2021 Fossil Fuels Nitrogen Oxides Ozone 
Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 23, 2023
GW record from 2021. And fossil fuel power plants may not stick to their retirement schedules for a variety of reasons. NO x also contributes to the formation of ozone (or “smog”), another toxic pollutant. gigawatts (GW) of planned solar projects expected to come online this year is almost double the previous 13.4
Union of Concerned Scientists
MAY 13, 2024
The air quality for this report was calculated using data reviewed by EPA from 2020, 2021, and 2022. That means it includes the extreme wildfires exacerbated by the fossil fuel industry that burned more than 4% of California in 2021 and 2022. come from burning fossil fuels and pesticide use, and ultrafine particles (PM0.1)
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Science & Climate
APRIL 22, 2021
by UC Davis News and Media Relations | April 21, 2021. A team of transportation and policy experts from the University of California released a report today to the California Environmental Protection Agency (CalEPA) outlining policy options to significantly reduce transportation-related fossil fuel demand and emissions.
Clean Energy Law
NOVEMBER 25, 2019
The Basin does not meet the state or federal ambient air quality standards for ozone and particulate matter, and existing regulations have to date proved insufficient to bring the Basin into compliance. The SCAQMD is the local agency responsible for attaining these clean air standards in the Basin. Facility-Based Mobile Source Measures.
Union of Concerned Scientists
DECEMBER 12, 2023
In 2021, a US district court vacated the Trump rule, but the fight against clean water continued. Unfortunately, once nitrous oxide is released into the air, it sticks around for more than 100 years before beginning to break down, heating the atmosphere and depleting the ozone layer.
ESA
APRIL 11, 2022
Despite the panel’s regular reports about the consequences of burning fossil fuels, between 1990 and 2019 global emissions rose 54 percent and they are still rising. or 2 degrees without a radical reduction in greenhouse gas emissions and electrifying many of the things that currently run on fossil fuels. The IPCC said 1.5
Arnold Porter
JUNE 2, 2021
March 8, 2021).]] For example, recent attention has focused on tightening the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for ozone smog, which is formed by atmospheric reactions on volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and nitrogen oxides (NOx). CV 17-80-BLG-SPW, 2021 WL 363955 (D. 23, 2021).]] Biden , Civ.
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