Top 5 ECO-Friendly Outdoor Camping Hacks – 2021 Edition

Earthava

Top 5 Environmentally Friendly Outdoor Camping Hacks – 2021 Edition. Carbon monoxide pollution is a huge problem in a society that can’t even begin to imagine living without a car, so one of the first steps you can take to make your camping ‘greener’ is to come with bicycles instead. Photo by Kamaji Ogino.

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Thursday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 1.26.23

PA Environment Daily

5:15 to 6:15 p.m. -- Philly Voice: Greening Vacant Lots In Philly Raised Surrounding Property Values By 4.3% In First Year, Wharton Business School Study Finds -- TribLive: Pittsburgh Looks To Spend $2.6 In First Year, Wharton Business School Study Finds -- TribLive: Pittsburgh Looks To Spend $2.6

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DEP Recognizes Rail Management Services For Replacing Diesel Engines To Improve Air Quality At Franklin County Railyard

PA Environment Daily

RMS replaced five diesel yard hostlers – semi-tractors used to move containerized cargo – with five electric yard hostlers at the CSX Intermodal terminal in Chambersburg. The OrangeEV all-electric powered, zero-emission vehicles went into service in June 2021. tons -- Carbon Monoxide: annual = 4.59